Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to get in the spirit than with a chilling read! Check out our specially curated list of creepy, thrilling, and mind-boggling eBooks that will get those hearts pounding and make you believe in everything that goes bump in the night. THE FACT OF A BODY: A […]
Tag: Dan Simmons
Charlie Jane Anders Is Seeing Stars
Nebula Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders’ newest novel, THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (on shelves next month), has now earned its FOURTH starred review! “Anders’s worldbuilding is intricate, embracing much of what makes a grand adventure: smugglers, revolutionaries, pirates, camaraderie, personal sacrifice, wondrous discovery, and the struggle to find light in the […]
Happy Belated #BookBday (3/16/16 Edition)
Fun fact: all four of these new literary books have *starred* reviews! SHELTER by Jung Yun An April 2016 Indie Next pick & a BN Discover Great New Writers selection! Yun’s intense debut novel weaves a bloody mystery with domestic drama into a layered portrait of race, class, money, marriage and more. “Like Celeste Ng’s superlauded best seller, […]
Happy #BookBday (6/23/15 Edition)
A very happy #BookBday to three BIG summer reads out today! THE BOOK OF SPECULATION by Erika Swyler A June 2015 LibraryReads pick, a Barnes & Noble 2015 Discover Great New Writers Pick, a July 2015 Indie Next pick, and a Maximum Shelf Awareness selection!!! A beautifully crafted and hand-illustrated “whimsically dark debut” (Publishers Weekly) […]
Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce Titles
The American Booksellers Association recently announced their Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce selections. Chosen by panels of booksellers from across the U.S., the list honors the top upcoming debuts publishing between June and October 2015, including these Macmillan titles (which are also Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 books!): DEATH AND MR. PICKWICK by Stephen Jarvis […]
Friday Reads: Stars Edition
TGIF! We’ve got a couple novels with starred reviews to add to your TBR pile this weekend! THE BLONDES by Emily Schultz An epidemic of a rabies-like disease is carried only by blonde women, who all must go to great lengths to conceal their blondness. “A nail-biter that is equal parts suspense, science fiction, and […]