Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel Two starred reviews! Based on Frankel’s own experience as the mother of a transgender second-grader, THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS is the story of a family whose youngest son decides he wants to be a girl and […]
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Our 2017 YALSA & RUSA Award Winners!
Congratulations to all of the amazing Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for YALSA and RUSA’s various reading lists this year! 2017 Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences): EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF IVAN ISAENKO by Scott Stambach IN THE COUNTRY […]
Presidential Reads
Today is Inauguration Day! Make sure your library has these presidential books on its shelves: A CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT: The Legacy of Barack Obama by Michael D’Antonio A bold assessment of the lasting successes and major achievements of President Obama. “Obama’s historic presidency during a time of great divisiveness in Washington and the country is an […]
2017 PEN Literary Awards Finalists
UPDATE 3/28/17: Congratulations to our PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography winner: BLACK ELK: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson! The PEN American Center announced the finalists for the 2017 PEN Literary Awards and they include 7 Macmillan titles: PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction HURT PEOPLE by Cote Smith PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award […]
2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists
The National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for their best books of 2016, including these nine Macmillan titles: Autobiography IN GRATITUDE by Jenny Diski THE SONG POET: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang Biography BLACK ELK: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson GUILTY THING: A Life of Thomas […]
Happy #BookBday (1/17/17 Edition)
It’s an all-star #BookBday! TEARS WE CANNOT STOP: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson One of Kirkus Reviews‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2017! As the country grapples with race with anguish and anger at a level not seen since the 60s, one of America’s leading black voices speaks out honestly and provocatively […]
Friday Reads: Strong Women!
TGIF, librarian friends! Our #FridayReads are powerful stories about strong women: A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming A Barnes & Noble Spring 2017 Discover pick! An extraordinary portrait of Doaa Zamel, a Syrian refugee who managed to survive the horrendous September 2014 Mediterranean shipwreck that claimed almost 500 lives, from the […]
Thriller Thursday (1/12/16 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday! We’re ecstatic that the world can now read Jane Harper’s THE DRY, but did you also hear Nancy Pearl enthusiastically recommend Becky Masterman’s Brigid Quinn series (A TWIST OF THE KNIFE) on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today?! So many good mysteries. THE DRY by Jane Harper A January 2017 LibraryReads and Indie Next pick […]
Nancy Pearl LOVES Becky Masterman!
America’s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl was on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today, and she suggested some “under-the-radar” reads, including Becky Masterman’s Brigid Quinn series (RAGE AGAINST THE DYING, FEAR THE DARKNESS, A TWIST OF THE KNIFE)! “Becky Masterman is an author I recently discovered. What I love about these books is that they’re page-turners, they’re really […]
Romance Roundup (1/11/17)
Baby, it’s cold outside! Snuggle up with one of these romances to get your heart racing: THE HERO by Donna Grant (Sons of Texas #1) “Grant delivers an adrenaline-fueled combination of heat and heart in her stellar first Sons of Texas contemporary military romance. Grant grabs the reader by the throat early on with a […]
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