Books We Discovered On LibraryThing
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- September 2025 List of the Month: Books We Discovered On LibraryThing
- Description
- It's our 20th Birthday, and we're in the mood to celebrate! We've brought our September List of the Month forward, in honor of the day. This List of the Month is devoted to the Books We Discovered on LibraryThing. Each member may add twenty titles, and is encouraged to add explanatory notes. Did you find it through Recommendations? Did you discover it through another member, or learn about it on Talk? Perhaps it was a SantaThing gift or an Early Reviewer win? Given the personal nature of the topic, downvoting is not allowed.
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- 23 Members
- timspalding, witchyrichy, ajennell, MacDiva, Morphidae, paradoxosalpha, charl08, mamelia00, NorthernStar, ldepp, merrystar, LizzieD, mysterymax, vkc-x, elorin, Tosta, Charon07, scdoster, aberman, sgvbooks, Hunniereads, VincyReader, Papgoofus
- Explanations
- timspalding: I had heard about this elsewhere, but positive comments by members here convinced me. This is often true. LibraryThing people are just… more discerning.witchyrichy: I discovered Martha Wells on LibraryThing. I don't think I would otherwise have found the MurderBot series as it is very different from my usual reads.paradoxosalpha: LT Talk was definitely the first place that I noticed "buzz" around Murderbot!charl08: LT talk persuaded me to pick this up.merrystar: Seeing it near the top of the comfort reads list intrigued me.
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- 16 Members
- ablachly, MacDiva, Morphidae, charl08, Oberon, mamelia00, NorthernStar, LizzieD, perennialreader, SquirrelHead, mysterymax, scdoster, slothwithglasses, clevergirl216, sgvbooks, ChexLeMenaux
- Explanations
- charl08: The Talk group 75ers enthusiasm persuaded me to pick this up.perennialreader: Talk Postclevergirl216: Loaned by my daughter
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- 12 Members
- beata, Morphidae, DetailMuse, norabelle414, mysterymax, vnesting, Jjean7, scdoster, milljd, karlina.klotzle, sgvbooks, Sadehutton3
- Explanations
- DetailMuse: In 2008 it was mentioned all over LT -- it's clever, playful, heartwarming and heartbreaking.mysterymax: Mentioned in talks.karlina.klotzle: By far one of my favorite books. I listened to it as an audiobook and also read it, and it never gets old, and always makes me cry.Sadehutton3: I read this in higjschool
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7,918 members
440 reviews
4
Score 36.15
Added 2025-08-29, 08:47 PM
- 12 Members
- MacDiva, Morphidae, charl08, mamelia00, merrystar, LizzieD, MDGentleReader, treegardner, Tosta, scdoster, sgvbooks, iinspirqtion
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by TJ Klune
10,974 members
486 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 35.57
Added 2025-08-29, 08:49 PM
- 11 Members
- mamelia00, NorthernStar, ldepp, merrystar, vnesting, WendyRobyn, Tosta, scdoster, Danianise, mwalkerrn180, Sadehutton3
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9,627 members
397 reviews
3.9
Score 33.99
Added 2025-08-29, 09:00 AM
- 11 Members
- tardis, laytonwoman3rd, ablachly, LizzieD, traceylkb, Jjean7, booksbooks63, scdoster, milljd, iinspirqtion, ChexLeMenaux
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by Helene Hanff
6,672 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 32.05
Added 2025-08-30, 08:32 AM
- 10 Members
- AnglersRest, beata, laytonwoman3rd, Morphidae, icedream, Rebeki, souloftherose, vwinsloe, Tosta, sgvbooks
- Explanations
- vwinsloe: From a monthly list of epistolary novels.
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- 11 Members
- MacDiva, Morphidae, norabelle414, Cecrow, LizzieD, souloftherose, Dilara86, scdoster, milljd, teekirk83, ChexLeMenaux
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- 9 Members
- charl08, NorthernStar, merrystar, LizzieD, WECrow, MDGentleReader, elorin, scdoster, helengibbs915
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- 9 Members
- TeresaInTexas, SimoneA, icedream, Cecrow, R_B, EMS_24, BonnieJune54, ManWithAnAgenda, milljd
- Explanations
- SimoneA: Through SantaThing
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20,422 members
429 reviews
4.2
Score 28.13
Added 2025-08-29, 12:12 PM
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- 9 Members
- ReshiBec, mamelia00, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta, ldawson250, MarigoldJackiFitz, sgvbooks
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4,347 members
236 reviews
4.2
Score 23.96
Added 2025-09-02, 04:48 PM
- 9 Members
- holly_golightly, DetailMuse, sallylou61, RBeffa, Dilara86, vnesting, Tosta, scdoster, milljd
- Explanations
- DetailMuse: Recommended by an LT member; within months, I'd read everything Keegan has published.
