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Some books and authors dominated the Read shelves of the Goodreads community this year! Did they make it onto your reading list too? To see your own personalized page of informative stats of all the titles YOU read in 2024, visit: https://lnkd.in/e2h58fkF

It's the most wonderful time of the year: when the Goodreads staff celebrates our love of reading with the annual "12 Days of Goodreads" tradition! So we're sharing in case this inspires you to kickstart a similar idea in your company. The rules are simple: over 12 days via email, we take turns choosing a colleague to surprise with a special book from their "Want to Read" list. Once you’re tagged, you discover which new book you’ve been gifted (squeals of delight allowed), then pass the joy along by choosing the next lucky recipient. We ‘reply all’ with each email so we can see which books are picked and the reasons the gifter has for selecting it for the recipient. For book lovers, what better way to connect with our co-workers than through our biggest shared passion: getting lost in great stories! Do you have any gifting traditions in your company?

At Goodreads HQ, we often feel a back-to-school vibe around this time of year and find ourselves on a ‘read to learn’ kick. For those of you feeling the same way, here are some books published in 2024 that readers are finding educational. Which books have helped you learn?

Today is National Grief Awareness Day. If you’re experiencing grief or know someone who’s going through a loss, Goodreads members say these books can bring some solace. Books included here: ‘Grief Is Love’ by Marisa Renee Lee 'Crying in H Mart' by Michelle Zauner 'The Grieving Brain' by Mary-Frances O'Connor 'The Other Side of Sadness' by George A. Bonanno ‘It's OK That You're Not OK’ by Megan Devine 'Grieving While Black' by Breeshia Wade

As we celebrate Juneteenth, we’ve gathered together stories of Black American resilience and achievement, from the unsung heroism of Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis in the late 1920s to the story of Madam C.J. Walker, whose life as a legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist formed the basis of the Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer. Which books are you adding to your WTR shelves?

Celebrate Pride Month with a fantastic reading list! From nonfiction and memoir to fiction, discover LGBTQ+ books beloved by Goodreads members. Which books are you adding to your WTR shelf? 👀 https://lnkd.in/eRk5szHS

We love author visits at Goodreads! Thanks Gene Luen Yang, author of the new ‘Lunar New Year Love Story’, and illustrator LeUyen Pham for coming to tell us about the new book, published by First Second. And special thanks to the SFBay Chapter of Asians at Amazon for organizing this author visit as part of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) Month! Check out the books at links in the comments. 👇

Ten years ago, entrepreneur and VC Ben Horowitz published what has become the go-to book for founders, The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Find out the books that shaped Ben's own journey--and why he recommends them--in this list he created for Goodreads.

Celebrate Black History Month with 100 essential works of fiction by Black authors from the last decade! These award-winning and genre-defining books make for great reading all year long.

So much good advice and thinking about money, life, and careers in this list! Includes ideas from Farnoosh Torabi, Amy Edmondson, Adam Bryant, Vivian Tu, Polina Marinova Pompliano, Simone Stolzoff, Adam Alter, Brad Stulberg, Shane Parrish, Dominique Broadway, Pooja Lakshmin, MD, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, Brian Johnson, Liz Tran, Raquel Reichard, and more.