Fun fact: Macmillan titles make up one-quarter of the April 2016 Indie Next list! THE CHARM BRACELET by Viola Shipman Through an heirloom charm bracelet three women will rediscover the importance of family, love, faith, friends, fun and a passion for living as the magic of each charm changes their lives. “Shipman’s charming story of […]
Exciting FSG Awards News!
Our friends at Farrar, Straus & Giroux are racking up award nominations left and right! Two wonderful books have been longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize: THE HEART by Maylis de Kerangal A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler The shortlist will be announced on April 14 and the winner will be revealed on […]
EVERY HEART A DOORWAY makes the April 2016 LibraryReads list!
FANTASTIC NEWS! EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire is the #7 pick on the April 2016 LibraryReads list! Bestseller McGuire presents a fresh take on the portal fantasy genre that blends Alice in Wonderland, The Magicians, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. “McGuire’s lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience. Readers will be unable […]
2016 Lammy Awards Finalists
The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) announced the finalists for the 28th annual Lambda Literary Awards (a.k.a. the “Lammys”) celebrating achievements in LGBT literature. We’re waving our rainbow flag in support of these eight nominees from Macmillan! Gay Fiction A POET OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD by Michael Golding STILL LIFE, LAS VEGAS by James Sie Bisexual Literature […]
Happy International Women Day!
March is Women’s History Month and today happens to be International Women Day! Ladies, we salute you, and we recommend these titles: BECAUSE OF SEX: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work by Gillian Thomas EVERYDAY SEXISM by Laura Bates (also available in trade paperback) THE GEEK FEMINIST […]
Happy #BookBday (3/8/16 Edition)
Happy #BookBday to these new titles on shelves now: PEACEKEEPING by Mischa Berlinski Two stars for this sophomore novel from National Book Award nominee Berlinski, in which a former deputy sheriff and failed politician takes a job in Haiti where he befriends an American-educated judge and falls in love with the judge’s wife. “[Berlinski] is […]
THREE Stars for 2 FSG Titles
Our week is off to a good start because two Farrar, Straus & Giroux titles each have THREE STARRED REVIEWS! THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS by Dominic Smith “In this wonderfully engaging novel, centered on the paintings of fictional seventeenth-century Dutch artist Sara de Vos, Smith immerses the reader in three vibrant time […]
The Must-Read Summer Thriller of 2016
Gone Girl. Luckiest Girl Alive. The Girl on the Train. It may not have “Girl” in the title, but Wendy Walker’s ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN is destined to be Summer 2016’s blockbuster thriller. In fact, Reese Witherspoon already snapped up the film rights and is in talks to star. In the small, affluent town of […]
Happy National Grammar Day!
It’s one of our favorite holidays, National Grammar Day! To celebrate, Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty) appeared on the “Today Show” earlier this week to offer her expertise as Hoda and Kathie Lee quizzed some teachers in the audience. […]
Thriller Thursday (3/3/16 Edition)
An incredible true crime story, a psychological thriller and two new entries in bestselling series are on the docket this #ThrillerThursday: MURDER OVER A GIRL: Justice, Gender, Junior High by Ken Corbett A psychologist’s gripping, troubling, and moving exploration of the brutal murder of a possibly transgender middle school student by an eighth grade classmate. […]
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