Don’t Miss These Mystery, Thriller, and True Crime New Releases
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13 New Mysteries, Thrillers, & True Crime for January 2025
Your offerings this month for fiction include a Succession-style family reunion that leads to murder, a fun middle grade series about crime-fighting kids, a drag queen sleuth, and a culinary cozy mystery. We also have a twisty thriller centering two missing strangers on the same plane, an FBI procedural solving cryptic clues, a cryptozoologist and bookstore owner on a murder case, a romance + cozy murder mystery blend set at a wedding, and more! And in the nonfiction department, there’s the history of the rape kit and a blend of history, classic literature, and true crime. There are plenty of great offerings to start the reading year with your best sleuthing foot forward!
The Most Anticipated Books of 2025, BIPOC Edition
The year has only just started, and my 2025-specific TBR cup already runneth over. I mean, January alone has so many releases by highly acclaimed and buzzy debut authors, but then there’s February, and March, and so on. I say all that to say that, while yes, this list looks at some of the most anticipated books by BIPOC authors coming out in 2025, I’m going to keep it real and say that I didn’t (couldn’t) make it much past the first half of the year. There are just so many great releases coming out, so I only have one book listed here that is scheduled for release after June.
Bullet Journal Supplies to Ring in 2025
New year, new season, new journal! For bullet journaling and planning enthusiasts, the new year represents a fresh start; an opportunity to crack open a new notebook (or update an old one) and lay out new calendars and tracking spreads for the year. Whether you’re working with a completely blank bullet journal, a dated planner, or something in-between, there are a multitude of helpful and fun items in this list to help you personalize your planning as we head into the new year.
Build Your Library Skills in 2025 With These Tremendous New Resources
As we enter the new year—and one that promises not to be slowing down—it’s time to build professional development into your agenda and tasks in order to do the best job possible in serving your community. Whether or not you have a budget doesn’t matter. One of these opportunities is freely available while the second comes at the nominal cost of $35.
BIPOC Book Clubs to Join in 2025
I am excited about what (books) this new year has to bring, as is everyone else in the Book World. Below, I’ve got BIPOC books that the Oprah Daily folks want to get into, a Florida news story that is both disheartening and hopeful, diverse SFF shows to marathon, what I’ve been reading, and more.
