Based on our stats, your patrons are downloading mystery, history, and contemporary fiction! Here are their top ten picks: KILLING PATTON by Bill O’Reilly ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell BETRAYED by Lisa Scottoline LANDLINE by Rainbow Rowell THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande LILA by Marilynne Robinson THE Know More » […]
Tag: literary fiction

2015 Man Booker Prize Finalists
Macmillan is proud to have three finalists for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize: Mia Couto (CONFESSION OF THE LIONESS) Amitav Ghosh (RIVER OF SMOKE, SEA OF POPPIES, FLOOD OF FIRE) Fanny Howe (SECOND CHILDHOOD) The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally Know More » […]

2015 Audie Awards Finalists
Terrific news: our friends at Macmillan Audio have 22 finalists in the 2015 Audie Awards! Business/Educational TALK LIKE TED by Carmine Gallo, read by Carmine Gallo Classic THE ODYSSEY by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, read by Dan Stevens Fantasy WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson, read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading History/Biography ENDURING Know More » […]

EVERYBODY RISE signed galley giveaway
Earlier this week New York Times reporter Stephanie Clifford dropped by the Flatiron Building to tell us about her debut novel, EVERYBODY RISE. In her day job as a court reporter, Clifford has a word limit for her stories but she wanted to go beyond those limits and write an epic, sweeping story. The inspiration? Know More » […]

Picador dominates the NYTBR!
We can’t help but #humblebrag about all the amazing Picador books reviewed in yesterday’s (October 26) New York Times Book Review: THE KILLS by Richard House “The patience required to get through [THE KILLS’ 1,000 pages] is made easy by House’s insistent and electric prose style, which imbues long passages about corporate machinations with bristling Know More » […]

T. Jefferson Parker Luuuurves CA Libraries!
We’re extra happy to wish a special #BookBday to T. Jefferson Parker’s FULL MEASURE, a powerful standalone novel about a young man risking everything for his family. To celebrate, Parker is visiting several California libraries as part of his book tour this month: October 7, Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild, Rancho Santa Fe CA October Know More » […]

Happy Belated #BookBday to WOLF IN WHITE VAN
Today we’d like to wish a belated #BookBday to WOLF IN WHITE VAN by John Darnielle, who also happens to be the front man of the indie band The Mountain Goats. In this literary debut, teenager Sean Phillips is isolated by a horrific injury that left him disfigured. He seeks solace in creating new worlds Know More » […]

Macmillan hits the October 2014 LibraryReads list!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has THREE fabulous books on the October 2014 LibraryReads list! Coming in at #6 is THE BOY WHO DREW MONSTERS by Keith Donohue This creepy horror novel about a young boy whose drawings of monsters take on a life of their own is “A sterling example of the new breed of horror: Know More » […]

Hot Title Alert: 10:04
NPR, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly are but a few of the many fans of Ben Lerner’s 10:04. Dear librarian, won’t you join us on the 10:04 bandwagon#42;? #42;#42;e-mail Library@macmillanusa.com (subject: 10:04) for your complimentary copy today. “A mind-blowing book…” — Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Mr. Lerner is among the most interesting Know More » […]

Kirkus’s Most Anticipated Fall Novels
Kirkus Reviews has chosen their Most Anticipated Novels of the Fall and 2 of the 10 are Macmillan titles! LILA by Marilynne Robinson Pulitzer Prize-winning author “Robinson has created a tour de force” (Booklist, starred review) with the final volume in her Gilead trilogy, LILA. It’s already received THREE starred reviews and has a major Know More » […]
