SLJ Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2017

SLJ Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2017

Two Macmillan titles are included in School Library Journal‘s Best Books of 2017 & SLJ’s Best Adult Books 4 Teens list: DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire Escaping a stifling home environment, the Wolcott twins descend a set of stairs that turn out to be a portal to the bleak and brutal world of the […]

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Stars for THE GREAT ALONE

Stars for THE GREAT ALONE

Kristin Hannah’s THE NIGHTINGALE was a worldwide bestseller and a book club favorite. Now, Hannah’s sure-to-be instant bestseller, THE GREAT ALONE, has two starred reviews: “Hannah’s follow-up to her series of blockbuster bestsellers will thrill her fans with its combination of Greek tragedy, Romeo and Juliet-like coming-of-age story, and domestic potboiler. She re-creates in magical […]

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Stars for WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST

Stars for WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST

In a time of constant protests, it’s easy to forget it all starts with a few voices. WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele is the emotional and powerful story about the founding of the Black Lives Matter movement. Both a poetic memoir and empowering account […]

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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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Friday Reads: Graphic Novels

Friday Reads: Graphic Novels

TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads are three great graphic novels: POPPIES OF IRAQ by Brigitte Findakly & Lewis Trondheim Findakly’s nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, acclaimed cartoonist Trondheim. “Small in size but large in impact, this intimate memoir is a highly relevant and compassionate story of […]

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Nonfiction on the Shelves (07/12/17)

Nonfiction on the Shelves (07/12/17)

Mothers + daughters, a celebrated writer’s home-life, female aviators during WWII and death… All topics explored in today’s featured titles: I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella “The Edgar Award–winning Scottoline and her writer daughter, Serritella, have been investigating human foibles in a series that now reaches its eighth […]

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New Nonfiction – May 2017

New Nonfiction – May 2017

Essays, books about books, and a librarian’s memoir are just some of the new nonfiction books available this week: THE END OF EDDY by Édouard Louis Two starred reviews! The most talked-about European novel since MY STRUGGLE—a sexually frank, brutally honest coming-of-age story that captures the violence and desperation of life in a French factory […]

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YA-OK Adult Titles for Teens

YA-OK Adult Titles for Teens

These six titles may have been published for adults, but we think your teens will love ’em too! MARLENA by Julie Buntin An April 2017 Indie Next pick, a Barnes & Noble Spring 2017 Discover pick and one of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Spring 2017 Debuts with FOUR starred reviews! An electric debut novel about […]

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LJ’s Great First Acts — Debut Novels

LJ’s Great First Acts — Debut Novels

From astute coming-of-age titles to high-profile pop fiction to books heard ’round the world, these seven Macmillan titles will be some of the most talked-about debuts of the spring 2017 season, according to Library Journal: HOW TO BE HUMAN by Paula Cocozza Out: May 9 Out of love and on leave from work, Mary finds […]

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FOUR STARS for MARLENA!

FOUR STARS for MARLENA!

With FOUR phenomenal starred reviews and tons of acclaim, Julie Buntin’s MARLENA is the electric debut novel of 2017 you’ve been looking for! A Barnes & Noble Spring 2017 Discover pick One of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Spring 2017 Debuts An April 2017 Indie Next pick “In Buntin’s vivid debut, Cath, now a New York […]

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