Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WEEPERS by Peter Mendelsund9780374619077 | 6/17/25 Ed is a weeper. A professional weeper. He’s a card-carrying member of Local 312, an eccentric union of mourners, hired for funerals and wakes, services and burials. But all […]
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2025 RUSA Awards
Congratulations to all of the incredible Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for RUSA’s various reading lists this year! The Sophie Brody Medal, an annual honor bestowed by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of RUSA has announced its selection for 2025. Winner: COLD CREMATORIUM: REPORTING FROM THE LAND OF AUSCHWITZ by […]

Book Club News (1/28/25)
Looking for a new book club read? Kirkus Reviews and Booklist have some recommendations for your next pick! Kirkus Reviews: 20 Best New Reads for Your Book Club THE JFK CONSPIRACY: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch CUSTODIANS OF WONDER: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (1/14/2025)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens9780374609337 | 8/19/25 Reverend Sabre Winfrey, shepherd of the Seven Seals Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. Besides the barbershop and radio station he owns, he has […]

TLA’s 2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
We’re thrilled that the Texas Topaz Nonfiction List includes TWO Macmillan titles this year! ONE IN A MILLENNIAL: ON FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS, FANGIRLS, AND FITTING IN by Kate Kennedy | 9781250285126 “A nostalgic look at what it was like growing up as a millennial girl in the 1990s and as a young woman in the early […]

For Your Consideration: March 2025 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite March titles for the March 2025 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE FEBRUARY 1ST! WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by John Scalzi | 9780765389091 | 3/25/25 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “A ridiculous concept imbued with gravity, charm, humor, plausible cynicism, and pathos—and perhaps the merest touch of spite.”—Kirkus […]

A Letter to Librarians from Lydia Reeder
In THE CURE FOR WOMEN, Lydia Reeder documents the birth of a sexist science that still haunts us today as the fight for control of women’s bodies and lives continues. In her letter to librarians, Lydia reminisces on how librarians supported her both throughout her young life and while researching and writing her own books. […]

Kirkus Best Books of 2024
Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024! FICTION BOOK CLUB BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino HISTORICAL GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR by Adam Erlich Sachs ROMANCE LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Rufaro Faith Mazarura SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei THE […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (11/7/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE MAN MADE OF SMOKE by Alex North9781250757890 | 5/13/25 Dan Garvie’s life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child—narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated […]

PW Best Books of 2024
We are so excited to share with you the Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2024! TOP 10 SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE: Con Men, Conspiracies, and How America Cracked Up the Early 1990s by John Ganz FICTION THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS by Ayşegül Savaş […]