The Los Angeles Times announced their 2018 Book Prize finalists and we’ve got 5 nominees (and one winner!): Current Interest LOCKING UP OUR OWN: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. History LONDON’S TRIUMPH: Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare’s City by Stephen Alford Graphic Novel/Comics PRESENT by Leslie Stein – WINNER! […]
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (psst… it’s Oscar)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is nominated for four Academy Awards! Best Picture Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet) Best Original Song (“Mystery of Love,” music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens) The Oscar Awards Ceremony will take place on March 4th. Bestseller Lists Roundup (as of 1/22/18): New York Times paperback […]
FIRE AND FURY Frenzy!
Media is at a fever pitch for Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY: Inside the Trump White House! 1st Serial Excerpt New York Magazine (on stands 1/8, online now) TV 1/5 The Today Show 1/7 Meet the Press 1/8 CBS This Morning 1/8 Morning Joe 1/8 MSNBC, Katy Tur 1/8 NBC Nightly News 1/8 MSNBC, Lawrence […]
All-in-One “Best Books of 2017”
drumroll please For your collection development joy, here are all of our “Best Books of 2017” lists in one place! Publishers Weekly Kirkus Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction, Teen Library Journal Best Books of 2017 & Notable Books of 2017 School Library Journal‘s Best Adult Books 4 Teens Booklist Editors’ Choice 2017 New York Times Book Review […]
Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2017
The Los Angeles Times‘s Best Books of 2017 lists include 5 Macmillan titles! Best Fiction (full list) SO MUCH BLUE by Percival Everett HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer Best Nonfiction (full list) HIGH NOON: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic by Glenn Frankel […]
2017 LA Times Book Prize Nominees
The Los Angeles Times announced their 2017 Book Prize finalists and we’ve got 11 nominees: Fiction WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell Mystery/Thriller THE NORTH WATER by Ian McGuire Current Interest CITY OF THORNS by Ben Rawlence A RAGE FOR ORDER: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS by Robert F. […]
LOVE WARRIOR is an Oprah Book Club Pick!
Fantastic news: LOVE WARRIOR by Glennon Doyle Melton is the new Oprah Book Club pick! This astonishing memoir depicts Melton’s journey after she discovers her husband’s infidelity and uses her grief and anger as a path to her own redemption. LOVE WARRIOR captures the beauty that unfolds when one woman refuses to settle for good […]
2014 LA Times Book Prize Nominees
The Los Angeles Times announced their 2014 Book Prize nominees yesterday and we’ve got ten terrific nominees from Macmillan: Current Interest BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande DEEP DOWN DARK by Hector Tobar Fiction THE EMERALD LIGHT IN THE AIR by Donald Antrim The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction WOLF IN WHITE VAN by John […]