Announcing All CT Reads 2025 Titles!

Kids

Graphic with Kids title book cover, Frizzy with photos of author Claribel A. Ortega and illustrator Rose Bousamra.

Teens

Graphic with Teens title book cover, Theives' Gambit with photo of author Kayvion Lewis.

Adult

Graphic with Adult title book cover, How to Read a Book with photo of author Monica Wood.

Visit the All CT Reads website to see the shortlist titles!

More coming in January 2025! Explore the website for book and author wraparound resources for each title including engagement resources like discussion questions, author videos, book reviews, and more. Come January 2, 2025, we will have book discussion sets of all 12 titles available for borrowing from the Middletown Library Service Center.

Stay tuned for more details as we plan events with some of our All CT Reads 2025 authors!

With gratitude and thanks to our Committees!

All CT Reads has three selection committees, one for each age group with rotating members from the greater CT library and reading community.

Kids

Chonte’ Fields, Babcock Library
Alex Klaus, Durham Public Library
Mary Beth Rassulo, Easton Public Library

Teen

Rachael Graves, West Hartford Public Library
Marisa Hicking, Avon Free Public Library
Kristina Lareau, Ridgefield Library

Adult

Cindy Haiken, Wallingford Public Library
Jasmine Huff, Arthur Banks Library - Capital Community College
Cait Orlomoski, Saxton B. Little Free Library
Sara Ray, Bloomfield Public Library

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About All CT Reads

All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and 3 shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: children (ages 9-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults. In addition to the books, All CT Reads provides a supported programmatic structure built around the titles with room for individuality and creativity.

Why All CT Reads?

We want a way to read together. We want continuous conversations across Connecticut. We want to offer avenues of participation for spaces big and small to talk about inclusivity, cultures, acceptance, mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. We want adventure, mystery, and relationships, too. We wanted a line-up of books that looks just like this one.

Our Partners and Sponsors

All CT Reads is an initiative of the Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development and partners with the Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC) and the Connecticut Association for School Librarians (CASL).

All CT Reads is supported by a generous grant from EBSCO Information Services to the Connecticut Heritage Foundation.

CT State Library is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.