Looking for a new memoir to sit down with? We’ve got plenty to recommend today! DREAMING OF HOME: A Young Latina’s Journey to Pride, Power, and Belonging BY CRISTINA JIMÉNEZ 9781250275660 | 4/29/25 Cristina Jiménez’s family fights to stay afloat as Ecuador falls into a political and economic crisis. When she is thirteen, her parents […]
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New Edelweiss E-galleys (8/30/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: MONEY, LIES, AND GOD: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart9781635578546 | 2/18/25 Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? In this deeply reported book, Katherine Stewart takes us to conferences […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (8/19/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by John Scalzi9780765389091 | 3/25/25 One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced with an orb of cheese with the exact same […]

B&N’s Best Books of 2020
The book-selling team at Barnes & Noble has released their favorite books of 2020, and 31 Macmillan titles made the list! NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. FoxA WEALTH OF PIGEONS: A Cartoon Collection by Steve Martin and Harry BlissRHYTHM OF WAR by Brandon SandersonOUR TIME IS NOW: Power, […]

E-Books You Might’ve Missed (11/11/20)
From memoirs and sci-fi to YA and historical fiction, check out this round-up of e-books published throughout 2020 that has something for every type of reader! A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team by Arshay Cooper OTHER PEOPLE’S PETS by R. L. Maizes SAINT X by Alexis […]

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 […]

Extra! Extra!: April Book News
HERE ARE THE HEADLINES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS MONTH. Universal has picked up the film rights to Tracy Wolff’s YA vampire novel CRAVE. The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (based on the Charlaine Harris novels) are coming to Hallmark in May. Grantchester, season 5 gets a trailer. It premieres on June 21 on PBS. People features […]

Women 2020: Memoirs and Biographies (4/13/20)
This Women 2020 Spotlight brings us four memoirs and biographies of strong women finding their way in politics, Hollywood, identity, and through recipes and love. PELOSI by Molly Ball “A cradle-to-today portrait of a master politician who ‘shattered the ‘marble ceiling’ and blazed a new trail for women’…A top-notch political biography.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review MISS […]

ALA MW 2020 Book Buzz Theater Recap (1/26/20)
Don’t let #ALALeftBehind get you down! If you weren’t able to come to our title presentation during ALA Midwinter 2020 last week, here are all the exciting forthcoming Adult + YA titles we talked about! Adult LUSTER by Raven Leilani | 8/4/20 | 9780374194321 | HCTHE BOOK OF V. by Anna Solomon| 5/5/20 | 9781250257017 […]

Free Library of Philadelphia Book Buzz Recap (1/23/20)
This past week took us to the City of Brotherly Love for ALA Midwinter 2020! While we were there, we had the pleasure of buzzing about these upcoming Adult + YA titles: ADULT LUSTER by Raven Leilani | 8/4/20 | 9780374194321 | HC THE BOOK OF V. by Anna Solomon | 5/5/20 | 9781250257017 | […]