We’re thrilled to have 5 titles longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! FICTION THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT by Nafkote Tamirat NONFICTION THE POISONED CITY: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark IN EXTREMIS: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey […]
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2018 TxLA Maverick Graphic Novel List
We’re so thrilled to have two Macmillan titles on the 2018 Maverick Graphic Novel list! SHIRLEY JACKSON’S “THE LOTTERY”: THE AUTHORIZED GRAPHIC ADAPTATION by Miles Hyman THE WENDY PROJECT by Melissa Jane Osborne and Veronica Fish The Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (TMGNRL) is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians […]
2018 Texas Tayshas List
We’re proud to have four Macmillan titles on the 2018 Texas Tayshas Reading List! A CROWN OF WISHES by Roshani Chokshi A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming WE ARE STILL TORNADOES by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS by Anna-Marie McLemore The Tayshas Reading List is a […]
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 […]
Even MORE 2014 YALSA Award Winners!
The good news just keeps coming in! We're happy to have these wonderful Macmillan titles selected for more of YALSA's great reading lists:
YALSA's 2014 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
The Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list is arranged by topics that are timely and also have lasting value.
Conflicted: Life During Wartime
I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR: Memoirs of an American Soldier by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin
See the full list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults here.
YALSA's 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
The Quick Picks list suggests books that teens, ages 12-18, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure; it is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read.
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
BEFORE I DIE by Candy Chang
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another by Lisa Rogak
See the full list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers here.
YALSA's 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
The Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is recommended for readers ages 12-18, and meets the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens.
THE ODYSSEY by Seymour Chwast
MARBLE SEASON by Gilbert Hernandez
KITARO by Shigeru Mizuki
See the full list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens here.
Congratulations to all winners!!
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Our 2014 YALSA Award Winners!
Put up the balloons and streamers, sprinkle confetti and cut the cake! We're celebrating all of the fine authors who won awards or were selected for YALSA's various reading lists this year!
Huge congratulations to these Macmillan winners:
2014 Printz Award Honor Book
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
See all of the 2014 Printz Award winners and nominees here.
2014 Morris Award Winner
CHARM & STRANGE by Stephanie Kuehn
See all of the finalists for the 2014 Morris Award here.
YALSA's 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
IF YOU FIND ME by Emily Murdoch
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell (A Top 10 selection!)
FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
See the full list of Best Fiction for Young Adults here.
2014 Alex Award Official Nominations
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. In addition to the ten winning titles, the Alex Award committee also publishes a vetted list of official nominations.
THE RAINBOW TROOPS by Andrea Hirata
MEN WE REAPED by Jesmyn Ward
See all of the 2014 Alex Award winners here!
Congratulations to all winners and honorees!! [...]
2013 National Book Critics Awards Finalists
The National Book Critics Circle has named the finalists for its best books of 2013 and Macmillan is thrilled to have nine nominees from Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Bloomsbury!
FICTION
SOMEONE by Alice McDermott
NONFICTION
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE by David Finkel
THE UNWINDING: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
POETRY
METAPHYSICAL DOG by Frank Bidart
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THE BOOK OF MY LIVES by Aleksandar Hemon
MEN WE REAPED by Jesmyn Ward
BIOGRAPHY
HOLDING ON UPSIDE DOWN: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore by Linda Leavell
CRITICISM
THE KRAUS PROJECT: Essays by Karl Kraus, translated and annotated by Jonathan Franzen
FORTY-ONE FALSE STARTS: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm
Click here to view the full list of nominees. Winners will be announced in a ceremony on Thursday, March 13, at 6:00 pm EST. Congratulations to all nominees!
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2013 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards this week and we're very proud to say that Macmillan has 20 nominees in the Opening Round! Click here to vote for your favorites (we know you've got plenty on this list) and we'll provide updates as the tournament progresses.
Update 12/3: ELEANOR & PARK is voted Best Young Adult Fiction of 2013!
Update 11/18: More than 1.3 million people have voted for their favorite books in the Goodreads Choice Awards so far and Macmillan still has 15 nominees in the running! This week is the final round (through Monday, Nov. 25), so don't delay and make your vote count!
Update 11/11: Incredibly, all of our nominees are still in the Semifinal Round! Vote now through Saturday, 11/16 for your favorites!
Voting Schedule
Final Round Nov. 18 - 25
MYSTERY & THRILLER
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN by Louise Penny
HISTORICAL FICTION
NECESSARY LIES by Diane Chamberlain
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
FANTASY
A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
PARANORMAL FANTASY
FIFTH GRAVE PAST THE LIGHT by Darynda Jones
THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon
SCIENCE FICTION
THE HUMAN DIVISION by John Scalzi
EARTH AFIRE by Orson Scott Card
HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY
THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson
NONFICTION
BAD PHARMA: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre
FOOD & COOKBOOKS
MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT FAVORITES by The Moosewood Collective
HUMOR
STILL FOOLIN' 'EM by Billy Crystal
DEBUT GOODREADS AUTHOR
IF YOU FIND ME by Emily Murdoch
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
Happy voting!
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The 2013 Longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
The 2013 longlist for the second annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has been announced!
The following titles published and distributed by Macmillan were in good company on this incredibly fine list of literature:
FICTION:
HALF-BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan
BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel
NONFICTION:
JAMES JOYCE: A New Biography by Gordon Bowker
LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER by Ross King
See the full long list here: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/longlists
According to the ALA website "The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year." Read more about this award in American Libraries Magazine.
The short list (only six titles) will be released in April and the two winners will be announced on June 30th at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. We can't wait!
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Half-Blood Blues Strikes Again!
Well, well, well. It looks like HALF-BLOOD BLUES won YET ANOTHER award; this time it's the BC Book Prize’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize!
What's that you say? You're getting confused about all of the awards and honors that HALF-BLOOD BLUES has received?
Let's recap, shall we:
- Winner of the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize!
- Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize!
- Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize!
- Shortlisted for the Orange Prize (to be announced May 29)!
- Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (to be announced June 16)!
- Finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize!
- Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award!
- A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice!
- An Amazon "Best of the Month" Pick for March 2012!
...to, you know, name a few.
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