If you don’t know M.C. Beaton‘s feisty, gloriously non-pc PR maven-turned-amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin, you should. She solves many a murder (and falls desperately for many a man) in the cozy Cotswold village of Carsely, which isn’t quite as peaceful as it seems. Readers familiar with Agatha’s adventures can now watch them on the small […]
Reviews and Publicity
THREE Stars for ARAB OF THE FUTURE 2
Last year, Riad Sattouf‘s graphic memoir, THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984, made a huge splash in the literary world—it won the L.A. Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comic and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015. Now the sequel, THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE 2: A Childhood […]
PW’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016
Drawn from the 14,000+ titles in Publishers Weekly‘s Fall Announcements issue (available in full here), these Macmillan titles are PW‘s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016: Fiction HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Foer’s first novel in 11 years is the story of a fracturing family […]
Friday Reads: History
Happy Friday, lovely librarians! Today’s #FridayReads delve into Russian and Iranian history via fiction and fact: THE IMPERIAL WIFE by Irina Reyn “The Russians are coming in this ingeniously structured novel that travels between a present-day art specialist handling the biggest sale of her career and the 18th-century court life of the woman who becomes […]
2016 Man Booker Prize Longlist
Congratulations to all of the fantastic books on the 2016 Man Booker Prize longlist, especially these four Macmillan titles: THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty HOT MILK by Deborah Levy THE NORTH WATER by Ian McGuire HYSTOPIA by David Means ALL THAT MAN IS by David Szalay The shortlist will be announced on September 13 and […]
Happy #BookBday (7/26/16 Edition)
These three new books are as sizzling hot as their summer #BookBday! TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty A July 2016 LibraryReads pick and a Best Book of Summer 2016! The highly anticipated new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Moriarty examines marriage, sex, parenthood, and friendship via three seemingly happy families. After […]
Pages on Politics
With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions happening this month, the 2016 presidential race shows no signs of slowing until November. Whether you lean left or right, there’s a book about politics for every reader: OUR REVOLUTION: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders The book by the U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential […]
Starred Nonfiction Roundup
We’re seeing stars for these books about travel, history, art, poetry, and music! THE GLAMOUR OF STRANGENESS: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic by Jamie James A PW Best Summer Books of 2016 pick with THREE starred reviews! “In this exciting book, novelist and critic James examines six artists (and many interesting secondary […]
Friday Reads: Starred Historical Fiction
TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads picks are two historical novels with multiple starred reviews! THE CHOSEN ONES by Steve Sem-Sandberg THREE starred reviews! One of Europe’s most revered novelists recounts a terrible, forgotten incident in Nazi-era Vienna. “Gorgeous prose and stark imagery, along with Sem-Sandberg’s penchant for the absurd and surreal, provide an unsettling and vivid glimpse […]
The Giant 2016 Graphic Novel Roundup!
The saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words” and that’s certainly true of graphic novels. Thanks to comic book characters dominating pop culture, the format has been enjoying a boom and readers are coming to the medium in droves. Publishers Weekly recently profiled graphic novel publisher Papercutz, which publishes between 50 and 60 […]
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