We’ve got 15 books on Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best Books 2017” list! Selected by a team of CPL librarians, the list represents the year’s most outstanding titles, books of exceptional quality for a diverse, city-wide readership. Fiction BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer THE DRY by Jane Harper GOOD ME, BAD ME by Ali […]
Tag: Alice McDermott
New York Times Notable Books of 2017
The gray lady picked 14 Macmillan titles: Fiction & Poetry THE DARK FLOOD RISES by Margaret Drabble 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides THE NINTH HOUR by Alice McDermott SIX FOUR by Hideo Yokoyama TRANSIT by Rachel Cusk WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier Nonfiction AGE OF ANGER: A History […]
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017 lists include 12 Macmillan titles: Top Ten Books of 2017 (full list) THE NINTH HOUR by Alice McDermott Mystery (full list) GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny SF/Fantasy (full list) DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire AUTONOMOUS by Annalee Newitz Thrillers (full list) THE LOST ORDER by […]
Washington Post’s Best Books of 2017
Huzzah! 16 Macmillan titles made the Washington Post‘s Best Books of 2017 lists! Best Books 2017 (full list) I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet Notable Fiction (full list) 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster THE DARK FLOOD RISES by Margaret Drabble HER BODY AND […]
Kirkus Best Books of 2017 – Fiction
Kirkus Reviews announced their Best of 2017 Fiction lists which include 19 Macmillan titles: Best Fiction (full list) 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster THE FIFTH ELEMENT by Jorgen Brekke MARLENA by Julie Buntin DUKE WITH BENEFITS by Manda Collins WALKAWAY by Cory Doctorow FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides A CAST OF VULTURES by […]
2017 Kirkus Prize Finalists
We’re proud to announce we have two finalists for the 2017 Kirkus Prize in Fiction: THE NINTH HOUR by Alice McDermott HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado See the full list of nominees here. The winners will be announced November 2. […]
2018 Carnegie Medals Longlist (and a Finalist!)
We’re thrilled to have 6 nominees on the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Longlist! Fiction 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster FRESH COMPLAINT by Jeffrey Eugenides THE NINTH HOUR by Alice McDermott Nonfiction THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg LOCKING UP OUR OWN: […]
Belated #bookbday
Happiest of belated book birthdays to our new pals below! Autonomous by Annalee Newitz An October Indie Next Selection “The cofounder of the sf website io9.com takes some of today’s key social and technical issues (the nature of artificial intelligence, the notion of property and ownership) and wraps them in a compelling, original story line […]
Sneak Peek: October 2017 Indie Next List
The October 2017 Indie Next List includes SEVEN Macmillan titles! #1 Pick: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado “Machado creates eerie, inventive worlds shimmering with supernatural swerves in this engrossing debut collection. Her stories make strikingly feminist moves by combining elements of horror and speculative fiction with women’s everyday crises… Machado’s […]
Three Stars for THE NINTH HOUR
The Ninth Hour, a portrait of the Irish-American experience by National Book Award-winner Alice McDermott has received THREE starred reviews! “Enveloping, emotionally intricate, suspenseful drama… Like Alice Munro, McDermott is profoundly observant and mischievously witty, a sensitive and consummate illuminator of the realization of the self, the ravages of illness and loss, and the radiance […]
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