The long Labor Day weekend is here! To celebrate an extra day of reading time, here’s a list of great Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 reads you can download on Edelweiss NOW!* Don’t forget to nominate your favorite for LibraryReads! Highly Anticipated!! LUST & WONDER by Augusten Burroughs A WILD SWAN by Michael Cunningham THE GIVENNESS […]
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Friday Reads: Literary Standouts
TGIF! This weekend we recommend you soak up the sun while enjoying one of these recent literary standouts on shelves now: A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN by Lucia Berlin “[Lucia Berlin] may just be the best writer you’ve never heard of…” (Publishers Weekly, boxed & starred review) and her short story collection has received THREE […]
Thriller Thursday (8/27/15 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to two series favorites, a debut, and a new novel from a writer serving a life sentence in prison (no joke!): THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny The outstanding 11th book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Penny’s Inspector Armand Gamache series is an August 2015 LibraryReads pick, a September […]
Holt Rocks the NYTBR
The New York Times Book Review featured THE BEAUTIFUL BUREAUCRAT by Helen Phillips & ALL THAT FOLLOWED by Gabriel Urza two Henry Holt & Co. debut novels that we’ve been talking up for months now and are finally on shelves! Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, THE BEAUTIFUL BUREAUCRAT follows Josephine, who spends […]
Thriller Thursday (8/20/15 Edition)
A pro football player turns sleuth and an investigator finally gets a lead on the cold case that haunts him most: his daughter’s abduction. HANGMAN’S GAME by Bill Syken Former Sports Illustrated reporter Syken’s first mystery stars Nick Gallow, a pro football punter who witnesses the murder of the new all-star draft pick just as […]
EVERYBODY RISE is Here!
Stephanie Clifford’s spectacular debut, EVERYBODY RISE, is finally here! The August 2015 LibraryReads pick and September 2015 Indie Next pick is racking up major media reviews: “There’s little more delicious than watching an ambitious but tragically flawed protagonist brought down—especially in a designer cocktail dress. In EVERYBODY RISE, debut novelist Stephanie Clifford has written a […]
Library Journal Genre Spotlight: Science Fiction
Library Journal‘s genre spotlight on Science Fiction has so much Macmillan goodness, it’s out of this world! Epics Still Rule THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson On sale Sept. 15, 2015 A heart-wrenching political fantasy debut about power, colonialism, and being different. It already has two starred reviews: “Dickinson’s debut, the start of a […]
Booklist Top LGBTQ Picks
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriage the law of the land (YAY!), Booklist announced their top LGBTQ picks, including these noteworthy Macmillan titles: Top 10 LGBTQ Literature FRANK: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank IRREPRESSIBLE: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham […]
Thriller Thursday (8/6/15 Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday menu: three cuts of fresh meat (debuts) and one cozy treat: LORD OF THE WINGS by Donna Andrews An August 2015 LibraryReads pick! In the 19th book in Andrews’ avian-themed mystery series, Caerphilly, VA goes all out to transform itself into Spooky City, USA for Halloween. But when a real body mars the […]
B&N Fall 2015 Discover Picks
Barnes & Noble’s Fall 2015 Discover Great New Writers program features 4 Macmillan titles! BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT by Damon Tweedy A BEA 2015 Editor’s Buzz Panel Selection! Memoir at its finest: beautifully composed, firmly anchored to a larger world, engaging, accessible, and profound. “Tweedy, an African American psychiatrist at Duke University, expertly weaves […]