Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the November 2017 LibraryReads list!
Nominations are due September 20! Click here for the full list of 2017 deadlines.
AMERICAN DRIFTER by Chad Michael Murray & Heather Graham
RWA Lifetime Achievement Award and ITW ThrillerMaster Award recipient Heather Graham teams up with celebrated actor and celebrity icon Chad Michael Murray to weave a tale of passion and danger as a young US Army veteran suffering from PTSD drifts around Brazil and falls in love with a gangster’s mistress.
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NEWCOMER by Keigo Higashino
In international bestseller Keigo Higashino’s new crime novel, newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga (from LibraryReads pick, MALICE) is assigned to a baffling murder in which the number of suspects keeps multiplying.
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Newcomer.”
POISON by Galt Niederhoffer
“An award-winning filmmaker and novelist (she directed the film version of her own work, The Romantics), Niederhoffer typically investigates families under stress. Here, Abigail and Benjamin Borden look to have the perfect marriage, but small lies and shifty denials create tension that escalates into veritable menace. The publicist describes this psychological thriller as ‘stay-up-all-night-to-finish good,’ so be prepared.” Library Journal, pre-pub alert
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MURDER IN THE MANUSCRIPT ROOM: A 42nd Street Library Mystery by Con Lehane
“A young woman staffer at New York City’s iconic 42nd Street Library is murdered, and crime fiction curator Raymond Ambler immediately gets involved. Shortly after he learns that the victim was working under an assumed name, the NYPD’s Intelligence Division pulls the case from its homicide division, and Raymond knows something big is up. Second in a series from the author of the Brian McNulty mysteries.” Library Journal, pre-pub alert
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Murder in the Manuscript Room.”
A SEASON TO LIE by Emily Littlejohn
Librarian Littlejohn’s next mesmerizing mystery following her acclaimed debut, INHERIT THE BONES, has Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe investigating the murder of a world-famous author whose presence in town was meant to be a secret.
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PRAIRIE FIRES: The Life and Times of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
Drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Fraser the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series masterfully fills in the gaps in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s biography, presenting the first comprehensive look at the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie book series.
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Prairie Fires.”
THE WINE LOVER’S DAUGHTER by Anne Fadiman
With all her characteristic wit and feeling, celebrated essayist Fadiman examines her relationship with her father, Clifton Fadiman, a renowned literary critic, editor, and radio host whose greatest love was wine.
To request an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Wine Lover’s Daughter.”
THE UN-DISCOVERED ISLANDS: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes by Malachy Tallack
Tallack explores more than twenty islands that have decidedly human origins, whether they are the products of imagination, deception, or simply human error. Of broad appeal to both history, arm chair travel, and geography readers alike, the book has the added bonus of beautiful, fantastical illustrations created by award-winning artist Katie Scott.
Available on NetGalley. To be pre-approved for an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Undiscovered Islands.”
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