This year, Library Journal eschews our traditional top ten list of best books in favor of a larger and more diverse mix across 20 categories—with 188 titles in total.
We cast a broad net and coalesced small committees for each category, each headed by an LJ Reviews editor and composed of columnists, reviewers, additional LJ editors, and/or industry experts, culminating in a compelling collection of titles that spotlight the full spectrum of the thousands of books that were published this year.