Booklist recently featured their top picks for the most engaging, mind-stretching, and informative science and health books, including these three from Macmillan: Top 10 Science and Health Books BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy Tweedy, an African American psychiatrist, expertly weaves together statistics, personal anecdotes, […]
Louise Penny & Jenny Lawson are LibraryReads 2015 “Favorite of Favorites”
We love them and you do, too: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny (#4) and FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson (#7) are LibraryReads 2015 “Favorite of Favorites!” Thank you for voting for them and remember, they love you, too (see exhibits A & B). Need more library list love? Count down your top […]
2016 Texas Tayshas List
We’re proud to have four Young Adult novels on the 2016 Texas Tayshas Reading List! ALL THE RAGE by Courtney Summers MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME, edited by Stephanie Perkins SPARE PARTS: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis THE TRAGIC AGE by Stephen Metcalfe […]
Macmillan Library @ ALA Midwinter 2016 (Booth #1806)
We’re ridiculously excited to see you in the Macmillan (adult) booth #1806 and at all of our great events at ALA Midwinter in Boston next month. Check out our schedule below and RSVP ASAP! Friday, January 8 ALA ERT/Booklist Author Forum with Terry Tempest Williams 4:00-5:15pm Boston Convention and Exhibit Center | BCEC Ballroom West Award-winning […]
2015 Thanksgiving Reads
Thanksgiving is almost here! After all the cooking, cleaning and shopping, why not take a minute to relax and read? Here are 5 bestselling titles out now and 5 of our favorites coming out in 2016 that you can read and recommend: Available Now THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS by Marilynne […]
SLJ Best Books of 2015
School Library Journal recently announced their best books of 2015 in several categories and four Macmillan titles made the cut! Young Adult CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell Adult Books 4 Teens MAKE YOUR HOME AMONG STRANGERS by Jennine Capó Crucet PURITY by Jonathan Franzen THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah Click here to see the full […]
Happy #BookBday (11/24/15 Edition)
THE RESTORATION OF OTTO LAIRD by Nigel Packer A funny, moving, and heartwarming novel about a retired architect’s attempt to reclaim the past. “Densely layered, Packer’s novel explores the importance of introspection, the durability of memory, and the conflict between man-made order and natural chaos. Readers who enjoy the work of Francine Prose and Charles […]
Holiday e-Books Sale For Libraries
‘Tis the season for saving, so enjoy our holiday e-Books sale! Running now through Thursday, 12/31, nearly 100 backlist adult and children’s titles will be discounted 25% off (with our regular lending terms). Add these goodies to your digital shelf: Holiday titles: VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS by Janet Evanovich MISTLETOE AND MURDER by Carola Dunn […]
A Book That “Will Change Minds and Open Hearts”
Lovely librarian friends, we are ecstatic that the e-galley is finally available for Flatiron Books’s very first YA title: IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo. This big-hearted novel about Amanda Hardy, a transgender girl at a new school, is both about being seen for who you really are and a love story that […]
Maximum Shelf Awareness: THE SOUND OF GRAVEL
Earlier this week, Maximum Shelf Awareness featured one of our favorite memoirs of the winter season: THE SOUND OF GRAVEL by Ruth Wariner. This remarkable true story of one girl’s coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult is reminiscent of Jeannette Walls’ THE GLASS CASTLE and ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessup. “THE SOUND OF GRAVEL is […]