Library State of Things

In this issue we showcase the 2025 Top Titles in Public Libraries, announce our new privacy settings, invite members to contribute to our List of the Month, interview author Kelly Scarborough, and serve up some book world news, all of our regular columns, and 2,974 free Early Reviewer books!

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2025 Top Titles in Public Libraries

We’ve updated our original blog post with graphics and text covering the entirety of 2025, through December 31! See the full, moving chart: Top Syndetics Unbound Titles of 2025

Drawing upon thousands of libraries nationwide that use Syndetics Unbound, a project to enrich the library catalog from LibraryThing and ProQuest, we have compiled the most popular books in US libraries during 2025. The most popular book of the year was Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, but you can see the full list of the top one hundred titles on ourblog post, and view the full year-long, moving chart on Flourish.

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