Ocean County Library Book Club Buzz Titles

Ocean County Library Book Club Buzz Titles

Did you know that October is National Reading Group Month? It’s true! This weekend, Anne will participate in Ocean County Library’s “Book Discussion Leaders Tea” event where she’ll share these book club picks: Bestsellers THE NIGHTINGALE and THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty COME SUNDOWN by Nora Roberts Literary THEY […]

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Winter 2017-2018 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

Winter 2017-2018 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

The Winter 2017-2018 Indie Next List for Reading Groups includes four Macmillan titles! Top Ten THE HOUR OF LAND: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams 300 ARGUMENTS: Essays by Sarah Manguso Of Writers and Readers CABO DE GATA by Eugen Ruge, translated by Anthea Bell Family and Coming-of-Age HERE I […]

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Featured Author: Jim Fergus (08/07/17)

Featured Author: Jim Fergus (08/07/17)

Getting to know Jim Fergus… The Vengeance of Mothers “Twenty years on, Fergus’ best-selling novel, One Thousand White Women (1998), remains vivid in readers’ memories and continues to be discovered by historical-fiction fans. He now continues the intriguing tale of the U.S. government’s controversial, little-publicized, assimilation-oriented Brides forIndians program… It’s a gripping tale, a history […]

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“Great Book-Group Reads” Booklist Webinar — Macmillan Titles (08/01/17)

“Great Book-Group Reads” Booklist Webinar — Macmillan Titles (08/01/17)

So you missed Booklist‘s “Great Book-Group Reads” Webinar… We got you! Here are the titles we covered: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah The Hush by John Hart After Anna by […]

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“Great Book-Group Reads” Booklist Webinar

“Great Book-Group Reads” Booklist Webinar

The right book can be just the thing to make your book-group discussions come alive. Join Talia Sherer (and her beloved dog, Kugel the Corgi) for this free, one-hour webinar where she will discuss forthcoming and backlist titles that are sure-to-be hits with book groups around the country. This webinar features mostly adult books with […]

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Summer 2017 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

Summer 2017 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

The Summer 2017 Indie Next List for Reading Groups includes seven Macmillan titles! Top Ten SLEEPING ON JUPITER by Anuradha Roy ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie Jane Anders Small Bites 100 ESSAYS I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE by Sarah Ruhl WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier […]

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Happy #BookBday (4/25/17 Edition)

Happy #BookBday (4/25/17 Edition)

Happy #BookBday to two daring debuts and three works of women’s fiction perfect for book clubs: THE STANDARD GRAND by Jay Baron Nicorvo A May 2017 Indie Next pick & a Library Journal Spring 2017 Debut Novels pick! An Army trucker goes AWOL before her third deployment, and ends up in the Standard Grand, a […]

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Happy #BookBday (3/7/17 Edition)

Happy #BookBday (3/7/17 Edition)

Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! EDGAR AND LUCY by Victor Lodato A March 2017 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews! In this second novel from the author of the award-winning MATHILDA SAVITCH, a mother has a complicated love for her unusual child and vice versa, and their drive to create family wherever […]

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Winter 2016–2017 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

Winter 2016–2017 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs

The Winter 2016–2017 Indie Next List for Reading Groups includes seven Macmillan titles! Top Ten BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy, M.D. GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS by Max Porter Extraordinary Lives HOME IS BURNING: A Memoir by Dan Marshall ROSALIE LIGHTNING: A Graphic […]

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FREE Book Buzz Presentations!

FREE Book Buzz Presentations!

Macmillan Library is pleased to offer #librariansonly unprecedented access to our book buzz presentations! But what is a book buzz presentation? Nearly 20 times a year, Team Macmillan Library hits the road (actually or virtually) to talk about books. For those librarians unable to join us, here is your go-to portal for all the goods […]

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