Best Books of 2025 Picking the best books of the year was no easy task, but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. We present you with our picks for the best books of 2025!

Book Riot's Best Books of 2025 is here, and boy, did I have fun cranking out favorites. WEIRD and FUNNY were my jam, but so, too, were multiple books about cults.

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New YA Book Releases for November 19, 2025 From a royal murder to a queer K-pop take on Jane Austen, read your way into this week's new YA book releases.

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Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees who supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void.

Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom

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2026 Mock Caldecott List Happy Picture Book Month! Colby Sharp and I teamed up to create a 2026 Mock Caldecott list. *** Principal Brian Sammons created a 2026 Moc...

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Children’s picture books on a woodgrain table (Supersquads!, Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo, The Mushroom of Doom and Hansel and Gretel)

Today’s Silent Book Club book stack, a little after the fact. We had 35 kids from grades 3-5 today across 3 sessions. Didn’t get through all the books, but laughed my way through THE MUSHROOM OF DOOM. #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit

Readers From Wonder to The Hunger Games, readers pick the most influential books of the last 25 years.

Readers' Survey: 21st Century Canon
From Wonder to The Hunger Games, readers pick the most influential books of the last 25 years.
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The Sift: AI slop takeover - The News Literacy Project AI slop permeating the internet, wellness influencers spreading health misinformation, debunking a Taylor Swift rumor, and the rise of news deserts in the U.S.

⚠️ When scrolling Instagram reels, 15 out of 20 videos are now #AI slop, according to internet culture researcher @aidanwalker.bsky.social.

🔎 We dive into this trend, take a look at the @localnewsini.bsky.social local news report & more in this week's newsletter.

🔗 go.newslit.org/Sift27Oct2025

Thank you @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social for featuring our Event Carbon Calculator in your article.

Read more for many great #sustainability tips.

The American Library Association is proud to be a Vote Early Day partner! Celebrate with us on Tuesday, October 29th. Vote Early Day, Reader Voter Ready, American Library Association.

Happy National #VoteEarlyDay! ALA is a proud partner on today's holiday, celebrating the libraries and library workers that help communities get registered, get informed, and vote!

Learn more about supporting civic engagement @ your library: http://ala.org/readervoterready #ReaderVoterReady

40 Excellent Works by Katherine Applegate, Derrick Barnes, and More | Web Starred Reviews, September 2025 Derrick Barnes has a picture book and a middle grade in this roundup. Plus, nonfiction picks range from Gail Jarrow’s latest to a primer on deadly snakes.

40 Excellent Works by Katherine Applegate, Derrick Barnes, and More | Web Starred Reviews
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EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share *your concerns* about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg.

Thur. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @pbsteachers.bsky.social

RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30

What can you do? First: If you live in or near New Braunfels, the board will be holding a special meeting on its libraries on Thursday, 10/23. We need library advocates to show up and speak out for kids’ access to books!

What is “satirical” about shitting on the American public, Mike? What “point” is that proving? Why do you have the moral fiber of a weasel on meth, Mike?

Messy sketchnote of awesome talk from Jason Reynolds

This is not my favorite #StressDoodle #StressDoodling ever, but it might have been my favorite author interview ever. Gosh dang @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social is so good at communicating complex things. #AASL25 Thank you for making his visit possible, Beanstack and @aaslala.bsky.social

a man in a plaid shirt says " believe me " while holding a bowl Alt: Mark Ruffalo as Tom in Task says " believe me " while holding a large cup

I finished watching Task on HBO tonight. It wrecked me. So damn good. Mark Ruffalo is a god. Martha Plimpton is a badass. I want to live in a world of Toms.

"Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children." We continue our #BannedBooksWeek coverage with @penamerica.bsky.social's Sabrina Baêta. She joins Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social to discuss PEN's new report "The Normalization of Book Banning." LISTEN: bit.ly/3KHHVXy

Guest Post — The Economics of AI in Academic Research - The Scholarly Kitchen In the fast-moving world of AI research tools, there are many community-focused concerns that vendors should have strong opinions on and plans for, from privacy and security to sustainability and copy...

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Why I Cannot Represent AI-Generated Work It has its uses but not in fiction.

Exactly what I have been telling my creative writing students. I am glad to see this kind of messaging on more and more literary agents' submission guidelines.

#EduSky #creativewriting #amquerying #humancreativity #AIResistance

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The Power of Multimodal Learning (in 5 Charts) When students engage multiple senses to learn—drawing or acting out a concept, for example—they’re more likely to remember and develop a deeper understanding of the material, a large body of research…

Want students to remember what they’ve learned? Get them moving and engaging multiple senses! Here are 5 research-backed strategies to boost their understanding *and* retention. 🕺🤸

#EdResearch #EduSky #MultimodalLearning

Belated Bingo Wrap-up! For the 3rd year running, much fun was had by participants in our summer reading bingo initiative. Here are some key takeaways from this year’s game (with the board for reference): Atmosphere (Jenk…

aislnews.org/belated-bing... LOTS of great reading recs here from some true bibliophiles :)

A school in Kentucky banned phones. Remarkable things started happening. After Ballard High School banned phones, they saw a 67% increase in students checking out library books.

Well, welll!
“A school in Kentucky banned phones. Remarkable things started happening.” #EduSky #BookSky wapo.st/3Wft0pT

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Diwali starts on 20th October this year. Check out our latest blog for lesson inspiration and free Busy Things activities to help you celebrate in school.

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16 Variations on Think-Pair-Share to Keep Students Engaged Teachers and students use this classic learning strategy often. To keep it from getting stale, try these tweaks.

Think-Pair-Share is a classic for a reason. These twists from @toddfinley.bsky.social can keep it effective and engaging! 💭✌️💬

#EduSky

Library School Connections I studied for my MSLS degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1990s, and loved my time there. It’s where I met my forever-friends (we Zoom weekly and gather annually)…

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Another great post, thanks, Rebecca!

The Power of Centering Student Exemplars | Cult of Pedagogy Sometimes the best instructional materials are sitting right in our classrooms. Learn four ways to use students' own work in your teaching.

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Love this!

Opinion | The Unexpected Upside of Phone Bans in Schools

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Cheers!

Honoring Two Nonfiction Masters At the  end of 2022, my two most important nonfiction mentors passed away just a month apart, and shortly after that, my mother died too. So...

Four great books by two nonfiction masters are now back in print. Perfect for school and home libraries.
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