Author name: Lainey Mays

Hello, librarians!

You voted, they counted, and the LibraryReads winners have finally been announced! Thank you to all who voted.

We have two Hall of Fame selections: Gilly Macmillan’s The Burning Library and Olivia Dade’s Second Chance Romance. Additionally, Justinian Huang’s Lucky Seed has been selected as a Board Bonus Pick!

See the full list of picks at libraryreads.org.

Want to hear how our authors reacted to the big news? Listen to the audiograms from Gilly and Justinian below!

HarperCollins Publishers and Library Journal are hosting the Library Love Fest World-Famous Book Buzz!

Join us Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET to hear more about our faves from the Winter/Spring 2026 Adult list. Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, fantasy, and much more! PLUS: a special message from V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke (writing as Evelyn Clarke), authors of The Ending Writes Itself. 

Happy Fall, y’all!

Our website might look a little different for a while! We are moving over from our old platform. Unfortunately that site is no longer in business so we created a quick site that would allow us to have limited disruption and still offer great updates on what the team is doing. More coming soon. Thank you for your patience! As always, you can email us at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com or find us on social (X, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) at any time. Sign up for our newsletter here.

Catch up with the LLF team all Fall season with our MANY events!

RSVP for Writers to Watch on Facebook or Crowdcast.

RSVP for Day of Dialog.

RSVP to our solo Library Journal event here!

RSVP for Galley Gab Fest on Facebook or Crowdcast.

See you soon,

The LLF Team