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Thank you to the University of New Mexico Press for offering this one through our Early Reviewers program!

May the 4th Be With You! Today is #StarWarsDay, chosen in honor of a #StarWars pun used on the floor of the UK Parliament on this day, in 1994. Are you a Star Wars fan? Have you read any of the hundreds of Star Wars novels, comics or magazines?

Enter to win a copy of Robert L. O'Connell's "Band on the Run" from @simonschuster librarything.com/ner/detail/569…

"A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity—when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the "Ten Thousand" mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians."

What are some of your favorite children's books? Who are some of your favorite children's book authors and illustrators? Join our discussion over in the Children's Literature group: librarything.com/topic/384147

Happy #ChildrensBookWeek! Begun in 1919 by the librarian of the Boy Scouts, this week is now overseen by the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, and is a time to celebrate everything about children's books. This year's theme is "Books: Get Curious."

"From a Caldecott Honor author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes a celebration of entrances, thresholds and portals — and all the endless possibilities they can lead to!" Enter to win a copy of Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad's "A Door Is to Open" from @TundraBooks

Today is the birthday of #MargaretofYork—daughter of the Duke of York, sister of two kings of England, and wife of the Duke of Burgundy. A patron of William Caxton—who introduced the printing press to England—she had a small but beautiful library, now one of our Legacy Libraries.

"A rich weaving of mystery, ecology and character study set against Los Angeles's one-of-a-kind urban wilderness." Enter to win a copy of Mike Robinson's "The Trailcutter" from @RunWildBooks

Books tagged "mystery" on LibraryThing: librarything.com/tag/mystery

May is #MysteryMonth! What are some of your favorite mystery novels, Thingamabrarians, and which type of mystery do you prefer - detective story? cozy mystery? police procedural? #MysteryMonth2026

Enter now at @LibraryThing for a chance to win an early copy of Manufacturing a Duchess, the new captivating #historicalromance by Tracy Wise. librarything.com/ner/detail/568… #regencyera #regencyromance #romancebooks #bookclubreads #booklovers #friendstolovers #fiction #romance

The May batch of Early Reviewers is live! Enter to win one of 2,956 copies of 247 titles. This month we've got exciting titles from @AlcovePress, @bellevuepress, @crookedlanebks, @rootstockpub, @simonschuster, @TundraBooks, @TypeEighteenBks, @whatonearthbook & more!

Okay, WITHOUT GOOGLING, can you guess the states based on their nine most popular authors?

This week, LibraryThing staff are reading: Tim: How England Began: From Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxons by Nicholas J. Higham Abby: The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke Kristi: Gallant by V.E. Schwab Lucy: Richard Matheson's I Am Legend by Steve Niles Zeph: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Join our discussion over in Talk: librarything.com/topic/384088

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads