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To celebrate Pride Month, here are 12 fiction titles featuring queer characters to expand your library's LGBTQIA+ collection.

This edition of LJ’s thrice-yearly list of top debut novels focuses on the winter season, including a few late 2021 titles and stretching to March 2022. They are all promising titles, with eight especially intriguing offerings highlighted. 

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. 

Novels highlighting war, identity, and the power of literature in the Middle East and beyond.

Veteran authors and newcomers deliver exemplary new fiction about the lives of women.

LJ’s thrice-yearly list of debut novels showcases premise and promise. Herewith 50 titles to watch for and savor.

Fiction in translation featuring pianists, autofiction, and war from award winners and debuters.

Since LJ’s last debut novels coverage, COVID-19 has upended business as usual, with publishers scrambling to get books out and review sources scrambling to cover them. Titles here range through January 2021, but there are a few not-to-be-missed early summer titles as well.

Summer 2020 arrives with the promise of hot days and even hotter reads, making it a perfect time to check out these essential titles compiled by the American Library Association (ALA) RUSA CODES Reading List Council Members. With recommendations across eight recognized genres, from new releases to tried-and-true favorites, there's something here for every reader.