We are celebrating the month of love with some of our favorite romance book tropes! AMANDA’S PICK: SCANDAL OF THE SUMMER BY ALEXANDRA VASTI (MISTAKEN IDENTITY) Coming off her recent LibraryReads pick for THE HALIFAX HELLIONS, Alexandra Vasti returns with another hilarious, sexy, and moving Regency romp. An eccentric heiress can never manage to say […]
Tag: contemporary romance
For Your Consideration: May 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite May titles for the May 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE APRIL 1ST! PALACES OF THE CROW by Ray Nayler | 9780374620752 | 5/19/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “A meditation on morality and mortality, this sharp speculative WWII drama from Hugo Award winner Nayler (THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION) […]
2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults
We’re thrilled to have 6 titles on YALSA’s 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults list! DUST by Alison Stine NOBODY IN PARTICULAR by Sophie Gonzales NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART by Lex Croucher OUR INFINITE FATES by Laura Steven SALVACIÓN by Sandra Proudman THE THRASHERS by Julie Soto You can view the full list […]
ALA’s 2026 Rainbow Book List
We’re so excited to have 7 titles on ALA’s2026 Rainbow Book Listfor Teen Readers! THE GOOD VAMPIRE’S GUIDE TO BLOOD & BOYFRIENDS by Jamie D’Amato (in the top ten!) Brennan is surprised to wake up a vampire one day. He’s also surprised to find himself falling for a cute librarian who seems oddly accepting of […]
Monica Murphy’s Letter to Librarians
In A THOUSAND PERFECT LIES, Monica Murphy delivers a story of prep-school glamour, sisterly redemption, and a mystery that turns privilege into peril. In her letter to librarians, she shares how so many of her favorite childhood memories are from visiting the library, and how it was the first place she turned to when she wanted […]
Publishers Weekly 2026 Spring Fiction & Nonfiction Preview
Publishers Weekly knows what should be on your shelves this Spring! Check out the full list of their Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction preview picks here. SF, FANTASY & HORROR Top 10 SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. KimHONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell Longlist MISERY’S WIFE by Joan TierneyI’LL WATCH YOUR BABY by Neena VielPALACES OF THE CROW […]
Happy Half Hour (12/1/25)
Today, we’re chatting about siblings who join a mysterious community of runaways at an abandoned ranch; an Asian American community in Massachusetts that is thrown into chaos after a false missile alert; and a girl who doesn’t believe in love—and the man who is determined to prove her wrong by being her matchmaker! NOWHERE BURNING […]
Chicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2025
Chicago Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2025, and Macmillan has 18 books on the list! In the Top Ten: FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism […]
For Your Consideration: February 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite February titles for the February 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE JANUARY 1ST! HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER by Rebecca Philipson | 9781250409430 | 2/24/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Philipson manages to produce a startling series of twists and turns in the case while keeping her wildly […]
Happy Half Hour (11/17/25)
Today, we’re chatting about a girl who is saving her first love’s life by falling for the last person she should—his best friend; a man suspected in the disappearance of his podcast co-host and her husband; and a tabloid reporter who is trying to run down two stories at once. IN TIME WITH YOU by […]
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