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New E-Galleys for October 2019
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were added to Edelweiss this month for your downloading pleasure:
GONE BY MIDNIGHT by Candice Fox
Crimson Lake is where people with dark pasts come to disappear—and where others vanish into thin air.
A BAD DAY FOR SUNSHINE by Darynda Jones
Police chief Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a killer on the loose.
HID FROM OUR EYES: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming
New York Times bestseller Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to her beloved Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series with new crimes that span decades.
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Marriages to die for, a Karin Slaughter read-alike, and the grim reaper… Welcome to this week’s #thrillerthurday!
AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE by JoAnn Chaney
Two starred reviews!
You can’t be married to someone without sometimes wanting to kill them… “Chaney alternates past and present, creating an unbearably urgent narrative, and she has a shockingly firm grasp on the barbs and ennui of long-term marriage…. A perfectly paced, shock-studded chiller from an author to watch.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Chaney grabs readers with her opening line: ‘If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.’… Marriage laid bare, with a riveting account of evasion and pursuit—and a zinger of a coda.”–Booklist, starred review
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We’re swooning over our RITA Award nominees!
UPDATE 7/25/18: Congratulations to our 2018 RITA Award Winners: TAKE THE LEAD by Alexis Daria (Best First Book) & SEIZE TODAY by Pintip Dunn (Best YA Romance)!
Best First Book
BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS by Meg Kassel
TAKE THE LEAD by Alexis Daria
Contemporary Romance: Long
TAKE THE LEAD by Alexis Daria
Historical Romance: Long
THE SCANDALOUS FLIRT by Olivia Drake
Historical Romance: Short
THE ROGUE’S CONQUEST by Lily Maxton
Paranormal Romance
ELEVENTH GRAVE IN MOONLIGHT by Darynda Jones
Romance Novella
“Sweet Home Highlands” in CHRISTMAS IN KILTS by May McGoldrick
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2018 Audie Award Nominees
Listen to this great news: Macmillan Audio has 10 finalists for the 2018 Audie Awards!
Best Male Narrator
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny, read by Robert Bathurst
Fiction
I LIKED MY LIFE by Abby Fabiaschi, read by Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, Therese Plummer
History/Biography
MY LIFE, MY LOVE, MY LEGACY by Coretta Scott King as told to Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, read by Phylicia Rashad & January LaVoy
Mystery
TELLING TALES by Ann Cleeves, read by Julia Franklin
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny, read by Robert Bathurst
Narration by Author or Authors
THIS FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT written and read by Elizabeth Warren
Non-Fiction
THIS FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT written and read by Elizabeth Warren
GHOSTS OF THE TSUNAMI by Richard Lloyd Parry, read by Simon Vance
Paranormal
ELEVENTH GRAVE IN MOONLIGHT by Darynda Jones, read by Lorelei King
Thriller/Suspense
THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris, read by Georgia Maguire
Excellence in Marketing
Get Your Heart Racing Campaign by Macmillan Audio
For a full list of nominees, more information, and to listen to clips from the audiobooks, visit theaudies.com and follow the hashtag #Audies2018.
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards yesterday and Macmillan has a whopping 47 nominees in the running! Click here to vote for your favorites and we’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses.
Voting Schedule
Opening Round: Oct. 31 – Nov. 5
Semifinal Round: Nov. 7 – 12
Final Round: Nov. 14 – 27
Winners Announced: Dec. 5
Final Round Nominees
As of Nov. 14 we have 20 books still in the running!
