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 […]
Reviews and Publicity
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 […]
Grammar Girl Celebrates Her 500th Podcast!
We’re psyched to start the weekend with some great news: Mignon Fogarty just posted her 500th(!) Grammar Girl podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips! You can listen to this landmark episode on the QDT website, iTunes or Stitcher. Plus, word nerds can listen to Grammar Girl’s top ten most heard stories. Everyone wants to know […]
Thriller Thursday (1/21/16 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday, mystery lovers! We’re basking in the Edgar nominations glow and loving these new books: ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz A February 2016 Indie Next pick! Two starred reviews for the best thriller since THE BOURNE IDENTITY, starring Evan Smoak: a legendary figure with skills, resources, a personal mission to help those with nowhere else […]
2016 Edgar Nominees & Starred Mysteries
The 2016 Edgar Award nominations were announced earlier this week and Macmillan has 4 contenders: Best Novel NIGHT LIFE by David C. Taylor Best Critical/Biographical THE LOST DETECTIVE: Becoming Dashiell Hammett by Nathan Ward Mary Higgins Clark Award A WOMAN UNKNOWN by Frances Brody THE MASQUE OF A MURDERER by Susanna Calkins The winners will […]
Starred Review Roundup
Save a spot on your shelves for these upcoming books that have received multiple starred reviews: ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie Jane Anders A February 2016 Indie Next pick and a Kirkus Reviews’ Most Anticipated Book of 2016! A friendship between two adolescent misfits is the catalyst for an apocalyptic reckoning in […]
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 […]
Happy Belated #BookBday (1/20/16)
We’re a day late to wish these new releases happy #BookBday, but it’s only to keep the party going! THE THINGS WE KEEP by Sally Hepworth A January 2016 LibraryReads pick and a February 2016 Indie Next pick! Librarians across the country are gushing over this novel reminiscent of Nicholas Sparks’s THE NOTEBOOK and Lisa Genova’s STILL […]
2015 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists
The National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for their best books of 2015, including these seven Macmillan titles: Fiction THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty General Nonfiction GIVE US THE BALLOT by Ari Berman DREAMLAND by Sam Quinones WHAT THE EYE HEARS: A History of Tap Dancing, by Brian Seibert Autobiography THE ODD WOMAN AND […]
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 […]
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