Inspiring Women of Fiction & Mystery

Inspiring Women of Fiction & Mystery

We love a good story, and our friends at Forge have five of ’em for you coming soon from some talented ladies: The Charlotte McNally series from Hank Phillippi Ryan PRIME TIME On sale: Feb. 9, 2016 FACE TIME On sale: April 12, 2016 AIR TIME On sale: June 14, 2016 MER by Katie Schickel […]

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EW Best Books of 2015

EW Best Books of 2015

Entertainment Weekly ♥s us! Three Macmillan titles made their Best of Books 2015 list: 2) A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN by Lucia Berlin Like a lot of brilliant but erratic artists, Lucia Berlin found her best work mislaid by history and largely forgotten after her death in 2004. To her credit, she might have been […]

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2016 PEN Literary Awards Longlist

2016 PEN Literary Awards Longlist

This week the PEN American Center announced the longlists for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards and they include 6 Macmillan titles: PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS by Marilynne Robinson PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE by George Musser PEN Open Book Award (For […]

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Tor.com Winter 2016 Season

Tor.com Winter 2016 Season

Calling all sci-fi/fantasy readers! Here are the Winter 2016 books to look forward to from Tor.com Publishing: THE DROWNING EYES by Emily Foster On sale 1/12/16 The Dragon Ships took everything from Shina, but her weather magic might help win it back in this epic fantasy debut. THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle […]

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Thriller Thursday (12/10/15 Edition)

Thriller Thursday (12/10/15 Edition)

We hope you’ve been following all the great mystery & thriller recommendations on Twitter from your fellow librarians (hashtag #libfaves15). Today we celebrate five new spine-tingling books out this week and next: DESPERATE MEASURES by Jo Bannister Bannister’s third series outing finds police officer Hazel Best helping her friend Gabriel Ash rescue his family from […]

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Chicago Public Library’s 2015 Best of the Best Books

Chicago Public Library’s 2015 Best of the Best Books

We’ve got 14 books on Chicago Public Library’s 2015 Best of the Best list! Selected by a team of CPL librarians, the list represents the year’s most outstanding titles, books of exceptional quality for a diverse, city-wide readership. Fiction A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab JADE DRAGON MOUNTAIN by Elsa Hart A MANUAL […]

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Happy #BookBday (12/8/15 Edition)

Happy #BookBday (12/8/15 Edition)

Happy #BookBday to two lovely historical novels on shelves now: BEATRICE AND BENEDICK by Marina Fiorato Set a year before the events of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, bestselling author Fiorato imagines the first youthful encounter between the famous lovers Beatrice and Benedick. “Fans of historical fiction, Gregory Maguire’s retellings of classic tales, and Geraldine […]

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RT Book Reviews 2015 Reviewer’s Choice Awards

RT Book Reviews 2015 Reviewer’s Choice Awards

Did you know that 22 Macmillan titles were nominated for Romantic Times Book Reviews’ 2015 Reviewer’s Choice Awards? It’s true! Best Contemporary Romance BROWN-EYED GIRL by Lisa Kleypas Best Historical Romance THE HIGHWAYMAN by Kerrigan Byrne Best Futuristic Romance BORN OF DEFIANCE by Sherrilyn Kenyon Best Paranormal Romance PRIMAL HEAT by A.C. Arthur Best Romantic […]

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Kirkus Best Books of 2015 – Nonfiction

Kirkus Best Books of 2015 – Nonfiction

In addition to their Best Fiction list, Kirkus Reviews unveiled their Best of 2015 Nonfiction lists which include 20 Macmillan titles: Best Nonfiction GIVE US THE BALLOT: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman THE CRIME AND THE SILENCE: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne by Anna Bikont IRREPRESSIBLE: […]

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Sneak Peek: January 2016 Indie Next List

Sneak Peek: January 2016 Indie Next List

The January 2016 Indie Next list includes 3 Macmillan titles! ROSALIE LIGHTNING by Tom Hart Eisner-nominated cartoonist Hart’s beautiful and touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie, is also a Winter 2016 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick and has THREE starred reviews. “ROSALIE LIGHTNING is a masterpiece—and […]

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