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Booklist Editors’ Choice 2019
Booklist has revealed their editors’ top picks of the year’s outstanding books for public library collections, including these Macmillan titles:
Adult Books
IN THE DREAM HOUSE: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
LIFE ISN’T EVERYTHING: Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends by Ash Carter and Sam Kashner
LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
THE EDGE OF ANARCHY: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by Jack Kelly
GRASS by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
LOSING EARTH: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich
FIND ME by André Aciman
THE REDEEMED: The West Country Trilogy by Tim Pears
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
Adult Books for Young Adults
MAKING COMICS by Lynda Barry
DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz
GODS WITH A LITTLE G by Tupelo Hassman
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
Goodreads Choice Award Winners 2019
A huge congrats to Macmillan’s 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards winners!
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (winner, Mystery & Thriller)
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (winner, Fantasy)
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston (winner, Romance AND Debut)
Best of 2019 Round-Up
The 2019 Best-of lists just keep on comin’! Check out the latest picks from The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, and the NYPL!
New York Public Library Best of 2019
BIRTHDAY by Meredith Russo
DEAF REPUBLIC: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
GIRL by Edna O’Brien
GHOST WALL by Sarah Moss
LANNY by Max Porter
THE MAN WHO SAW EVERYTHING by Deborah Levy
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi
HOT COMB by Ebony Flowers
OFF SEASON by James Sturm
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston
THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER TIMELINE by Annalee Newitz
Washington Post Top 10 Best of 2019
FALTER: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? by Bill McKibben
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
New York Times Top 10 Best of 2019
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
Time Top 10 Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi
THIS LAND IS OUR LAND: An Immigrant’s Manifesto by Suketu Mehta
THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang
IN THE DREAM HOUSE: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Amazon’s Best Books of 2019
What. A. List! Check out Amazon’s Best Books of 2019!
Amazon Editors’ Top 20
THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
Amazon Editors’ Top 100
THE NIGHT TIGER by Yangsze Choo
MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim
THE GUEST BOOK by Sarah Blake
THE APOLOGY by Eve Ensler
THE WHISPER MAN by Alex North
THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner
STAY AND FIGHT by Madeline ffitch
POISONER IN CHIEF: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer
THE GRAMMARIANS by Cathleen Schine
UNFOLLOW: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper
NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE by Katherine Center
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE by Samantha Shannon
GODS WITH A LITTLE G by Tupelo Hassman
FIND ME by André Aciman
IN THE DREAM HOUSE: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
DRIVE-THRU DREAMS: A Journey Through the Heart of America’s Fast-Food Kingdom by Adam Chandler
USER FRIENDLY: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang with Robert Fabricant
Biographies and Memoirs
THE APOLOGY by Eve Ensler
POISONER IN CHIEF: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer
UNFOLLOW: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper
IN THE DREAM HOUSE: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Business and Leadership
LOONSHOTS: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall
THIS IS NOT A T-SHIRT: A Brand, a Culture, a Community–a Life in Streetwear by Bobby Hundreds
History
THE BRITISH ARE COMING: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
TRANSACTION MAN: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream by Nicholas Lemann
A Special Spooky Round-Up (10/31/19)
From the bone-chilling, blood-curdling, trick-or-treat ready halls of Macmillan comes a round-up of some ghoulishly delightful horror treats from the past year. Grab your favorite candy and curl up with your black cat while reading these spooktacular books.
THE WHISPER MAN by Alex North
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer 2019 + two starred reviews!
“With redemption for some and none for others, this thriller will satisfy readers of Thomas Harris and Stephen King.”–Booklist, starred review
“Readers will have a tough time putting down this truly unnerving tale, with its seemingly unexplainable elements and glimpses of broken and dangerous minds.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
readmoreremoveAdult Books for Teens
These titles may look like they’re for adults, but they’re also perfect for teen readers!
HERE WE ARE by Aarti Namdev Shahani
HERE WE ARE is a heart-wrenching memoir about an immigrant family’s American Dream, the justice system that took it away, and the daughter who fought to get it back, from NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani.
“Shahani’s sudden push into adulthood as she sought justice for her family will resonate with YAs.” —Booklist, YA Interest
readmoreremoveHappy #PubDay (10/08)
A YA powerhouse makes her adult debut, a book lover in Paris, horror + feminism in a collection of short stories, falling in love with Ireland, alternate universes + stolen identities, and a dilapidated mansion in nineteenth-century Hyde Park. Find it all in today’s #PubDay.
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
An October LibraryReads pick, Indie Next pick, PW Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2019, Kirkus Most Anticipated Fall Fiction + 4 starred reviews!
“Fantasy readers, particularly those who love ghosts, will hungrily devour this novel.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page.”–Library Journal, starred review
“Adults are just as enamored of Bardugo’s YA novels as teens are, and many have been anxiously and curiously awaiting this one.”–Booklist, starred review
“With an aura of both enchantment and authenticity, Bardugo’s compulsively readable novel leaves a portal ajar for equally dazzling sequels.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
readmoreremoveNINTH HOUSE + CILKA’S JOURNEY = October LibraryReads Picks!
You voted, they counted, and NINTH HOUSE and CILKA’S JOURNEY are officially LibraryReads picks for October 2019!
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
A Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book!
The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo: a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite.
CILKA’S JOURNEY by Heather Morris
From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ comes a new story of heartbreak and healing, based on a riveting true story. From child to woman, from woman to healer, CILKA’S JOURNEY illuminates the resilience of the human spirit—and the will we have to survive.
