Articles tagged "sci-fi"
Celebrate Pride Month!
June is Pride Month, and we’re celebrating with these new and forthcoming LGBTQ titles!
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives by Walt Odets
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
BIRTHDAY by Meredith Russo
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
NATURALLY TAN: A Memoir by Tan France
THE BEST BAD THINGS by Katrina Carrasco
WILD IS THE WIND: Poems by Carl Phillips
A WHISPER OF BONES: A Jane Lawless Mystery by Ellen Hart
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
FIND ME by André Aciman
SALT SLOW by Julia Armfield
GODS WITH A LITTLE G by Tupelo Hassman
WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER: A History by Hugh Ryan
2018 Nebula Winners!
Congratulations to our 2018 Nebula Award WINNERS!
Best Novel
THE CALCULATING STARS: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
Best Novelette
THE ONLY HARMLESS GREAT THING by Brooke Bolander
Happy #PubDay! (5/14/19)
A LibraryReads-winning rom-com + a speculative debut + an Indie Next Pick + a cinematic Reconstruction-era drama + a thriller/SF mash-up = a very merry #PubDay celebration!
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
PW Best Book of the Summer + May LibraryReads Pick + Three starred reviews + June Indie Next Pick!
“The much-loved royal romance genre gets a fun and refreshing update in McQuiston’s debut…. A clever, romantic, sexy love story.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Readers will be eager to see more from McQuiston after this extremely promising start.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“In between sweet and steamy love scenes, RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE allows readers to imagine a world where coming out involves no self-loathing; where fan fiction and activist Twitter do actual good; and a diverse, liberal White House wins elections. This Blue Wave fantasy could be the feel-good book of the summer.”–Booklist, starred review
TEARS OF THE TRUFFLEPIG by Fernando A. Flores
“Packed with other striking images and clever details, like the three canyon-sized concrete barriers that separate the U.S. from Mexico (and still fail to curb migration), this wildly imaginative, highly addicting, and ultimately endearing speculative first novel offers borderlands storytelling with an sf twist.”–Booklist
Starred Review Round-Up (5/1/19)
I’m seeing stars! Starred reviews, that is. Keep an eye out for these titles that all received multiple starred reviews!
MAGIC FOR LIARS by Sarah Gailey
“There’s something for almost all readers here: family drama, romance, high-school gossip, fantasy-world building. Above all, Gailey shows us that humans are humans, even when they are magic, and they are still flawed, damaged, and oh so interesting.”–Booklist, starred review
“Gailey’s debut is an energetic modern fantasy that plays rough with relationships and personal beliefs, from youth to adulthood. Ivy’s emotional investigation will strike a chord in anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong. Highly recommended for all collections.“–Library Journal, starred review
Booklist’s “Library Love for LibraryReads” Webinar
We hope you were able to tune in to Booklist’s “Library Love for LibraryReads” webinar today, but if not, you can download the full title list and slides, and here are all the titles presented:
WHAT ROSE FORGOT by Nevada Barr
29 SECONDS by T. M. Logan
A DANGEROUS ENGAGEMENT by Ashley Weaver
THE MURDER LIST by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A STRANGER ON THE BEACH by Michele Campbell
THE LONG CALL by Ann Cleeves
A HERO BORN by Jin Yong
TINFOIL BUTTERFLY by Rachel Eve Moulton
SALT SLOW by Julia Armfield
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE by Katherine Center
ON DIVISION by Goldie Goldbloom
KEEPING LUCY by T. Greenwood
THE FURIES by Katie Lowe
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz
HERE WE ARE by Aarti Namdev Shahani
YOU’VE BEEN VOLUNTEERED by Laurie Gelman
THE NOBODIES by Liza Palmer
THE WIDOW OF ROSE HOUSE by Diana Biller
Listen to the full archived webinar here.
While you’re at it, request to be whitelisted for our e-galleys on Edelweiss.
Make sure to vote early and often for LibraryReads!
