Library Journal has announced their picks for the best books of 2024, and Macmillan has TWENTY titles on the list! Pop Fiction THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez Literary Fiction THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY by Jennifer Croft Crime Fiction THE WHARTON PLOT by Mariah Fredericks SF/Fantasy […]
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Booklist Adult Faves Webinar Recap (11/26/24)
A big thank you to all who attended last week’s Booklist Adult Faves webinar! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click this link to watch the recording! WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED by Ray Nayler | 9780374615369 | 4/1/25 FIREBIRD by Juliette Cross | 9781250339942 | 4/8/25 […]
Happy Half Hour (11/25/24)
Today, we’re chatting about two teens who must hide their relationship from their rival families, a woman who unsheathes an ancient sword and accidentally releases an immortal warrior, and six longtime friends who face an unexpected crisis while on vacation. HANGRY HEARTS by Jennifer Chen | 9781250374400 | 3/18/25 SWORDHEART by T. Kingfisher | 9781250400222 […]
Happy Half Hour (11/11/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a girl who must break a curse that causes her to be killed and reborn before her eighteenth birthday, a struggling couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs and find their relationship at a crossroads, and a child psychologist who travels to a remote village to examine a […]
For Your Consideration: January 2025 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite January titles for the January 2025 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE DECEMBER 1ST! ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD by Eiren Caffall | 9781250353528 | 1/7/25 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley 2 starred reviews! “The setting, the detailed emotive descriptions, and nail-biting adventure are incandescent. This debut novel from […]
Happy Half Hour (10/28/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a boy on a mission to get his first boyfriend, a group of FBI agents working to hunt down a murderer who is seeking his own justice, and an affluent family on the brink of a dramatic downfall. THE ROMANTIC TRAGEDIES OF A DRAMA KING by Harry Trevaldwyn | 9781250366788 | 1/28/25 […]
Humorous Books Roundup (10/1/24)
Ready to laugh? Check out some upcoming books sure to make you chuckle! BAD NATURE BY ARIEL COURAGE 9781250360885 | 4/1/25 Armed with a terminal diagnosis, a grudge, and a rental car, forty-year-old Hester sets out to fulfill her lifelong dream of killing her father in this brilliantly subversive and bleakly funny novel. It’s Hester’s […]
For Your Consideration: December 2024 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite December titles for the December 2024 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1ST! HOW TO GET A LIFE IN TEN DATES by Jenny L. Howe | 9781250331465 | 12/10/24 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Howe (ON THE PLUS SIDE, 2023) creates characters to love and is able to keep […]
Banned Books Staff Picks (9/26/24)
This month, we’re sharing banned books we love in honor of Banned Books Week! AMANDA’S PICK: THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL This is a graphic memoir by a Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning that offers a deeply personal meditation on the “the talk” parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality […]
Feminist Fiction
Get excited for these upcoming fiction titles! These stories range from the past to the future, exploring the lives of different women through a feminist lens. ELEVEN PERCENT by Maren Uthaug 9781250329646 | 4/22/25 It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but […]