We can’t help but #humblebrag about all the amazing Picador books reviewed in yesterday’s (October 26) New York Times Book Review: THE KILLS by Richard House “The patience required to get through [THE KILLS’ 1,000 pages] is made easy by House’s insistent and electric prose style, which imbues long passages about corporate machinations with bristling […]
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Thriller Thursday (10/23/14 Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks will also tickle your funny bone: SEVENTH GRAVE AND NO BODY by Darynda Jones Hot on the heels of the May LibraryReads pick SIXTH GRAVE ON THE EDGE comes the next installment of Darynda Jones’ laugh-out-loud bestselling paranormal series. This time PI/Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is battling demons who have escaped to […]
Happy Early #BookBday (10/20/14 Edition)
Today we’d like to wish an early Happy #BookBday to WHO WE BE by Jeff Chang In this follow-up to the award-winning classic CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP, Jeff Chang takes an intelligent, honest look at the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in American history over the last fifty years. “In this engaging look at […]
Books for Boys
This season Macmillan Library is all about boys and their adventures in growing up. The boys whose DIY robot bests MIT, the boys who attend a terrifyingly real boarding school (in the future), and the boys who use gaming as a means of salvation… We’re getting to know them all. Won’t you join us? SPARE […]
For Your Consideration: December and January LibraryReads Titles
Nominations for the January 2015 LibraryReads list (which also includes December 2014 titles this time) are due on November 20. Here’s what we recommend: December 2014 titles SAVING GRACE by Jane Green Grace and Ted Chapman are a literary power couple whose marriage is anything but perfect. So it’s good news when the new assistant […]
Thriller Thursday (10/16/14 Edition)
Death and Debt – what could be better on #ThrillerThursday? MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL by Ashley Weaver The #10 October 2014 LibraryReads pick by librarian Weaver featuring a spunky heiress, an eccentric group of British aristocrats on holiday at an exquisite seaside resort, and a MURDER. “This debut novel by a librarian lays the foundation […]
OMG PUPPIES!
Who can resist a roundup of books featuring cute and courageous canines? MIRACLE DOGS by Liz Stavrinides Professional pet photographer and volunteer for animal rescues, Stavrinides combines her passions in this heartwarming collection of stories and full-color portraits of 50 amazing dogs and their loving owners, including celebrities like Hoda Kotb. “Even cat-lovers will have […]
The Blitz, Bloody Mary and the Master of Sci Fi!
If you love getting lost in history, here are three new novels out this month for your enjoyment: SLEEP IN PEACE TONIGHT by James McManus Harry Hopkins, FDR’s most trusted advisor, is sent to negotiate with Churchill, but found himself becoming personally involved with a woman soldier in war-torn London. “The appeal of a WWII […]
2014 National Book Award finalists
Cue the confetti cannons & kitten parade: we’ve got EIGHT finalists for the 2014 National Book Awards! Longlist for Fiction LILA by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Longlist for Nonfiction CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast (Bloomsbury) NO GOOD MEN AMONG THE LIVING: America, the Taliban, and the War through […]
Sneak Peek: November 2014 Indie Next list
The November 2014 Indie Next list was recently announced and it includes some fabulous Macmillan titles! THE LAUGHING MONSTERS by Denis Johnson “In a work that’s part spy novel and part buddy tale, Johnson aptly locates his portrayal of a shadowy world of complicated relationships and ever-shifting alliances in one of the more broken places […]
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