Articles tagged "Ling Ma"
NYPL Summer 2019 Adult Staff Picks
Get out your beach chair and sunglasses, it’s time for NYPL’s Summer 2019 Adult Staff picks!
ECHO NORTH by Joanna Ruth Meyer
IN WEST MILLS by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW by Sally Hepworth
NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
OUTLINE by Rachel Cusk
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews
2019 Locus Award Finalists
Congratulations to our out-of-this-world 2019 Locus Award finalists and winners!
Science Fiction Novel
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal–WINNER!
IF TOMORROW COMES: Book 2 of the Yesterday’s Kin Trilogy by Nancy Kress
Fantasy Novel
THE MONSTER BARU CORMORANT by Seth Dickinson
DEEP ROOTS by Ruthanna Emrys
THE MERE WIFE by Maria Dahvana Headley
First Novel
SEMIOSIS by Sue Burke
WITCHMARK by C. L. Polk
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
Novella
THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark
BLACK HELICOPTERS by Caitlín R. Kiernan
TIME WAS by Ian McDonald
GODS, MONSTERS, AND THE LUCKY PEACH by Kelly Robson
ARTIFICIAL CONDITION: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells–WINNER!
ROGUE PROTOCOL: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
THE DESCENT OF MONSTERS by JY Yang
Novelette
NO FLIGHT WITHOUT THE SHATTER by Brooke Bolander
THE ONLY HARMLESS GREAT THING by Brooke Bolander–WINNER!
THE LAST BANQUET OF TEMPORAL CONFECTIONS by Tina Connolly
NINE LAST DAYS ON PLANET EARTH by Daryl Gregory
Anthology
WORLDS SEEN IN PASSING: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction edited by Irene Gallo
THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COLLECTION edited by Gardner Dozois
Nonfiction
AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE HUGOS: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
And congrats to our pals at Tor and Tor.com for WINNING Best Publisher and Best Magazine!
NYPL’s 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
Congratulations to the Macmillan finalists for the NYPL’s 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award!
SABRINA by Nick Drnaso
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg
2019 PEN America Literary Award Finalists
Macmillan has TEN finalists for the 2019 PEN American Literacy Awards!
PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION
A LUCKY MAN: Stories by Jamel Brinkley
HALF GODS by Akil Kumarasamy
PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR A DEBUT NOVEL
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD
EYE LEVEL: Poems by Jenny Xie
PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE
NEVADA DAYS by Bernardo Atxaga
PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
WE CAN’T BREATHE: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
IMPOSSIBLE OWLS: Essays by Brian Phillips
PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION
ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson
AMITY AND PROSPERITY: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING
THE CIRCUIT: A Tennis Odyssey by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Chicago Public Library’s 2018 Best of the Best
Remember when we said librarians had the best taste in books? Well feast your eyes on the Chicago Public Library’s favorite books of 2018!
Top 10
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
Adult
WHEN EINSTEIN WALKED WITH GÖDEL: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt
GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER by Shobha Rao
SMALL ANIMALS: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks
LOOK ALIVE OUT THERE: Essays by Sloane Crosley
THE SUN DOES SHINE: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
SABRINA by Nick Drnaso
ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson
YA
SADIE by Courtney Summers
New York Times Notable Books of 2018
Oh happy happy day! The New York Times picked 13 Macmillan titles to join their Notable Books of 2018 list. GO US!
Fiction
EARLY WORK by Andrew Martin
EVERYTHING UNDER by Daisy Johnson
KUDOS by Rachel Cusk
THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT by Nafkote Tamirat
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
A VIEW OF THE EMPIRE AT SUNSET by Caryl Phillips
MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL by Dorthe Nors; Translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra
Comics/Graphics
SABRINA by Nick Drnaso
Poetry
WADE IN THE WATER by Tracy K. Smith
Current Affairs
AMITY AND PROSPERITY: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
Memoir
THE COST OF LIVING: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy
History
THE FIELD OF BLOOD: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman
Kirkus Best Books of 2018–Fiction
Kirkus released the first round of their year-end best-of lists, starting with their best fiction titles of 2018!
Mystery/Thriller
EIGHTEEN BELOW: A Fabian Risk Novel by Stefan Ahnhem
NEWCOMER: A Mystery by Keigo Higashino; Translated by Giles Murray
KINGDOM OF THE BLIND: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny
Science Fiction and Fantasy
STATE TECTONICS: The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older
DARK STATE: A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse by Charles Stross
Lit Fic
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
Book Club Picks
BROTHER by David Chariandy
THE MERE WIFE by Maria Dahvana Headley
EVERYTHING UNDER by Daisy Johnson
Debut
A LUCKY MAN by Jamel Brinkley
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
Short Fiction
EVENING IN PARADISE: More Stories by Lucia Berlin
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Vote Now in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2018
Voting for the 10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards is now open!
Goodreads has gathered the best titles from across all genres, and we’re happy to share the Macmillan titles currently nominated for your voting pleasure. Voting for the opening round closes November 4th, so head over to Goodreads and submit your votes now.
Fiction
NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty
GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER by Shobha Rao
Mystery/Thriller
THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
BRING ME BACK by B.A. Paris
FORCE OF NATURE by Jane Harper
SOMETIMES I LIE by Alice Feeney
Historical Fiction
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah
Fantasy
YEAR ONE: Chronicles of The One, Book 1 by Nora Roberts
BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY by Seanan McGuire
Ling Ma’s SEVERANCE Wins 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction
Congratulations to Ling Ma’s debut SEVERANCE for winning the 2018 Kirkus Prize for fiction!
“Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written.” —Kirkus, starred review
“Embracing the [apocalyptic fiction] genre but somehow transcending it, Ma creates a truly engrossing and believable anti-Utopian world… [An] extraordinary debut.”—Booklist, starred review
“A clever and dextrous debut.”—Publishers Weekly
“A smart, searing exposé on the perils of consumerism, Google overload, and millennial malaise.”—Library Journal
Book Club Picks from Our Pals Reese and Kirkus! (10/10/18)
