The horror genre keeps growing, and its tendrils touch every subgenre and theme. LJ's preview looks at the titles and trends of the upcoming season.

LJ's graphic novel preview highlights the titles to know, read, and share this upcoming season. The leading trend? Expect horror to be big. 

Homecoming by Kate Morton leads library holds this week. Six LibraryReads and nine Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin (Holt). Audiofile announces the April Earphones Award Winners. April’s Costco Connection is out, featuring Jeannette Walls’s Hang the Moon and Kate Morton’s Homecoming; the book club pick is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Plus, Judy Blume speaks out about censorship. 

All the September 2023 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

For more than two decades, Library Journal’s Day of Dialog has been the most anticipated librarian-only gathering of the year. Now it’s gone digital and is free to attend! The next all-day event is scheduled for May 5, 2022 and will feature a close-up look at the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2022.

In its third annual books preview, LJ presents 445 titles in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with the titles revealing strong parallels in how writers across genres are approaching our turbulent world.

A golden age of LGBTQ+ representation sets a new bar for inclusion in science fiction and fantasy.