Excuse all the sniffling and tears, but tomorrow, Jon Stewart retires as host of The Daily Show and we’re still in disbelief. He may no longer be part of TV, but he can be part of your shelf with ANGRY OPTIMIST: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart by Lisa Rogak. The biography is now […]
Reviews and Publicity
Happy #BookBday (8/4/15 Edition)
Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! ALL THAT FOLLOWED by Gabriel Urza A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 selection, a Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce pick, and an August 2015 Indie Next pick! This psychologically twisting debut novel about a politically-charged act of violence that echoes through a quiet Spanish town is “as […]
PW’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2015
Our heads are at the beach, but we’re dreaming of Pumpkin Spice everything as we look forward to Fall! Here are the Fall 2015 books from Macmillan that Publishers Weekly is looking forward to: Fiction PURITY by Jonathan Franzen In Franzen’s first novel since FREEDOM, a young woman follows a German peace activist to South […]
Friday Reads: Minotaur Stars
TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads picks are three Minotaur mysteries that have received several starred reviews: SHANGHAI REDEMPTION by Qiu Xiaolong “Chinese exile Qiu once again movingly and convincingly portrays the plight of an honest cop in a police state, in his ninth novel featuring Insp. Chen Cao. The suspense is palpable, and Qiu gives readers a […]
Thriller Thursday (7/30/15 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to a bestselling author and the new kid on the (mystery) block: BADLANDS by C.J. Box THREE stars for Box’s latest standalone in which the new sheriff of a North Dakota town is investigating organized crime, a drug ring, and trying to figure out how a 12-year-old boy fits into the mix. “Suspenseful—you can’t put it […]
2015 Man Booker Prize Longlist
Congratulations to all of the fantastic books on the 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist, especially these two titles from Farrar, Straus & Giroux: THE ILLUMINATIONS by Andrew O’Hagan LILA by Marilynne Robinson The shortlist will be announced on September 15 and the winner will be revealed on October 13. Click here to see the full […]
Kirkus’s July 2015 Best Bets
Kirkus Reviews named four Macmillan titles to their July’s Best Bets list: CONFESSION OF THE LIONESS by Mia Couto “Mozambique biologist and writer Couto crafts a rich tale in which the spirit world is made real, animals are controlled by people, and dead ancestors are feared for their power to destroy cities. A haunting, ethereal […]
Happy #BookBday (7/28/15 Edition)
Happy #BookBday to three new releases great for book clubs: THE NIGHT STAGES by Jane Urquhart A female pilot recalls her affair with a man obsessed with the disappearance of his brother in this elegiac novel of intersecting memories and the sorrows of fractured families. “Highly satisfying on many levels, this novel will have book […]
Friday Reads: FSG Stars
TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads picks are two Farrar, Straus & Giroux titles that have multiple starred reviews: ONLY THE ANIMALS by Ceridwen Dovey “Named an artist to watch by the Wall Street Journal for her debut novel, BLOOD KIN, Australian storyteller Dovey fulfills her promise with this standout collection of 12 interconnected stories, all told by animals […]
Thriller Thursday (7/23/15 Edition)
A scientist, a dog-loving lawyer and a detective walk into a #ThrillerThursday roundup… THE FLICKER MEN by Ted Kosmatka In this SF thriller, a struggling physicist looking to salvage his career redoes a classic physics experiment and discovers the result has devastating philosophical implications for humanity. It’s also a Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 […]
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