The April 2019 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews Three starred reviews! “[A] sharp blade of a novel…. Toews’ eviscerating fictionalization of this incendiary reality focuses not on the violence but, rather, on the keen, subversive intelligence of the Mennonite women, their philosophical casts of mind, clashing personalities, and […]
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Lambda Award Finalists
The Lambda Literary Awards honor the best in LGBTQ books, and this year’s finalists include NINE Macmillan titles! Gay Fiction HISTORY OF VIOLENCE by Édouard Louis SOME HELL by Patrick Nathan Bisexual Fiction THE BEST BAD THINGS by Katrina Carrasco Gay Poetry WILD IS THE WIND: Poems by Carl Phillips Lesbian Mystery A WHISPER OF […]
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists
The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists for their 2018 Book Prize, and Macmillan has 7 titles in the running! Graphic Novels/ComicsSHIT IS REAL by Aisha Franz THE STRANGE by Jérôme Ruillier HistoryTHE BROWNS OF CALIFORNIA: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation by Miriam Pawel PoetryWILD IS THE WIND: Poems […]
Starred Reviews for Your #WeekendReads
For this week’s #WeekendReads, we present these forthcoming titles with multiple starred reviews! THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ by Aaron Bobrow-Strain “In this caring and unforgettable borderland saga, Bobrow-Strain reveals the profound personal toll of the immigration crisis.”–Booklist, starred review “This potent, important work, which ‘occupies a space between journalism and ethnography, with […]
2019 PEN America Literary Award Finalists
Macmillan has TEN finalists for the 2019 PEN American Literacy Awards! PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTIONA LUCKY MAN: Stories by Jamel Brinkley HALF GODS by Akil Kumarasamy PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR A DEBUT NOVELSEVERANCE by Ling Ma PEN OPEN BOOK AWARDEYE LEVEL: Poems by Jenny Xie PEN TRANSLATION PRIZENEVADA DAYS by Bernardo […]
NBCC 2018 Finalists
The National Book Critics Circle has released their finalists for the outstanding books of 2018, and Macmillan has six titles on the list! BiographyFLASH: The Making of Weegee the Famous by Christopher Bonanos NINETY-NINE GLIMPSES OF PRINCESS MARGARET by Craig Brown FictionMILKMAN by Anna Burns PoetrySTILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL: Poems […]
2019 PEN America Literary Award Longlist
The 2019 PEN Literary Awards longlist includes 14 Macmillan titles! WOO HOO! PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTIONA LUCKY MAN: Stories by Jamel Brinkley HALF GODS by Akil Kumarasamy PEN OPEN BOOK AWARDBROTHER by David Chariandy EYE LEVEL: Poems by Jenny Xie PEN TRANSLATION PRIZENEVADA DAYS by Bernardo Atxaga CODEX 1962: A Trilogy by Sjón PEN AWARD […]
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2018
The year-end best-of lists are still rolling in, and now we’re proud to announce that Library Journal‘s Best Books of 2018 includes 21 Macmillan titles: Crime Fiction A DEATH OF NO IMPORTANCE by Mariah Fredericks Graphic Novels WOMAN WORLD by Aminder Dhaliwal SABRINA by Nick Drnaso BERLIN by Jason Lutes Horror THE MERRY SPINSTER: Tales […]
NYPL Best Books of 2018
Librarians obviously have the best taste in books, so we’re super excited to share the New York Public Library’s 2018 Best Books for Adults! Top Ten WOMAN WORLD by Aminder Dhaliwal Edge-of-Your-Seat Reads THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Escape to Another World SEMIOSIS by Sue Burke Fiction BROTHER by David […]