These debuts are excellent on audio–from a teen preparing for her sister’s Shaadi, to a ’70’s rock band riddled with drama, to a woman exploring her voracious appetite! ARYA KHANNA’S BOLLYWOOD MOMENT BY ARUSHI AVACHAT; READ BY NIKHAAR KISHNANI | 9781250331243 | available now Excerpt from the audiobook! THE LAST DAYS OF THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS […]
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Upcoming Historical Fiction (1/18/24)
H2 header Take yourself on magical, romantic, mysterious, and heart-stopping journeys to a variety of time periods with these fascinating historical fiction novels! YOUR PRESENCE IS MANDATORY BY SASHA VASILYUK Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by March 1st. “Award-winning journalist Vasilyuk makes her debut with a story inspired by the life […]
Wintery Reads Staff Picks (12/14/23)
As the weather gets chillier and chillier, we’re snuggling up inside with some cold-weather themed novels. Embrace the season with these winter reads! AMANDA’S PICK: DEEP FREEZE BY MICHAEL C. GRUMLEY This brilliant near-future thriller is the first installment in a new series. When an Army veteran is in a icy crash that sends his […]
Debut Spotlight (11/30/2023)
Today we’re highlighting a stylish, uncommonly clever novel about the things we want and the things we think we want. PIGLET is both an examination of women’s often complicated relationship with food and a celebration of the messes life sometimes makes for us. You won’t believe this is a debut! PIGLET BY LOTTIE HAZELL Available […]
Literary Fiction Spotlight (9/14/22)
Today’s literary fiction spotlight brings us female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community, and the story of a Hindu performer and a Muslim calligrapher falling in love during Partition. ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION BY BUSHRA REHMAN Available for download on Edelweiss know more. “Bushra Rehman’s novel, ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION, is […]
For Your Consideration: September 2022 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite September titles for the September 2022 LibraryReads list! Votes due August 1! THE BEST FRIEND by Jessica Fellowes9781250831804 | 9/13/22Download on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Set in England and spanning 76 years, this searing domestic noir from bestseller Fellowes (the Mitford Murders series) chronicles shy protagonist Bella’s toxic relationship […]
Literary Fiction Spotlight (6/22/22)
Today’s literary fiction spotlight includes the story of a friendship—and the subsequent loss of it—between two women, a murdered therapist and the writing group that gets back together to investigate the case, and a bartender at a neighborhood bar who is slowly drawn into the depths of the service industry. GIRLS THEY WRITE SONGS ABOUT BY […]
Booklist Editors’ Choice 2021
Booklist has revealed their editors’ top picks of 2021’s outstanding books for public library collections, including these Macmillan titles: NEVER SAY YOU CAN’T SURVIVE: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane AndersNÖTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME: The Uncensored History of the ‘80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour and Richard BienstockCHASING ME […]
Advance Access Event: Sheila Heti
Join Sheila Heti in conversation with Mitzi Angel, SVP and Publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. October 14, 2021 @ 1:00 PM ET Register now More about PURE COLOR: The world is failing to remain a world. It is coming apart. The ice cubes are melting. Species are dying. People, too—of different things. But what […]
New E-galleys (5/17/21)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: SUNBELT BLUES: The Failure of American Housing by Andrew RossISBN 9781250804228 | on sale 10/12/21 Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 28 out of 3,140 counties in America. The single […]