Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER by Jeff VanderMeerISBN 9780374173548, on sale 4/6/21 HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER is ANNIHILATION author Jeff VanderMeer at his brilliant, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions about climate change, identity, and the world we live in into […]
Tag: fiction
Happy Half Hour (11/2/20)
This week’s Happy Half Hour features three influential mothers, how pets bring people together, the first all-Black team to win the Polo championship, and a heartbreaking and epic adventure about making sense of the world today. THE THREE MOTHERS: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation […]
New E-galleys (11/2/20)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: A SUMMER TO REMEMBER by Erika MontgomeryISBN 9781250274083, on sale 5/11/21 For thirty-year-old Frankie Simon, selling movie memorabilia in the shop she opened with her late mother on Hollywood Boulevard is more than just her […]
Mac Lib From Home Round-Up (10/29/20)
Welcome to Mac Lib From Home, our fun-sized buzz series from our homes to yours! This #MacLibFromHome pick is a long-lost novel about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s THE PASSENGER. Watch Talia’s full video here. A forty-something bestselling author goes to Paris to overcome writers block and rediscovers family, independence, and […]
Adult Books for Teens
This month’s roundup of Adult Books for Teens includes horror, sci-fi, fantasy, nonfiction, and two gorgeous books of photography. NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS by Stephen Graham Jones97812507520799/1/20 “Teen fans of horror will enjoy this compelling story about the lengths we go for our friends.” Booklist, YA Interest A USER’S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY: How America Works […]
Spring 2021 YA Book Buzz
Check out some of the exciting YA books coming your way in Spring 2021! TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND by Melissa Albert | 9781250302724 | 1/12/21 | ages 12 to 18 THE PROJECT by Courtney Summers | 9781250105738 | 2/2/21 | ages 13 to 18 EVERYTHING THAT BURNS by Gita Trelease | 9781250295552 | 2/2/21 | […]
Author Spotlight: David Leavitt (10/27/20)
In today’s Author Spotlight, the witty and elegant David Leavitt returns with a modern comedy about our current times. SHELTER IN PLACE takes us back to the Saturday after the 2016 election to meet a group of New Yorkers in their Connecticut weekend home for a comic portrait of the months following the election that […]
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2020
Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of 2020 are here, and 24 Macmillan titles made the list! Top 10 THE ADDRESS BOOK: A Hidden History of Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre MaskTHE DRAGONS, THE GIANT, THE WOMEN: A Memoir by Wayétu MooreTHE LAST GREAT ROAD BUM by Héctor TobarA SAINT FROM TEXAS by Edmund White […]
WAYWARD SON is a 2020 Teens’ Top Ten pick!
YALSA named their 2020 Teens’ Top Ten list, and WAYWARD SON is in the #1 spot! WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell9781250146076 Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and […]
2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal Longlist
The 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal longlists have been announced, and 8 Macmillan titles are in the running! Fiction Longlist PARAKEET by Marie-Helene BertinoBRING ME THE HEAD OF QUENTIN TARANTINO: Stories by Julián Herbert; Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeneyPEW by Catherine LaceyLUSTER by Raven LeilaniJACK by Marilynne RobinsonTHE LAST GREAT ROAD BUM by Héctor […]