Discover new authors with Library Journal‘s Fall 2019/Winter 2020 Best Debuts round-up! SF/Fantasy ORMESHADOW by Priya Sharma Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder whether myths and legends are real enough to answer for a history of sin. Literary Gems […]
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Winter 2019–2020 Indie Next List for Reading Groups Preview
Hey all you book club hosters, the Winter 2019–2020 Indie Next List for Reading Groups Preview includes 8 Macmillan titles! Top 10 #1: SHE WOULD BE KING by Wayétu Moore Family & Coming of Age THE FAMILY TABOR by Cherise Wolas Backlisted But Not Forgotten 300 ARGUMENTS by Sarah Manguso PYONGYANG: A Journey in North […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: THE BOATMAN’S DAUGHTER
A young woman confronts ancient forces in the depths of the bayou in Andy Davidson’s gorgeous, moody, horrifying novel, THE BOATMAN’S DAUGHTER. Miranda Crabtree has spent a quiet life ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child […]
Maximum Shelf: THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS (10/17/19)
Today’s Maximum Shelf pick is Jennifer Rosner’s breathtaking WWII mother/daughter story, THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS. As Nazi soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Róza and her 5-year-old daughter, Shira, flee, seeking shelter in a neighbor’s barn. Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet, as music pulses […]
FSG Author Peter Handke Wins the 2019 Nobel Prize
A hearty congratulations goes out to 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Peter Handke, praised for “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.” (Nobel Prize Press Release) FSG’s president Jonathan Galassi says, “Handke is one of the great German prose stylists, who has spent his […]
TWENTY-ONE TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE = a November LibraryReads Pick!
Librarians love TWENTY-ONE TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE! You voted, they counted, and now Matthew Dicks’ novel-in-lists is a November LibraryReads pick. TWENTY-ONE TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE by Matthew Dicks “Often moving, sometimes shocking, always entertaining, this superbly crafted work emphasizes the incalculable variety of the novel form.”–Booklist Now, don’t forget to read and vote for your favorite […]
PW’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s never too early to get into the holiday spirit. Enter, Publishers Weekly‘s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, with recommendations for every reader in your life. Fiction CITY OF WINDOWS by Robert Pobi EMPIRE OF LIES by Raymond Khoury GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS by Erika Swyler THE VERY BEST OF […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: OONA OUT OF ORDER
A young woman explores family, love, and life as she bounces through time in Margarita Montimore’s OONA OUT OF ORDER. Our story starts on New Years Eve 1982, which also happens to be the day before Oona Lockhart’s 19th birthday. She has big decisions to make about her future, with a boyfriend who loves her, […]
Booklist’s 2019 Great Group Reads
Yara Zgheib’s THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET is among Booklist and the Women’s National Book Association’s favorite book club reads of the year! THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET by Yara Zgheib A February 2019 Indie Next pick + LibraryReads pick + Library Journal Best Debut! A haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle […]
2019 National Book Award Finalists
The finalists for the 2019 National Book Award have been announced, and FOUR Macmillan titles made the cut! Translated Literature DEATH IS HARD WORK by Khaled Khalifa, translated from the Arabic by Leri Price Poetry DEAF REPUBLIC: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky BE RECORDER: Poems by Carmen Giménez Smith Fiction TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi Winners […]
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