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SantaThing is "Secret Santa" for book lovers, and sign-ups are open until Thursday, November 19, at 12pm EST. #SecretSanta #SantaThing #bookexchange

LibraryThing wishes our members a Happy Diwali / Happy Deepavali! Shubh Diwali! Shubh Deepavali! #Diwali #Diwali2026 #Deepavali #Deepavali2026

Happy and close-knit or dysfunctional and chaotic, the family is frequently a wellspring of great storytelling. November is Family Literacy Month, and in honor of the occasion our List of the Month this time is dedicated to our Favorite Fictional Families. #fictionalfamilies

SantaThing turns twenty! SantaThing 2026 is now out—sign up for our annual “Secret Santa for Book Lovers” and give and get books for the holidays! #SantaThing #SecretSanta #BookExchange

LibraryThing wishes our members a Happy Day of the Dead! ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! #DiaDeMuertos2026 #DiaDeLosMuertos2026

LibraryThing wishes all of our members a very Happy Halloween! Are there any special books you're reading, in honor of the season? Will you be wearing a costume tonight? Tell us all about it! #Halloween #Halloween2026

The British are coming, the British are coming! We're excited to announce that the British Library, which has been non-functional as a LibraryThing book cataloging source since the 2023 ransomware attack, is now back! #BritishLibrary #bookcataloging

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

Do you already have a LibraryThing pin? They're only $5 in our online store. Show off your love for LibraryThing!

LibraryThing and TinyCat are temporarily offline, but we’ll be back up soon.

LibraryThing and TinyCat are temporarily offline, but we’ll be back up soon.

We've made some major changes to the Your books page, where members access and edit their catalog! We‘ve added new functionality, changed the way the page is laid out and increased the different ways in which the catalog can be viewed.

It's October, and that means our annual Halloween Treasure Hunt is back! #Halloween #Halloweenhunt #treasurehunt

Would you use a dating app made for book lovers? Join the waitlist for Boston’s newest dating app, Chapter One: chapteronedating.com/

LibraryThing sat down this month with author Molly Guptill Manning / @MGManning1, in order to discuss her new book, "A Librarian’s War." This biography of Ray Trautman, the Chief Librarian of the US Army during World War II, was recently published by @OxUniPress

LibraryThing wishes our members in Canada a very Happy Thanksgiving! #Thanksgiving #CanadianThanksgiving #Thanksgiving2026

Works of Gothic horror are very much at the forefront right now, from recent film adaptations of classic novels to new original works that have just released. This October our List of the Month is devoted to our Favorite Gothic Horror. #GothicHorror

Banned Books Week 2026 kicked off yesterday. 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 "Let Books Be — Protect the Freedom to Read." #BannedBooksWeek

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

Yom Kippur starts this evening. LibraryThing wishes our members an easy and meaningful fast. G'mar Chatima Tovah! #YomKippur #YomKippur2026