This is the time of year that Talia and I are of the busier of the busy bees (maybe that's why we're buzzing so much lately??) and we end up missing some of the totally rad week-to-week Macmillan excitement.
So when Talia paused for 1/23 of a second to sip her coffee this morning and glanced at The New York Times Book Review Best Sellers list for May 27, she did a double-take and then called me in to talk about how many of our awesome books are on the list.
We high-fived about it.
To give these books a pat on the back, a nod of approval, and a "well done, champ!" I've listed them below:
#3 BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel
#11 THE SINS OF THE FATHER by Jeffrey Archer
#14 A DOG’S JOURNEY by W. Bruce Cameron
#4 MOST TALKATIVE by Andy Cohen
#6 KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
#20 WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel
#11 SEAL TEAM SIX by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
#4 THIS IS HOW by Augusten Burroughs
#9 The Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking
#8 BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel
#20 THE SINS OF THE FATHER by Jeffrey Archer
#7 MOST TALKATIVE by Andy Cohen
#9 KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
#32 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
Read moreFARTHER AWAY by Jonathan Franzen
"The theme of human struggle against the pulls of solipsism and narcissism illuminates every page of the novelist’s essays."
OBLIVION by Héctor Abad. Translated by Anne McLean and Rosalind Harvey.
"Abad’s highly personal coming-of-age story is also a sociopolitical portrait of Colombia."
The 2012 RUSA reading list is in!
Between the noshable hors d'oeuvres, the wine, and the charming company, we had a riotous time at the announcement ceremony in Dallas. Yes, we were whooping and hollering when they listed books we love!
Don't believe me? Boom: proof.
Library Journal reported, "Some of the announcements were greeted by quite a bit of excitement, especially from Robin Nesbitt (on Twitter, @robnesb) of Columbus Metropolitan Library; Alene Moroni (@surlyspice) of King County Library System, WA; Talia Sherer (@macmillanlib) of Macmillan Library Marketing; and Stephanie Chase (@acornsandnuts) of Mutnomah County Library." So, yeah, we were excited.
ADRENALINE
Shortlisted:
NOW YOU SEE ME by S. J. Bolton
YOU'RE NEXT by Gregg Hurwitz
MYSTERY
Winner:
THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X by Keigo Higashino
Shortlisted:
KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT by Colin Cotterill
A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny
SCIENCE FICTION
Shortlisted:
THE QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi
See the complete list of RUSA winners, short lists, and read-alikes here.
NONFICTION:
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
See RUSA's complete list of Notable Books here.
Read moreWe've already seen The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2011 and now they've posted their top 10! We're proud to see two of our enlightening nonfiction tites on the list:
THE BOY IN THE MOON
A Father’s Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son.
Ian Brown
"Brown combines a reporter’s curiosity with a novelist’s instinctive feel for the unknowable in this exquisite book"
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
Daniel Kahneman
"In this comprehensive presentation of a life’s work, the world’s most influential psychologist demonstrates that irrationality is in our bones, and we are not necessarily the worse for it."
Also, did you see this absurdly awesome suit jacket that they made out of the top ten book jackets? Seems like it might wrinkle easily, though.
Read moreThe New York Times has weighed in with their list of 100 Notable Books of 2011 and there are quite a few excellent Macmillan reads in both the fiction and nonfiction sections:
THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES by Héctor Tobar
BIG QUESTIONS by Anders Brekhus Nilsen
CANTI by Giacomo Leopardi
THE FREE WORLD by David Bezmozgis
THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta
LIFE ON MARS by Tracy K. Smith
THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides
PARALLEL STORIES by Peter Nadas
THE SUBMISSION by Amy Waldman
TALLER WHEN PRONE: Poems by Les Murray
TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson
AND SO IT GOES by Charles J. Shields
THE BOY IN THE MOON by Ian Brown
EXAMINED LIVES by James Miller
IS THAT A FISH IN YOUR EAR? by David Bellos
MIDNIGHT RISING by Tony Horwitz
ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE by Binyavanga Wainaina
THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER by Francis Fukuyama
PULPHEAD by John Jeremiah Sullivan
RIGHTS GONE WRONG by Richard Thompson Ford
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
WHY THE WEST RULES—FOR NOW by Ian Morris
See The New York Times' full list of notable books here.
Read moreIt's that time of year again when we get the annual round-ups of top titles. Today we're highlighting Amazon's Best Books of 2011:
THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides
THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY by David Levithan
(Fun fact: THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY was picked for both the Literature & Fiction category and the Quirky & Strange category!).
THE SUBMISSION by Amy Waldmann
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
ORIENTATION: AND OTHER STORIES by Daniel Orozco
RIVER OF SMOKE by Amitav Ghosh
PULPHEAD: ESSAYS by John Jeremiah Sullivan
MY KOREAN DELI by Ben Ryder Howe
ONWARD by Howard Schultz
THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta
HARK! A VAGRANT by Kate Beaton
UPDATE: In my rush to post this, I missed a few titles! All set now.
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