On this day, in 1759, French lawyer, orator and revolutionary Georges Jacques Danton was born. His library, as documented in Hilaire Belloc's 1899 "Danton: A Study," has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #GeorgesDanton

Last chance! You have just a few hours left to sign up to win books in the October batch of Early Reviewers. Enter by 6pm EDT today! #bookgiveaways

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