The September 2017 Indie Next list includes 3 Macmillan titles! [updated 8/23] The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas 3 starred reviews! “This breathtaking…novel will do for motherhood what Gone Girl did for marriage. ‘A story requires two things: a great story to tell and the bravery to tell it,’ Joan observes. Wolas’ debut […]
Tag: debut
#thrillerthursday (08/03/17)
Hey hey hey welcome to another #thrillerthursday! Today we’re talkin’ about: Gone Gull by Donna Andrews “In her 21st outing (after Die Like an Eagle), Meg is helping out her grandmother at the newly opened Biscuit Mountain Craft Center. A spate of vandalism at the center keeps Meg occupied while her irascible grandfather hunts for […]
YA Debut Spotlight (7/18/17)
The Inevitable Collision of Birdie & Bash by Candace Ganger Birdie never meant to be at the party. Bash should have been long gone. But when they meet, a collision course is set off they may never recover from. Sebastian Alvaréz is just trying to hold the pieces together: to not flunk out, to keep […]
#bookbday (07/11/17)
Happy #bookbday! Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong A July Indie Next List Selection! “In her tender, well-paced debut novel, which spans Ruth’s year at home, Khong writes heartbreaking family drama with charm, perfect prose, and deadpan humor.”–Booklist (starred review) “A heartfelt family dramedy in a debut novel that ruminates on love, loss, and memory.”–Kirkus Reviews […]
#fridayreads (07/07/17)
Today’s #fridayreads are all debuts! South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby A July Indie Next List Selection! “Shelby’s first novel, based on a short story that won the Third Coast Fiction Prize, skillfully weaves science, climate change, politics, sociology, and art. Competing ideas about the origins of the universe are wrapped in the vagaries of […]
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 […]
March 2017 All-Stars
Forget roaring in like a lion—March is shining with stars for these new and forthcoming books! THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris “In the same vein as the author’s acclaimed debut, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, this riveting psychological thriller pulls readers into an engrossing narrative in which every character is suspect. With its well-formed protagonists, snappy, authentic […]
C.J. Box says, “THE DRY is the debut of the year.”
“Luke lied. You lied. Be at the funeral.” This is the note Federal Agent Aaron Falk receives after hearing that his childhood best friend Luke has been found dead after committing a terrible crime in Jane Harper’s first mystery, THE DRY. When Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown amid the worst drought in a century […]
Happy #BookBday (8/23/16 Edition)
A debut, historical fiction, and new nonfiction: all available for your library’s shelves now! RIVERINE: A Memoir from Anywhere but Here by Angela Palm An August 2016 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews! “Combining lyrical prose with a haunting narrative, Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize–winner Palm recounts a story filled with secret longings, family history, […]
Come one, come all to Books for Teens 2017!
Lucky for you, we’ve created not one, but TWO posters of our favorite teen reads for 2017! Download and print your copies (11×17 tabloid size) of BFT poster 1 & BFT poster 2. Then, make sure that you’re pre-approved on Edelweiss to download all of our available e-galleys, including many of the titles mentioned below. […]
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