Macmillan Library @ BookExpo 2019
We can’t wait to see you in New York City next month during BookExpo (Macmillan booth #1544-1545), and at these fantastic events:
Wednesday, May 29
School Library Journal “Day of Dialog”
1:20-1:50 PM Publisher Pitch III starring Emily Day and her favorite YAs!
1:50–2:40 PM YA Panel III with Kim Liggett, THE GRACE YEAR
Library Journal “Day of Dialog”
10:15–11:00 AM “Women Have Their Say” panel with Aarti Shahani, HERE WE ARE
3:30–4:05 PM “Community Reads” panel with Ben Lerner, THE TOPEKA SCHOOL
6:30-9:00 PM: Annual BookExpo Adult Librarians’ Author Dinner
Location: Convene, 237 Park Avenue
Featuring: Gary Janetti, DO YOU MIND IF I CANCEL?: (Things That Still Annoy Me) and Annalee Newitz, THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER TIMELINE
This event is sold out.
#PubDay (4/9/19)
Today’s #pubday celebration features an Indie Next Pick, a beach read, a coming-of-age, and a sci fi adventure!
TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi
An April Indie Next Pick!
The New York Times interviews author Susan Choi
Three starred reviews!
“Fiercely intelligent, impeccably written, and observed with searing insight, this novel is destined to be a classic.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“[T]he writing (exquisite) and the observations (cuttingly accurate) make Choi’s latest both wrenching and one-of-a-kind. Never sentimental; always thrillingly alive.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“‘That whole thing about fiction not being the truth is a lie,’ one character admonishes another in Choi’s fifth, and finest, novel…. Literary deception rarely reads this well.”–Booklist, starred review
2019 Hugo Award Finalists
Three cheers for our fantastic 2019 Hugo Award finalists!
Best Novel Finalists
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
Best Novella
ARTIFICIAL CONDITION: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY by Seanan McGuire
BINTI: THE NIGHT MASQUERADE by Nnedi Okorafor
THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark
GODS, MONSTERS, AND THE LUCKY PEACH by Kelly Robson
Best Novelette
THE LAST BANQUET OF TEMPORAL CONFECTIONS by Tina Connolly
NINE LAST DAYS ON PLANET EARTH by Daryl Gregory
THE ONLY HARMLESS GREAT THING by Brooke Bolander
Best Series
The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
Best Related Work
AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE HUGOS: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
#PubDay (3/26/19)
Romance meets Sci Fi meets a young Parisian chef in today’s #pubday celebration!
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine
A Library Journal Winter/Spring 2019 Best Debut!
Three Starred Reviews!
“This is both an epic and a human story, successful in the mode of Ann Leckie and Yoon Ha Lee. A confident beginning with the promise of future installments that can’t come quickly enough.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Politics and personalities blend with an immersive setting and beautiful prose in a debut that weaves threads of identity, assimilation, technology, and culture to offer an exceedingly well-done sf political thriller.”–Library Journal, starred review
Library Journal’s Best Winter/Spring 2019 Debut Novels
Library Journal rounded up the Winter/Spring Debuts you need on your shelves, and boy, do they have great taste! Here are the Macmillan titles you should keep an eye out for in the coming months:
Literary Fiction
MAKE ME A CITY by Jonathan Carr
CAPE MAY by Chip Cheek (2 starred reviews!)
Here From Afar
MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim (2 starred reviews!)
The World at Large
WHEN ALL IS SAID by Anne Griffin
Pop Fiction
MONTAUK by Nicola Harrison
THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET by Yara Zgheib (February LibraryReads + Indie Next Picks!)
SF/Fantasy
MIRANDA IN MILAN by Katharine Duckett
THE RUIN OF KINGS by Jenn Lyons (4 starred reviews!)
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine (3 starred reviews!)
YOUR FAVORITE BAND CANNOT SAVE YOU by Scotto Moore
Mystery/Thriller
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (February LibraryReads + Indie Next Picks!)
Books to Anticipate
THE UNPASSING by Chia-Chia Lin
IN WEST MILLS by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
