Unshelve Your Collection - Body Horror with Book Riot & TOGETHER

 Emily Martin of Book Riot has an article on their site with suggestions for other titles to read for those excited about Together, a body horror film out in theaters. Her list includes three strong titles, including one by Eric LaRocca who is definitely an author your library should have on its shelves.

Body horror is a subgenre which focuses on the mutilation, transformation, mutation, or degradation of the human body. It's often graphic and disturbing with intense descriptions which will unsettle readers.    

Lists like these are great to use as a start for a book display. You can take the theme and then see what books your library owns that might fit. You don't need to limit yourself to the titles on any one list or follow the theme exactly. The object is to help books in your collection find their readers. 

RA for All Horror - New Book Bonus Annotations: Chapter 13: Body Horror

Penguin Random House - Bone-Chilling Body Horror Books 
Goodreads - Body Horror Books
Book Riot - 9 Body Horror Novels by Women about Losing Control
The Guardian - Five of the best body horror novels
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Genre Guide – Body Horror

Five for Friday - Best of 2025 (So far...)

 

 There are many "Best of 2025 (so far)" lists that have come out. One way to harness them for your book display efforts is to review the lists and see what you have in your collection but has not gotten the attention from your patrons that it deserves. You can use a book cart near one of your service desks to draw attention to them. 

If you wish, create a passive program by asking patrons to submit their Best of 2025 (so far) entries either in person, through email, or as comments on a social media post. That can become another display down the road. 

There are enough lists out there that you should be able to find some titles that you own and could use more attention. Every library's selections will be different. 

Here are some lists to get you started: 

New York Times Book Review- The Best Books of the Year (So Far)
Book Riot- These Are The Books on the Most “Best Books of 2025 So Far” Lists

eReaders Forum - The Best Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Picks from Major Booksellers
(This has links to several lists)
NPR - Books We Love
Vulture -The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)
The New Yorker - The Best Books of the Year So Far