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2,395 members
98 reviews
4.1
Score 22.19
Added 2025-08-29, 08:40 AM
- 6 Members
- ablachly, vnesting, garylivingston, ZephCraven, erinsuereads, teekirk83
- Explanations
- ablachly: Recommended by @katemcangus
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4,401 members
183 reviews
3.9
Score 20.62
Added 2025-08-30, 07:48 AM
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- 7 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, Oberon, LizzieD, vwinsloe, booksbooks63, scdoster, donnmag
- Explanations
- vwinsloe: Annual Top Five list
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1,523 members
68 reviews
4.1
Score 20.09
Added 2025-08-31, 10:31 AM
- 7 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, sallylou61, Rebeki, kac522, souloftherose, Jjean7, scdoster
- Explanations
- kac522: I discovered this book and many others through the Virago Group on LT, which introduced me to so many wonderful books and authors. I now collect books from this publisher and similar (Persephone, Dean Street Press) books all because of LT.
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- 6 Members
- baaic, Morphidae, emsoahsd, LizzieD, SandyAMcPherson, elorin
- Explanations
- SandyAMcPherson: Like elorin, I hadn't discovered Pen & Des until I saw this series mentioned on 'Talk' in the 75ers group. A rare thing for me, I bought Penric's Progress and Travels (each having 3 novellas as an omnibus), instead of using the public library copies.elorin: I was familiar with Lois McMaster Bujold but I hadn't read the Penric and Desdemona books until someone mentioned them in the 75ers group. I love these!
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- 7 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, merrystar, souloftherose, MDGentleReader, ManWithAnAgenda, scdoster, milljd
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- 7 Members
- Morphidae, paradoxosalpha, SimoneA, souloftherose, MDGentleReader, mysterymax, scdoster
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: I know that I discovered this book on LT and then sought it out at the public library. What was aleatory path brought the book to my screen? Was I looking at the "lipogram" tag? Was it a search of epistolary fiction for a Treasure Hunt? I dunno.
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by Alan Bradley
8,511 members
687 reviews
3.8
Score 15.83
Added 2025-08-30, 09:26 PM
- 6 Members
- AnglersRest, laytonwoman3rd, BonnieJune54, mysterymax, EGBERTINA, milljd
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by Anne Fadiman
4,845 members
223 reviews
4.2
Score 15.61
Added 2025-08-29, 11:51 AM
- 6 Members
- AnglersRest, laytonwoman3rd, Morphidae, DetailMuse, amanda4242, LizzieD
- Explanations
- amanda4242: A SantaThing gift.
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by John Kenney
429 members
45 reviews
4.1
Score 15.42
Added 2025-08-29, 12:13 PM
- 5 Members
- perennialreader, cnpallett, vnesting, Jjean7, Tosta
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Early Reviewer Book
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14,312 members
284 reviews
4
Score 14.78
Added 2025-08-29, 08:45 AM
- 5 Members
- beata, knerd.knitter, passion4reading, scdoster, milljd
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: Was mentioned in a talk postpassion4reading: Was mentioned by someone in a TBR challenge
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- 5 Members
- ablachly, vnesting, Jjean7, clevergirl216, iinspirqtion
- Explanations
- ablachly: found via Recommendations
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26,859 members
1,014 reviews
3.8
Score 13.87
Added 2025-08-30, 09:32 PM
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21,292 members
1,311 reviews
4.2
Score 13.24
Added 2025-09-04, 05:14 PM
- 6 Members
- AnglersRest, Morphidae, norabelle414, LizzieD, BonnieJune54, milljd
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19,347 members
438 reviews
4.1
Score 12.5
Added 2025-09-04, 08:48 PM
- 4 Members
- Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda, benvolioscott, Sadehutton3
- Explanations
- Sadehutton3: Absolutely one of the best reads ive done by far!
