Gothic Fiction (10/8/25)

The best gothic reads for a chilling night in! MURDER WILL OUT by Jennifer K. Breedlove 9781250382610 | 2/17/26 Little North Island, off the coast of Maine, is so beautiful it could be a postcard. Organist Willow Stone cherishes her memories of childhood summers spent on the island with her godmother Sue . . . even […]

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TLA’s 2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

We’re thrilled that the Texas Topaz Nonfiction List includes TWO Macmillan titles this year! ONE IN A MILLENNIAL: ON FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS, FANGIRLS, AND FITTING IN by Kate Kennedy | 9781250285126 “A nostalgic look at what it was like growing up as a millennial girl in the 1990s and as a young woman in the early […]

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Kirkus Best Books of 2024

Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024! FICTION BOOK CLUB BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino HISTORICAL GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR by Adam Erlich Sachs ROMANCE LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Rufaro Faith Mazarura SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei THE […]

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Tore Olsson’s Letter to Librarians

Tore Olsson’s RED DEAD’S HISTORY: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America’s Violent Past is a pathbreaking new way to examine US history, through the lens of a bestselling video game. In Olsson’s letter, we learn that his local library provided an intellectual link to a world halted by a global pandemic. Within its walls, […]

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2024 Edgar Award Nominees!

H2 header The Mystery Writers of America has announced the 2024 Edgar Award nominees, and Macmillan has 7 contenders! BEST NOVEL ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHORTHE GOLDEN GATE by Amy ChuaSMALL TOWN SINS by Ken Jaworowski BEST FACT CRIME TANGLED VINES: Power, Privilege, and the […]

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Thriller Thursday (11/14/19)

Thriller Thursday (11/14/19)

A deadly secret document in 1882 London + a homicide detective questioning her past and future = today’s Thriller Thursday! LETHAL PURSUIT: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas “He weaves in history—London especially comes alive—without it seeming like clumps of a school lesson and gives just enough background so that new readers aren’t […]

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Friday Reads: Strong Women!

Friday Reads: Strong Women!

TGIF, librarian friends! Our #FridayReads are powerful stories about strong women: A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming A Barnes & Noble Spring 2017 Discover pick! An extraordinary portrait of Doaa Zamel, a Syrian refugee who managed to survive the horrendous September 2014 Mediterranean shipwreck that claimed almost 500 lives, from the […]

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