Happy #BookBday to these new titles that hit shelves yesterday: ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie Jane Anders A February 2016 Indie Next pick, a Kirkus Reviews’ Most Anticipated Book of 2016, and two starred reviews for this stunning SF debut in which a friendship between two adolescent misfits is the catalyst for […]
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Stars for AN UNRESTORED WOMAN
If you were lucky enough to be at ALA Midwinter’s AAP/LibraryReads Debut Authors panel, then you know all about Shobha Rao‘s exceptional talent. Born in India but raised in Indiana, Rao was treated like an outsider and spent most of her time in the school library alone, deeply grateful that the librarians let her just “be.” The […]
BuzzFeed Books’ 2016 Picks
BuzzFeed Books recently listed the 27 Most Exciting Books Coming In 2016 and Macmillan proudly publishes 6 of them! THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS by John Wray On sale: February 9 John Wray’s THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS is a wild, sweeping adventure through time, science, and one family’s curious legacy. When Waldemar “Waldy” Tolliver wakes up […]
Sneak Peek: February 2016 Indie Next List
The February 2016 Indie Next list includes 5 Macmillan titles! THE YID by Paul Goldberg Two starred reviews! “In this fantastical (and fantastic) debut novel by reporter and writer Goldberg, who immigrated to the United States from the USSR in 1973, a troupe of unlikely Soviet characters assembles with a single objective…to do in Stalin […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (1/19/16)
Happy New Year, YA-lovin’ librarians! We loved seeing so many of you in Boston at ALA Midwinter, where you showed up in full force for Roshani Chokshi (THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN), David Levithan (YOU KNOW ME WELL), Anna-Marie McLemore (THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS) and Ann Jacobus (ROMANCING THE DARK IN THE CITY OF LIGHT). We’ve got […]
Maximum Shelf: THE FORGETTING TIME
Today’s #FridayReads pick is also a Maximum Shelf Awareness feature: THE FORGETTING TIME by Sharon Guskin. First-time novelist Guskin looks at choices, regret and second chances in the powerful story of a little boy who remembers life as someone else and the adults who struggle to help him find peace. “Intercut with excerpted case studies […]
Thriller Thursday (1/14/16 Edition)
Our first #ThrillerThursday titles of the new year ALL have *starred reviews* and major accolades: ONCE A CROOKED MAN by David McCallum “David McCallum — yes, actor David McCallum of ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS’ fame — confidently embarks on a second career in his highly entertaining debut that mixes the espionage novel with […]
For Your Consideration: March 2016 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the March 2016* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due January 20! Click here for the full list of 2016 deadlines. LUST & WONDER by Augusten Burroughs “Augusten Burroughs is back! Longtime fans of the memoirist are going to be over the moon with this new work and with […]
Tor.com Winter 2016 Season
Calling all sci-fi/fantasy readers! Here are the Winter 2016 books to look forward to from Tor.com Publishing: THE DROWNING EYES by Emily Foster On sale 1/12/16 The Dragon Ships took everything from Shina, but her weather magic might help win it back in this epic fantasy debut. THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle […]
Thriller Thursday (12/10/15 Edition)
We hope you’ve been following all the great mystery & thriller recommendations on Twitter from your fellow librarians (hashtag #libfaves15). Today we celebrate five new spine-tingling books out this week and next: DESPERATE MEASURES by Jo Bannister Bannister’s third series outing finds police officer Hazel Best helping her friend Gabriel Ash rescue his family from […]