Book Lists
Here is a selection of titles sourced throughout the year based on holidays, as well as national and international awareness and recognition months. This list is updated by month annually.
January
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New Year: Clavis: Ready, Set, Recharge! Nosy Crow: New Year New You Titles Tor: New Year, New Books! Hachette: New Year, New You HCI: S&S: New Year, New You, New Releases Spiegel & Grau: New Year, New (Improved!) You Dexterity Books: New Year! New You! |
Libro.fm: Stories for Self-Care Lunar New Year: Charlesbridge: Lunar New Year Hachette: Celebrate Lunar New Year Macmillan: Lunar New Year
Tor: Fireside Chills |
February
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July
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Disability Pride: Penguin Random House: Books to Read for Disability Pride Month Macmillan: Disability Pride Month Grand Central/HBG: Disability Inclusion Libro.fm: Perspectives on Disability Independence Day: Haymarket Books: Their Democracy and Ours Harvard University Press: A Fourth of July Reading List Barefoot Books: Top Picks for Independence Day |
Summer Reads: Penguin Random House: Best Books to Read on Vacation Simon & Schuster: Kids' S&S Summer Reading Simon & Schuster: Sunglasses & Summer Reads Simon & Schuster: Bookcation Summer Reading Guide Summerween: Astra Publishing House: DIYs to Celebrate Summerween Ingram Content Group: Happy Summerween Simon & Schuster Kids: Summerween New Releases Simon & Schuster: Selene's Summerween |
August
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Women in Translation: World Editions: Women in Translation Transit Books Children's Editions: Women in Translation Indie to Indie/IPC: Women in Translation Month Libro.fm: Women in Translation Indie to Indie/IPC: Women in Translation Month Book Lovers Day: Libro.fm: Book Lovers Day Macmillan: National Book Lovers Day 2025 National Dog Day: Harlequin: K-9 Stories Macmillan: National Dog Day 2025 |
Back to School: Hachette Book Group: Back to School Grand Central: Back to School Macmillan: Back to School 2025 and Back to School Barefoot Books: Books for Back-to-School Indie to Indie/IPC: Back to School NorthSouth Books: Back to School Titles Greystone Kids: Educator Hub Nosy Crow: Back to School Titles Charlesbridge Publishing: Back to School Simon & Schuster: Campus Novels Libro.fm: Back to School Listens Penguin Random House: 20 Smart Books To Help Get Your Kids Ready for Preschool or Kindergarten |
September
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December
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'Tis the Season: Publishers Weekly: Children's Booksellers Reveal Their 2024 Holiday Book Lists Penguin Random House: Books to Make Spirits Bright Macmillan: First Day of Winter Nosy Crow: Christmas Titles Kensington: Holiday Cozy Mysteries Barefoot Books: Gift Guide Charlesbridge: 2024 Holiday Gift Guide S&S: Saga Press: The Scroll Holiday Gift Guide Choose Your Own Adventure: Gift Recommendation Boxed Sets Hachette: Give the Gift of Books |
Libro.fm: Bookseller Audiobook Picks for Every Reader Tor/Forge: Warm Stories to Get Cozy with This Winter Papercutz: Season's Readings Simon & Schuster: Books Like Us Holiday Gift Guide Astra: Astra Books for Young Readers Holiday Gift Guide Portage & Main Press: Celebrate Indigenous Storytelling: Picks for the Holidays! Lee & Low: 2024 Holiday Gift Guide IPC: Indie-to-Indie: Indie Press Gift Guide Running Press: Holiday Gift Guide Simon & Schuster: Special Editions and Deluxe Graphic Novels and Boxed Sets |