Happy #BookBday to a series favorite, a debut, and two biographies: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny The outstanding 11th book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Penny’s Inspector Armand Gamache series is an August 2015 LibraryReads pick, a September 2015 Indie Next pick, and has THREE starred reviews, including this one […]
For Your Consideration: November 2015 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles now for the November 2015* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due September 20! Click here for the full list of 2015 deadlines. A WILD SWAN by Michael Cunningham Classic fairy tales are reimagined for our times by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE HOURS and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko […]
$10 E-Book Shorts For Libraries!
E-book shorts are the tapas of the literary world: you can have a snack (short read), satisfy a craving (new works that bridge books in a series), or have enough to make a meal (sample lots of new works in a range of genres). We’ve done a permanent library price drop on more than 600 […]
Thriller Thursday (8/20/15 Edition)
A pro football player turns sleuth and an investigator finally gets a lead on the cold case that haunts him most: his daughter’s abduction. HANGMAN’S GAME by Bill Syken Former Sports Illustrated reporter Syken’s first mystery stars Nick Gallow, a pro football punter who witnesses the murder of the new all-star draft pick just as […]
EW Fall Books Preview
Entertainment Weekly gave us a sneak preview of this year’s “dazzlingly rich” fall season in a recent issue guest edited by Andy Cohen (hey there, MOST TALKATIVE!). While only their list of Blockbuster Novels is available online, Anne’s got the scoop on all the other Macmillan picks: Blockbuster Novels PURITY by Jonathan Franzen In Franzen’s […]
EVERYBODY RISE is Here!
Stephanie Clifford’s spectacular debut, EVERYBODY RISE, is finally here! The August 2015 LibraryReads pick and September 2015 Indie Next pick is racking up major media reviews: “There’s little more delicious than watching an ambitious but tragically flawed protagonist brought down—especially in a designer cocktail dress. In EVERYBODY RISE, debut novelist Stephanie Clifford has written a […]
Stars for BREAKAWAY
Last Fall we fell hard for librarian Kat Spears‘ debut novel, SWAY. Everyone else did, too: it received two starred reviews and was a YALSA 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults pick! Her new novel, BREAKAWAY, is about a young man who finds himself pulled between building a healthy and stable relationship with a girl […]
Tor.com Publishes Books?!
It’s TRUE! Tor.com Publishing is proud to announce its first PRINT titles for Fall 2015! THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson On sale 9/1/15 A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2015! “In Wilson’s lush debut, which launches the novella-focused Tor.com imprint, genre strictures are altogether overturned; magic and science and […]
A Scottoline For Every Season
Friends, it’s no secret we’ve got a huge lady-crush on Lisa Scottoline. She’s HILARIOUS, generous, incredibly down-to-earth, and a phenomenally talented, prolific writer. Fortunately for us readers and rabid fans, there’s a Scottoline for every season! (And free galleys of her newest Rosato & DiNunzio book, CORRUPTED!) Every Winter, Lisa explores the complex themes of […]