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A podcast for book lovers, by book lovers.
We’re not just book nerds, we’re professional book nerds.
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February 4, 2025
Announcing the 2025 Libby Book Awards Nominees!
- The Women – Kristin Hannah
- James – Percival Everett
- The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
- Playground – Richard Powers
- Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
- The Demon of Unrest – Erik Larson
- By the Fire We Carry – Rebecca Nagle
- There’s Always This Year – Hanif Abdurraqib
- Challenger – Adam Higginbotham
- Revenge of the Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
- Heir – Sabaa Tahir
- Twenty-Four Seconds from Now – Jason Reynolds
- Don’t Let the Forest In – CG Drews
- Looking for Smoke – KA Cobell
- Ariel Crashes a Train – Olivia Cole
- The Demon of Unrest – Erik Larson
- Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
- A Letter to the Luminous Deep – Sylvie Cathrall
- Sipsworth - Simon Van Booy
- Women and Children First - Alina Grabowski
- The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
- I Hope This Finds You Well - Natalie Sue
- Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
- Swift River - Essie Chambers
- Headshot - Rita Bullwinkel
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles – Rufi Thorpe
- Real Americans - Rachel Khong
- Shred Sisters - Betsy Lerner
- Colored Television - Danzy Senna
- The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich
- When We Are Seen - Denise Young
- Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy
- Brave New Words - Salman Khan
- Glad We Met - Steven G. Rogelberg
- The Art of Small Business Social Media - Peg Fitzpatrick
- Watership Down - Richard Adams Adapted by: James Sturm, Joe Sutphin
- Feeding Ghosts - Tessa Hulls
- I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together - Maurice Vellekoop
- Kagurabachi - Takeru Hokazono
- Transformers - Daniel Warren Johnson
- Anything’s Pastable - Dan Pashman
- Baking with Pride - Janusz Domagala
- Noodles, Rice and Everything Spice - Christina De Witte, Mallika Kauppinen
- The Bean Book - Steve Sando, Julia Newberry
- Amrikan - Khushbu Shah
- The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst
- The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo
- A Fate Inked in Blood - Danielle L. Jensen
- The Bright Sword - Lev Grossman
- Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma
- James – Percival Everett
- The Seventh Veil of Salome - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- This Strange Eventful History - Claire Messud
- Clear - Carys Davies
- The Heart in Winter - Kevin Barry
- Bury Your Gays – Chuck Tingle – check out our interview!
- I Was a Teenage Slasher – Stephen Graham Jones
- Horror Movie – Paul Tremblay – check out our interview!
- A Sunny Place for Shady People - Mariana Enriquez
- Sacrificial Animals - Kailee Pedersen
- Knife - Salman Rushdie
- Grief is for People - Sloane Crosley
- Whiskey Tender - Deborah Jackson Taffa
- Another Word for Love - Carvell Wallace
- We Loved it All - Lydia Millet
- Impossible Creatures - Katherine Rundell
- Weirdo - Tony Weaver Jr., Jes & Cin Wibowo
- Olivetti - Allie Millington
- Ferris - Kate DiCamillo
- Louder Than Hunger - John Schu
- We Solve Murders - Richard Osman
- The Hunter - Tana French
- Bright Objects - Ruby Todd
- Smoke Kings - Jahmal Mayfield
- Cahokia Jazz - Francis Spufford
- Little Shrew - Akiko Miyakoshi
- We Are Definitely Human - X. Fang
- The Dictionary Story - Sam Winston, Oliver Jeffers
- Go Forth and Tell - Breanna J. McDaniel, April Harrison
- Fighting with Love - Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome
- Funny Story – Emily Henry – check out our interview!
- The Truth According to Ember - Danica Nava
- This Could Be Us - Kennedy Ryan
- The Prospects - KT Hoffman
- I’ll Have What He’s Having - Adib Khorram
- House of Flame and Shadow – Sarah J. Maas
- Faebound - Saara El-Arifi – check out our interview!
- Five Broken Blades - Mai Corland
- The Hemlock Queen - Hannah Whitten
- The North Wind - Alexandria Warwick
- The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
- The Stardust Grail - Yume Kitasei
- The Mercy of Gods - James SA Corey
- Beautyland - Marie-Helene Bertino
- Hum - Helen Phillips
- One of Our Kind - Nicola Yoon
- Where You End - Abbott Kahler
- You Will Never Be Me - Jesse Q. Sutanto
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What we do
We’re not just book nerds, we’re Professional Book Nerds® (PBN) who work at OverDrive, the industry-leader for ebooks and audiobooks through your local library and school. With over 2 million downloads, readers and librarians turn to the PBN team for weekly expert book recommendations, author interviews and all things books.
Meet the nerds

Joe Skelley has always been a lover of reading and the library. His love of libraries brought him to OverDrive where he works on the Marketing & Events team and hosts the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Joe loves to read horror, thrillers, magical realism, and the broad spectrum of YA! When he’s not working, Joe’s listening to audiobooks, working on a DIY project, and (most importantly) hanging out with his Boston Terrier, Roscoe.
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