Come take a look at the latest edition of State of the Thing—there's lots to read and enjoy! librarything.com/readmessage…

Finally, we shone a spotlight on TinyCat @TinyCat_lib, LibraryThing's online catalog for small libraries. Come learn more about this fabulous service. librarycat.org/

We highlighted as many book awards as we could, including the Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded this year to Anne Carson, and the National Book Award finalists. librarything.com/a/16464676/… librarything.com/award/238.5…

Our regular Freedom of Expression column highlighted a number of stories of interest, beginning with our coverage of the recent National Banned Books Week.

We began our book news coverage with our regular In Memoriam column, highlighting authors and artists we lost recently, including bestselling UK author Jeffrey Archer. librarything.com/a/555/Jeffr…

We presented our monthly batch of Early Reviewer giveaways—3,301 copies of 301 books this time around! Enter to win a copy of one of these fascinating titles by October 25th (tomorrow) at 6pm EDT! librarything.com/ner

We presented @librarythingtim's recent Syndetics Unbound blog post about the Queens of Summer—an analysis of library patron interest in "beach reads." Come check it out and see how librarians can take advantage of the summer reading rush. proquest.syndetics.com/news/…

We highlighted the top titles in U.S. public libraries in September 2026, using data collected by Syndetics Unbound, a LibraryThing / @ProQuest project to enrich the library catalog. proquest.syndetics.com/news/…

We shone a spotlight on the titles that are "Hot on LibraryThing" this month, with "Threshing Day" by Rebecca Yarros topping the list. You can see more interesting lists and book statistics on our Zeitgeist page. librarything.com/zeitgeist

We celebrated our Helpers—LibraryThing members who do so much to make our site a better, more well-run place! Check out our most active Helpers! librarything.com/zeitgeist/h…

We invited members to contribute to our October List of the Month, devoted to our Favorite Gothic Horror. Come add your top ten choices to the list, and build a resource for your fellow readers: librarything.com/list/48258/…

We presented our interview with author Molly Guptill Manning @MGManning1 about her new book, "A Librarian‘s War: The Man Who Fought World War II with Books and Brought the Joy of Reading to Millions." Read what she has to say about the book here: blog.librarything.com/2026/1…

We shone a spotlight on some of the amazing discussions going on in Talk—LibraryThing's discussion forum. Come find a group that's right for you! librarything.com/ngroups

We invited members to participate in our annual Halloween Treasure Hunt! We've scattered a hauntourage of ghosts around the site. Solve the clues, find the pages, and win a badge and the chance at a prize! librarything.com/hunt/46

We announced that Georgia PINES— Georgia‘s statewide public library network— is now available as a book search source on LibraryThing‘s Add Books. The PINES catalog covers roughly 300 libraries across 52 library systems and 145 counties, with more than 11 million books and other materials.

We debuted the ability to use your computer‘s camera as a barcode scanner right from the Add Books page. Come take a look and give us your feedback over in Talk: librarything.com/topic/38702…

We introduced some major changes to the Your books page, where members access and edit their catalog! We added new functionality, changed the way the page is laid out and increased the ways in which the catalog can be viewed. Let us know what you think: librarything.com/topic/38702…

We announced our attendance at the Boston Book Festival, where we pre-launching Chapter One, our new dating app for book lovers. Find out more about Chapter One here: chapteronedating.com/

The October 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