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- 5 Members
- beata, laytonwoman3rd, DetailMuse, vnesting, milljd
- Explanations
- DetailMuse: Saw this all over LT but resisted it for years; now on my way to being a Strout completist.
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- 4 Members
- Morphidae, Cecrow, haydninvienna, souloftherose
- Explanations
- Cecrow: So grateful for people mentioning this one!
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11,588 members
318 reviews
4.1
Score 11.66
Added 2025-08-29, 11:53 AM
- 4 Members
- timspalding, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, Papgoofus
- Explanations
- timspalding: Recommended not on LibraryThing per se, but by a LibraryThing employee—Mike T. He was absolutely right that I'd love it. Or perhaps "love it" isn't the word. It's was a ton of bricks dropped on my head.
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4,283 members
100 reviews
4.1
Score 11.36
Added 2025-09-19, 06:57 PM
- 3 Members
- Lonarae47, Thogek, helengibbs915
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1,448 members
103 reviews
4.1
Score 10.57
Added 2025-08-30, 04:25 PM
- 4 Members
- LizzieD, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, Boand
- Explanations
- BonnieJune54: Popular on Tattered but Still Lovely group.
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- 3 Members
- charl08, sallylou61, traceylkb
- Explanations
- sallylou61: By one of my favorite authors (although this was not at favorite of mine)
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1,135 members
24 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 10.04
Added 2025-08-30, 01:45 PM
- 3 Members
- Luisali, bamxo, iinspirqtion
- Explanations
- Luisali: Found on Recommendations
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1,019 members
36 reviews
3.8
Score 9.71
Added 2025-08-29, 03:06 PM
- 3 Members
- AnglersRest, haydninvienna, Charon07
- Explanations
- Charon07: Found this delightful nonfiction via a member’s comments in Talk.
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by Tom Reiss
2,005 members
124 reviews
4.1
Score 9.47
Added 2025-08-31, 08:20 AM
- 3 Members
- atozgrl, souloftherose, mabith
- Explanations
- atozgrl: discussed in a Talk post
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3,963 members
164 reviews
4
Score 9.36
Added 2025-08-29, 08:59 AM
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9,660 members
339 reviews
4
Score 9.34
Added 2025-09-02, 08:35 AM
- 4 Members
- mamelia00, WendyRobyn, booksbooks63, Tosta
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148 members
2 reviews
4.2
Score 9.15
Added 2025-08-29, 08:45 AM
- 3 Members
- timspalding, knerd.knitter, WKD
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: SantaThing
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- 4 Members
- Morphidae, norabelle414, EMS_24, souloftherose
- Explanations
- EMS_24: Example of a writer i can't remember where I found him/her. So I put this book for all of those. David Mitchell is another.
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430 members
28 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 8.86
Added 2025-08-30, 12:51 AM
- 4 Members
- tardis, Morphidae, LizzieD, MDGentleReader
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- 3 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, Rebeki, souloftherose
- Explanations
- Rebeki: I have the LT Talk threads to thank for introducing me to Barbara Pym, one of my favourite authors. I’ve now read all her works and this one stands out as being one of the best.
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24,054 members
968 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 8.58
Added 2025-09-03, 08:17 PM
- 4 Members
- beata, mamelia00, mysterymax, milljd
- Explanations
- mysterymax: Multiple reviews made me want to read it.
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6,316 members
491 reviews
4
Score 8.17
Added 2025-09-11, 09:07 AM
- 3 Members
- paruline, BonnieJune54, milljd
- Explanations
- BonnieJune54: In What Should you borrow.
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by Rufi Thorpe
1,102 members
43 reviews
3.9
Score 7.6
Added 2025-08-31, 06:41 PM
- 3 Members
- charl08, Tosta, iinspirqtion
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- 2 Members
- perennialreader, Jjean7
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Early Reviewer Book. I have now read all of Penelope Wilcock's books.
