LibraryThing wishes our members a very Happy Labor Day! Labor Day honors the American labor movement and the contribution of labor to the development of American achievements. #LaborDay2025

The September batch of Early Reviewers is live! Enter to win one of 5,757 copies of 284 titles. This month we've got exciting new titles from Akashic Books, Crooked Lane Books, HarperHorizon, Henry Holt & Company, Restless Books, Sunrise Publishing, Tundra Books, Type Eighteen Books & more!

LibraryThing sat down this month with author Rhys Bowen in order to discuss her new novel, "Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure," out last month from Lake Union Publishing. AuthorRhysBowen #RhysBowen #authorinterview

1/4 LibraryThing has changed our messaging from the older "inbox" interface metaphor to the more modern and common "conversations" metaphor. You can see the difference below. A few thoughts on this below:

“Edit History” is here! We’ve just released a major upgrade to LibraryThing cataloging that tracks all of the changes you make to your books, with a "Restore" button to go back.

The LibraryThing 20th Anniversary Survey is finally out! We'd like to hear from our members about how they use the site, and what they'd like to see improved.

Avast there, me hearties! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and yer LibraryThing mates invite ye to step on board the piratical edition of our site (secret handshake, aka password, will be required).

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight! L'Shanah Tovah to our members, from LibraryThing! #RoshHashanah2025

The September edition of our State of the Thing newsletter has gone out to more than 1 million subscribers! See the 🧵 below for more details, and be sure to catch up on old issues online. #LibraryThing #StateoftheThing

We've added a new and improved poll feature to the LibraryThing Talk page! They're easier to create, and come with more options, including single and multiple answer questions, and both anonymous and public options.

We’ve just added a new feature allowing you to customize the fields shown on the Edit Book page. Now you can set the default fields you see when editing your books, and the site remembers your choices.

The October batch of Early Reviewers is live! Enter to win one of 2,416 copies of 206 titles. This month we've got exciting new titles from Akashic Books, AlcovePress, Gefen Publishing, HarperCollins Leadership, Harvard Business Review, Tundra Books, Type Eighteen Books, Yeehoo Press & more!

Yom Kippur starts this evening. LibraryThing wishes our members an easy and meaningful fast. G'mar Chatima Tovah! #YomKippur #YomKippur2025

LibraryThing wishes our members a very Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival! May the moon shine bright, bringing families together for fun, festivity and mooncakes! #MidAutumnFestival2025 #MoonFestival

Yesterday #BannedBooksWeek2025 kicked off. First established in 1982, it is a time meant to highlight "the value of free and open access to information," and to promote intellectual freedom. This year the theme is "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights."

We've pushed out a major redo to our Import system, starting with the Goodreads import! Major changes include better, clearer and more detailed import options, a progress bar and progress updates, a "Your Imports" page with details on your imports, and so much more!

The thrills of a good ghost story—the chills down the spine, the jump scare at an unexpected reveal, the gloomy sense of impending danger—are one of the pleasures of this season! Our October 2025 List of the Month is devoted to the Ghost Stories That Thrill Us. #ghoststories

LibraryThing wishes our members in Canada a very Happy Thanksgiving! #CanadianThanksgiving

Come join LibraryThing's annual Halloween Hunt! Solve the clues, assemble your troupe of jack-o-lanterns, and win a badge and the chance at a prize! #Halloween #Halloween2025

LibraryThing celebrates the ALA's National Friends of Libraries Week! Friends of the Library organizations do so much for their local libraries, raising money and awareness, and working to improve this important resource. Thank you to everyone who participates! #NFOLW25