Mystery & Thriller
THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris
SECRETS IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny
THE DRY by Jane Harper
Fantasy
A CONJURING OF LIGHT by V.E. Schwab
OATHBRINGER by Brandon Sanderson
Romance
COME SUNDOWN by Nora Roberts
Science Fiction
THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE by John Scalzi
BINTI: HOME by Nnedi Okarafor
BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer
Humor
ONE DAY WE’LL ALL BE DEAD AND NONE OF THIS WILL MATTER by Scaachi Koul
Memoir & Autobiography
THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
History & Biography
JANE AUSTEN AT HOME by Lucy Worsley
APOLLO 8 by Jeffrey Kluger
A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming
Science & Technology
OTHER MINDS by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Food & Cookbooks
FOOD, HEALTH, AND HAPPINESS by Oprah Winfrey
Debut Author
THE DRY by Jane Harper
CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber
Semifinal Round Nominees
Fiction
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel
SOURDOUGH by Robin Sloan
Mystery & Thriller
BEHIND HER EYES by Sarah Pinborough
NEVER LET YOU GO by Chevy Stevens
Fantasy
ELEVENTH GRAVE IN MOONLIGHT by Darynda Jones
Science Fiction
SEVEN SURRENDERS by Ada Palmer
ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells
Horror
THE DELIRIUM BRIEF by Charles Stross
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ by David Wong
DUSK OR DARK OR DAWN OR DAY by Seanan McGuire
THE GRIP OF IT by Jac Jemc
Humor
WAITING FOR THE PUNCH by Marc Maron
I NEED A LIFEGUARD EVERYWHERE BUT THE POOL by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella
Nonfiction
TEARS WE CANNOT STOP by Michael Eric Dyson
Memoir & Autobiography
INSOMNIAC CITY by Bill Hayes
I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE by Souad Mekhennet
VOICE LESSONS by Cara Mentzel
HAPPINESS by Heather Harpham
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Happy Halloween 2017!
Happy Halloween everyone! No tricks here, just bookish treats:
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ by David Wong
“Wong’s wildly mind-bending third installment (after THIS BOOK IS FULL OF SPIDERS) of the adventures of protagonist David Wong is filled with the humorous horror readers have come to expect. While the story gleefully wallows in absurdity, thoughtful themes of addiction, perception, and the drive to do the right thing quickly emerge beneath the vivid and convoluted imagery. The plot’s rapid pace holds the reader’s attention to the truly bitter end.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
TWIN PEAKS: THE FINAL DOSSIER by Mark Frost
The crucial sequel to the New York Times bestselling THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS, this novel bridges the two series, and takes readers deeper into the mysteries raised by the new series. “Devotees of the cult TV series Twin Peaks, due for a revival in 2017 on Showtime, will welcome this inventive jigsaw puzzle of a book from one of the show’s creators.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review on THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS
AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD by Jonathan L. Howard
Howard’s richly complex sequel to CARTER & LOVECRAFT, featuring bookseller Emily Lovecraft and detective Daniel Carter. “This is an entertaining and meticulously crafted mix of speculative history, suspense, sardonic humor, and cosmic horror.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
THE TROUBLE WITH TWELFTH GRAVE by Darynda Jones
“It’s bad enough that Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is busy protecting a newbie PI venture, handling the Vatican’s inquiries about her daughter, and covering up a murder. But now her beloved but now unrecognizable Reyes, the Son of Satan, is determined to destroy the world, and when someone starts attacking humans attuned to the supernatural world, Charley can’t help but suspect him. And you thought you were having a hard day. Twelfth (obviously) in the New York Times and USA Today best-selling series.” — Library Journal, pre-pub alert readmoreremove
June is Audiobook Month
Listen up: June is Audiobook Month! And what better way to kick it off than by celebrating Macmillan Audio’s recent Audie Award winners: I’M JUDGING YOU written/read by Luvvie Ajayi (Humor) & DIRTY by Kylie Scott, read by Andi Arndt (Romance)!
Audible just released their Best Audiobooks of 2017 (so far) list and over a dozen Macmillan Audio titles made the list in various categories!
Customer Favorites:
TEARS WE CANNOT STOP, written/read by Michael Eric Dyson
A DOG’S PURPOSE by W. Bruce Cameron, read by William Dufris
ELEVENTH GRAVE IN MOONLIGHT by Darynda Jones, read by Lorelei King
Editor’s Picks
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney, read by Xe Sands
LETTERS TO A YOUNG MUSLIM, written/read by Omar Saif Ghobash
I LIKED MY LIFE by Abby Fabiaschi, read by Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, and Therese Plummer
Bios & Memoirs
THE FACT OF A BODY, written/read by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Mysteries & Thrillers
THE DRY by Jane Harper, read by Steve Shanahan
BEHIND HER EYES by Sarah Pinborough, read by Anna Bentinck, Josie Dunn, Bea Holland, and Huw Parmenter
Romance
TWIST by Kylie Scott, read by Andi Arndt
Young Adult
CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber, read by Rebecca Soler
Most Wished-For Books
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B. A. Paris, read by Georgia Maguire
Future Contenders for Book of the Year
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny, read by Robert Bathurst
Share your love of audiobooks on social media using the hashtag #audiomonth and don’t forget to check out Unabridged Access for the latest listening goodies.
For Your Consideration: October 2017 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the October 2017* LibraryReads list!
