Happy #BookBday to the first new books of 2017! FREEBIRD by Jon Raymond A January 2017 Indie Next pick! Los Angeles bureaucrat Anne Singer faces a moral and professional dilemma at work; meanwhile, she worries endlessly about her son’s future and her father’s care. But it’s actually Anne’s PTSD-stricken brother, Ben, the one person she […]
Tag: memoir
For Your Consideration: March 2017 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the March 2017 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due January 20! Click here for the full list of 2017 deadlines. NEVER LET YOU GO by Chevy Stevens In the new novel from the LibraryReads author of THOSE GIRLS, Lindsey Nash escaped an abusive marriage and has successfully started […]
Booklist’s Best Books of 2016
Booklist revealed their Editors’ Choice picks for 2016, and they include 12 Macmillan titles: Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books, 2016 (full list) MAD ENCHANTMENT: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King King, a master at illuminating overlooked facets of art history, tells the full, wondrous, and poignant story of Monet’s […]
Raise My Roof Podcast
We’ve told you about Cara Brookins‘s inspiring memoir, RISE: How a House Built a Family, in which she escaped an abusive marriage by building a house from the foundation up using only YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan, and her four children as a work crew. Now home-improvement meets self-improvement in the Raise My […]
NPR’s 2016 Book Concierge & More “Best of 2016” Picks
NPR’s Book Concierge is live! Nearly 40 Macmillan titles are included in the various 2016 recommendation lists: ALL THAT MAN IS by David Szalay (Staff Picks, Realistic Fiction, Tales From Around the World) ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie Jane Anders (It’s All Geek to Me, Love Stories, Science, Science Fiction & Fantasy) […]
Winter 2016–2017 Indie Next Picks for Book Clubs
The Winter 2016–2017 Indie Next List for Reading Groups includes seven Macmillan titles! Top Ten BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy, M.D. GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS by Max Porter Extraordinary Lives HOME IS BURNING: A Memoir by Dan Marshall ROSALIE LIGHTNING: A Graphic […]
2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards last week and Macmillan has a whopping 42 nominees in the running! Click here to vote for your favorites and we’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses. Congrats to our 2016 Winners: TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty (Best Fiction) and LEONARD by William Shatner (Best History & […]
Booklist’s Top Arts Books of 2016
Booklist recently unveiled their Top Arts Books of 2016*, including these Macmillan titles, and Bill Ott gave a preview of IDENTITY UNKNOWN by Booklist‘s own Donna Seaman! Top 10 Arts Books: 2016 (full list) THE LONELY CITY: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing Laing imaginatively entwines memoir with profiles and astute […]
Biography Roundup
Love biographies? Check out these three fascinating lives: EVELYN WAUGH: A Life Revisited by Philip Eade On the fiftieth anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death, here is a completely fresh view of one of the most gifted—and fascinating—writers of our time. “A biography both thoughtful and intimate… Drawing on previously unavailable letters, manuscripts, and diaries, Eade […]
For Your Consideration: January 2017 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite December 2016 AND January 2017 titles for the January 2017* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due November 20! Click here for the full list of 2017 deadlines. THE DRY by Jane Harper * A Library Journal “Summer Promise — Debut Novels” pick * * THREE starred reviews * “Luke lied. You lied. Be […]
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