Today we are highlighting women’s nonfiction stories; from medical guides and silenced histories, to motherhood and challenging the patriarchy, these books celebrate womanhood. IT’S NOT HYSTERIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (BUT WERE NEVER TOLD) BY DR. KAREN TANG Dr. Karen Tang is on a mission to transform how we engage Know More » […]
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2024 Audie Awards Finalists!
Macmillan Audio has 22 finalists for 2024 Audie Awards, which celebrate the best audiobooks of 2023. The finalists were announced this afternoon in PEOPLE Magazine and Billboard. AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEARALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby, read by Adam Lazarre-White BEST NON-FICTION NARRATORKING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig, read by Dion Graham FANTASYTHE Know More » […]
Forthcoming Nonfiction (1/25/2024)
Today we are highlighting an array of nonfiction, including original examinations into medical mysteries, from womanhood, psychedelics, gardens, and puppies, to more personal stories of life on stage and magical strange. SHAKESPEARE: THE MAN WHO PAYS THE RENT BY JUDI DENCH & BRENDAN O’HEA “A literary demonstration of how the iconic actor has lost none Know More » […]
September 2018 Nonfiction
From history to education to health, these new titles are perfect for your shelves: HEART: A History by Sandeep Jauhar An ALA Annual 2018 “Read n’ Rave” Pick! “Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, cardiologist Jauhar tells the colorful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Back to School!
New backpacks and the sweet smell of pencil shavings…yep, it’s back to school time! Here are two new books to help navigate the season, plus an eBook sale for Libraries! SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP: How Discipline Can Set Students Free by Cinque Henderson “A film and TV writer (e.g., HBO’s The Newsroom) and a Know More » […]
July 2018 All-Stars
Whether it’s literary fiction, mystery, poetry, or graphic novels, these books all have the same thing in common: multiple starred reviews! THE GOLDEN STATE by Lydia Kiesling “Kiesling’s intimate, culturally perceptive debut portrays a frazzled mother and a fractious America, both verging on meltdown. But perhaps best of all is her thought-provoking portrait of a Know More » […]
BABY TEETH is a July 2018 LibraryReads Pick!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Zoje Stage’s BABY TEETH is #4 on the July 2018 LibraryReads list! One of Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of Summer 2018 with THREE starred reviews! “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN meets GONE GIRL meets THE OMEN. Interested? That might be the best way to describe Zoje Stage’s highly anticipated debut novel, BABY Know More » […]
For Your Consideration: August 2018 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the August 2018 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due June 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. FEARED by Lisa Scottoline Also available in audio In the next book in the mega-best-selling Rosato & DiNunzio thriller series, the all-female law firm is hit with a Know More » […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Our #FridayReads are the perfect way to kick off this Mother’s Day weekend: MOTHERHOOD by Sheila Heti A May 2018 Indie Next pick and one of PW’s Spring 2018 Literary Fiction picks with two starred reviews! “The subject of the new novel from Heti is neither birth nor child-rearing, but the question of whether to Know More » […]
Gone Girl + We Need to Talk About Kevin = BABY TEETH
“We Need to Talk About Kevin meets Gone Girl meets The Omen. Interested? That might be the best way to describe Zoje Stage’s highly anticipated debut novel, BABY TEETH…a twisty, delirious read that will constantly question your sympathies for the two characters as their bond continues to crumble.” Entertainment Weekly Former screenwriter Stage’s “bad seed” Know More » […]
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