PW’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016

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 […]

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Friday Reads: History

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 […]

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2016 Man Booker Prize Longlist

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 […]

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Come one, come all to Books for Teens 2017!

Come one, come all to Books for Teens 2017!

Lucky for you, we’ve created not one, but TWO posters of our favorite teen reads for 2017! Download and print your copies (11×17 tabloid size) of BFT poster 1 & BFT poster 2. Then, make sure that you’re pre-approved on Edelweiss to download all of our available e-galleys, including many of the titles mentioned below. […]

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Happy #BookBday (7/26/16 Edition)

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 […]

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Starred Nonfiction Roundup

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 […]

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Friday Reads: Starred Historical Fiction

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 […]

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The Giant 2016 Graphic Novel Roundup!

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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Thriller Thursday (7/21/16 Edition)

Thriller Thursday (7/21/16 Edition)

Check out these two funny new mysteries with starred reviews: THE BAKER STREET JURORS by Michael Robertson Two starred reviews! “Agatha Christie fans will revel in Robertson’s fifth novel featuring London solicitor Nigel Heath. This is Robertson’s best work yet, a classic fair play whodunit leavened with humor.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review THE BRANSON […]

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