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1,404 members
50 reviews
½ 3.3
Score 7.07
Added 2025-09-10, 04:53 PM
- 3 Members
- souloftherose, BonnieJune54, Lilirose_
- Explanations
- BonnieJune54: Used the home page to find the first book in Albert Campion series.Lilirose_: Found on the Recommendations section for the book "Unnatural Death" by Dorothy L. Sayers
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1,999 members
120 reviews
4
Score 6.93
Added 2025-09-14, 10:41 AM
- 3 Members
- RBeffa, BonnieJune54, ManWithAnAgenda
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14,686 members
874 reviews
4.1
Score 6.82
Added 2025-09-01, 10:08 PM
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42,101 members
1,312 reviews
4.1
Score 6.73
Added 2025-09-04, 06:02 AM
- 2 Members
- TeresaInTexas, EMS_24
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790 members
32 reviews
3.9
Score 6.73
Added 2025-08-29, 08:45 AM
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, WendyRobyn
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: Found on Recommendations
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by Stephen Coss
201 members
18 reviews
3.8
Score 6.56
Added 2025-08-29, 06:48 PM
- 2 Members
- AnglersRest, themulhern
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7,086 members
327 reviews
4.2
Score 6.51
Added 2025-09-10, 11:04 PM
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1,361 members
54 reviews
3.8
Score 6.46
Added 2025-08-31, 06:51 PM
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949 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.46
Added 2025-09-01, 05:57 PM
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- 2 Members
- JalenV, SpicyBooksPlz
- Explanations
- JalenV: I thought I had the entire Kate Daniels series, but LibraryThing's series page showed there are more books and stories. I've managed to buy this and Magic Claims. I hope to get the rest as well. (I mentioned these two when another member of a book lovers group on Facebook lamented there were no more Kate Daniels books. LT helped us both!)
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79
48,476 members
1,237 reviews
4.1
Score 6.27
Added 2025-09-04, 06:18 AM
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36 members
12 reviews
4.1
Score 6.19
Added 2025-08-30, 12:05 AM
- 2 Members
- sallylou61, JalenV
- Explanations
- sallylou61: I was interested in reading this since she was a suffragist and had helped edit the early books of the suffrage movement in the United StatesJalenV: This was an early reviewers win. I'm 70, so I grew up during the Women's Liberation Movement. (My sister was born on the 40th anniversary of the 19th amendment's ratification.) I had read about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but never Ms. Gage. The reason for that shocked me. Not only was her life interesting, but the speculation that she inspired both Glinda and Dorothy in her son-in-law, L. Frank Baum's, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was intriguing.
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9,317 members
228 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.08
Added 2025-09-04, 06:14 AM
- 2 Members
- EMS_24, helengibbs915
- Explanations
- EMS_24: I think I 've searched the different colo(u)rs at tag pages. Great idea by the writer.
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- 2 Members
- TeresaInTexas, Cecrow
- Explanations
- Cecrow: Mark Helprin has become one of my "Favourite Authors" thanks to LT.
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by John Scalzi
5,831 members
476 reviews
3.8
Score 5.92
Added 2025-09-05, 03:15 PM
- 3 Members
- norabelle414, mamelia00, Tosta
87
637 members
15 reviews
3.8
Score 5.87
Added 2025-08-30, 09:02 PM
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by Jeff Forret
22 members
9 reviews
4.8
Score 5.87
Added 2025-09-03, 03:29 PM
- 2 Members
- waitingtoderail, Lonarae47
90
3,725 members
136 reviews
3.8
Score 5.71
Added 2025-08-30, 07:57 AM
- 2 Members
- sallylou61, vwinsloe
- Explanations
- sallylou61: Received through SantaThingvwinsloe: I was lucky to win this one from Early Reviewers.
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105 members
25 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 5.5
Added 2025-08-29, 06:51 PM
- 2 Members
- themulhern, noveltea
- Explanations
- noveltea: Early Reviewers win.
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- 2 Members
- aprille, BonnieJune54
- Explanations
- BonnieJune54: I had read one Joseph Conrad before and disliked it. Fortunately, he was all over my LT recommendations so I gave him another try.
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224 members
14 reviews
4
Score 4.98
Added 2025-08-30, 05:49 AM
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98
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100
3,786 members
227 reviews
4.1
Score 4.93
Added 2025-09-10, 01:22 AM
- 2 Members
- NorthernStar, merrystar
- Explanations
- merrystar: Both in Talk and Recommendations it was frequently compared to "The Hands of the Emperor".