*Nominations are due August 20! Click here for the full list of 2017 deadlines.
FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides
“Pulitzer Prize winner Eugenides, whose novels have also been runners-up for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and France’s Prix Médicis, now comes up with a first collection of stories. Not surprisingly, the stories deal with identity crisis, sexual confusion, and adolescent angst, as when a poet who feels left out of the financial boom becomes an embezzler, a musician loses his dreams to the responsibilities of family, and a college freshman has an encounter on a train that redirects his future.” — Library Journal, pre-pub alert
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13 MINUTES by Sarah Pinborough
I was dead for 13 minutes. Now I want to know why. In LibraryReads author Pinborough’s twisty YA suspense novel, Natasha doesn’t remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this—that it wasn’t an accident, and that she wasn’t suicidal.
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HOW THE FINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS by Donna Andrews
“Andrews’s laugh-inducing, multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling mysteries feature a passel of Christmas treats, e.g., SIX GEESE A-SLAYING, and here’s another. Meg’s husband is turning his one-man show of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol into a big, splashy production, with a famed if fading actor brought in to play Scrooge. Alas, the man has enemies.” — Library Journal, pre-pub alert
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “How the Finch Stole Christmas.”*
THE TROUBLE WITH TWELFTH GRAVE by Darynda Jones
“It’s bad enough that Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is busy protecting a newbie PI venture, handling the Vatican’s inquiries about her daughter, and covering up a murder. But now her beloved but now unrecognizable Reyes, the Son of Satan, is determined to destroy the world, and when someone starts attacking humans attuned to the supernatural world, Charley can’t help but suspect him. And you thought you were having a hard day. Twelfth (obviously) in the New York Times and USA Today best-selling series.” — Library Journal, pre-pub alert
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “12th Grave.”*
THE STOLEN MARRIAGE by Diane Chamberlain
“Following PRETENDING TO DANCE, New York Times best-selling author Chamberlain waltzes us down to early 1940s Hickory, NC, where Tess finds herself stuck in an airless marriage to cool, distant Henry after impulsively breaking off her engagement to her longtime love. She finds purpose by working at the newly built polio hospital but knows that townsfolk regard her with suspicion and starts sensing that her life might be danger.” — Library Journal, pre-pub alert
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RT Book Reviews 2016 Reviewer’s Choice Awards
Congratulations to the 20 Macmillan titles nominated for Romantic Times Book Reviews’ 2016 Reviewer’s Choice Awards!
Best Mainstream Fiction
CONFUCIUS JANE by Katie Lynch
THE REAL MRS. PRICE by J.D. Mason
Best Contemporary Mystery
THE LANGUAGE OF SECRETS by Ausma Zehanat Khan
DEADLY JEWELS by Jeannette de Beauvoir
DAISY IN CHAINS by Sharon Bolton
Best Historical Mystery
A PRISONER IN MALTA by Phillip de Poy
THE ONE MAN by Andrew Gross
Best Suspense
NIGHT AND DAY by Iris Johansen
Best Thriller
PANACEA by F. Paul Wilson
Best Historical Romance
THE HUNTER by Kerrigan Byrne
Best Contemporary Love & Laughter
ONE HOT SUMMER by Melissa Cutler
Best Erotic Romance
ONE WITH YOU by Sylvia Day
Best Romantic Suspense
BECAUSE I’M WATCHING by Christina Dodd
Best Futuristic Romance
BORN OF LEGEND by Sherrilyn Kenyon readmoreremove
Romance Roundup (1/11/17)
Baby, it’s cold outside! Snuggle up with one of these romances to get your heart racing:
THE HERO by Donna Grant (Sons of Texas #1)
“Grant delivers an adrenaline-fueled combination of heat and heart in her stellar first Sons of Texas contemporary military romance. Grant grabs the reader by the throat early on with a plausible and suspenseful plot, characters readers will root for, and snappy prose, and she doesn’t let up until the cliff-hanger ending. This first-class thrill ride will leave readers wanting more.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
NICO by Sarah Castille (Ruin & Revenge #1)
“In this super-sexy Romeo and Juliet for the 21st century, the first in the Ruin and Revenge romantic suspense series, Castille combines raw passion and barely leashed violence. She skillfully draws her hero and heroine and several in their close circles in intriguing and realistic shades of gray. This is a deftly plotted page-turner that will leave readers panting for the next installment.” — Publishers Weekly readmoreremove
