These memoirs and nonfiction accounts offer fascinating insight into the mystical world of celebrities and a life of fame! RUNAWAY TRAIN: OR, THE STORY OF MY LIFE SO FAR BY ERIC ROBERTS, WITH SAM KASHNER 9781250275325 | 9/17/24 In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about […]
Tag: Biography
New Edelweiss E-galleys (6/5/2024)
THE GREAT DATING FAKE OFF by Livy Hart9781649376510| 8/6/24 Nora D’Amato would do almost anything for her best friend. Pretend she’s smitten with him to get his overly invested Italian family off his back? Absolutely. Attend a wedding for said overbearing family? Bring it. Spend the next six days at a posh resort watching the bride and […]
Starred Review Roundup (5/7/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T Kingfisher 9781250244079 | 8/6/24 “Kingfisher’s remarkable skill for crafting scene-stealing secondary characters is also on full display in ruthless cardsharp Imogen Strauss, über-competent butler Willard, merry widow Penelope Green, and the mysteriously magical horse Falada. Expertly blending humor […]
2024 Pulitzer Prize
Congratulations to our 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists! Biography winner: KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig General Nonfiction winner: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ABED SALAMA by Nathan Thrall Fiction finalists: WEDNESDAY’S CHILD by Yiyun Li Biography finalist: LARRY MCMURTY: A LIFE by Tracy Daugherty General Nonfiction finalists: COBALT RED: HOW THE BLOOD OF THE […]
Starred Review Roundup (4/24/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: MASQUERADE by O.O Sangoyomi 9781250904294 | 7/2/24 “Sangoyomi’s debut novel, a loose retelling of the myth of Persephone, takes place in fifteenth-century West Africa. It paints a vibrant picture of the people, the colors, and the sights of the era for the reader. And nothing […]
Challenged Books Spotlight (4/8/24)
In celebration of National Library Week, we’re uplifting the voices of challenged books, from epic fantasies to romances and queer stories. We proudly stand with authors, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and fellow readers against book banning. We strongly believe everyone should have access to books and actively support organizations championing the freedom to read. As we […]
Forthcoming Women’s Nonfiction (3/25/2024)
Today we are highlighting women’s nonfiction stories; from medical guides and silenced histories, to motherhood and challenging the patriarchy, these books celebrate womanhood. IT’S NOT HYSTERIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (BUT WERE NEVER TOLD) BY DR. KAREN TANG Dr. Karen Tang is on a mission to transform how we engage […]
Voices from the Screen and Stage (2/28/24)
These actors and musicians bring these novels to life on audio–from a famous opera singer and her relationship with a wealthy Greek shipping magnate, to a woman who has spent her career defending others but now must defend herself, to an art history student whose life eerily mirrors that of a deceased artist! DIVA BY […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (2/5/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: GLASS HOUSES by Madeline Ashby9780765382924 | 8/13/24 A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, […]
TLA’s 2024 Texas Topaz Reading List
We’re thrilled that the Texas Topaz List includes FIVE Macmillan titles this year! COBALT RED: HOW THE BLOOD OF THE CONGO POWERS OUR LIVES BY SIDDHARTH KARA “[This is] a penetrating exposé on the deliberate smoke screens created by powerful companies to obscure the realities behind the abysmal conditions of cobalt miners in the Congo… […]
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