LJ Genre Spotlight: Mystery

LJ Genre Spotlight: Mystery

Library Journal‘s recent genre spotlight included five Macmillan mysteries: From the pen of Emmy Award–winning Matt Goldman, whose credits include Seinfeld, comes GONE TO DUST (Forge, Aug.), a twisty and entertaining Minneapolis-set mystery that features a Jewish private investigator. Other crime-solving protagonists of color returning this season include African American female homicide detective Lou Norton […]

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Happy Early #BookBday (4/17/17 Edition)

Happy Early #BookBday (4/17/17 Edition)

Since we’ll be off to the Texas Library Association conference tomorrow, we wanted to wish an early #BookBday to these new titles: ARARAT by Christopher Golden New York Times bestselling author Golden’s supernatural thriller about a mountain adventure that quickly turns into a horrific nightmare of biblical proportions. “The whole is more than the sum […]

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PW Best Books of Summer 2017

PW Best Books of Summer 2017

Publishers Weekly’s editors recently selected their Best Books of Summer 2017, including these seven Macmillan titles: Staff Picks (full list) BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer “About that thing on the cover—is it a genetically modified bird-of-paradise? Some cousin of the odoriferous corpse flower? I was intrigued from the moment I saw it, as is Rachel, the […]

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Friday Reads All-Stars

Friday Reads All-Stars

Happy Friday, friends! Our #FridayReads have multiple starred reviews: DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire — 3 starred reviews!  “Beautifully crafted and smartly written, this fairy-tale novella is everything that speculative fiction readers look for: fantastical worlds, diverse characters, and prose that hits home with its emotional truths.” — Library Journal, starred review […]

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Thriller Thursday (4/13/17 Edition)

Thriller Thursday (4/13/17 Edition)

We’ve got two amazing debuts and three excellent series entries for you this #ThrillerThursday: IF WE WERE VILLAINS by M.L. Rio A literary debut in the tradition of Donna Tartt’s THE SECRET HISTORY about a group of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts school who find their friendship turned into nasty rivalry […]

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Maximum Shelf: HAPPINESS

Maximum Shelf: HAPPINESS

Today’s Maximum Shelf Awareness feature is HAPPINESS: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After by Heather Harpham. In her debut memoir, award-winning playwright and performance artist Heather Harpham recounts her charming courtship with a New Yorker named Brian, and how it ends, full stop, when Heather becomes pregnant. Heather returns home to California to deliver […]

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New Nonfiction – April 2017

New Nonfiction – April 2017

Biographies, histories, manifestos and more! Take a look at the new nonfiction books perfect for your patrons this April: FEAR CITY: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein Two starred reviews! “Phillips-Fein, professor of history at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, makes municipal bonds exciting in this painstakingly […]

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Happy #BookBday (4/11/17 Edition)

Happy #BookBday (4/11/17 Edition)

Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! ONE PERFECT LIE by Lisa Scottoline In New York Times bestselling Scottoline’s latest novel of domestic suspense, the single mother of a shy but athletically gifted high school pitcher worries that her son is being led astray by a rich, charismatic teammate hiding a dangerous past. Add […]

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2017 Pulitzer Finalists

2017 Pulitzer Finalists

Congratulations to our 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalists, THE SPORT OF KINGS by C. E. Morgan (Fiction) & IN THE DARKROOM by Susan Faludi (Biography or Autobiography)! The Pulitzer Prizes have been honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917. See the full list of winners and nominees here. […]

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Sneak Peek: May 2017 Indie Next List

Sneak Peek: May 2017 Indie Next List

The May 2017 Indie Next list includes three Macmillan titles! BROKEN RIVER by J. Robert Lennon “Here’s a gripping and memorable thriller about a family that moves into a house where, several years earlier, a double homicide took place. Lots of mysteries in this tricky story, lots of great characters, and one really cool narrative device: […]

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