Get excited for these upcoming fiction titles! These stories range from the past to the future, exploring the lives of different women through a feminist lens. ELEVEN PERCENT by Maren Uthaug 9781250329646 | 4/22/25 It is the New Time, a time not so different from our own except that the men are gone. All but […]
Tag: short stories
Starred Review Roundup (5/20/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: HIP-HOP IS HISTORY by Questlove 9780374614072| 6/11/24 “A memorable, masterful history of the first 50 years of an indelible American art form . . . While the author’s knowledge of hip-hop is as deep as any musicologist, it’s his passion for certain artists and songs […]
Three Stars for CRAFT: Stories I Wrote For The Devil
Ananda Lima’s CRAFT: Stories I Wrote For The Devil—a strange, intimate, haunted, hungry, intoxicating, and surreal fiction debut–has received three starred reviews! “Brazil-born Lima explores questions of identity, politics, and creativity through a surrealist lens in these short stories. Who gets to tell certain stories and why? The book’s title evokes both guile and labor, […]
Happy Half Hour (5/13/24)
On this Happy Half Hour, we’re chatting about a reclusive woman who must engage with the community around her when she receives an unwelcome surprise in the mail, a fantasy heist adventure set in a world ruled by dragons, and a YA horror anthology by authors of color who flip traditional horror narratives on their […]
Day’s YA: THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST
THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker 9781250861269 7/16/2024 Tor Teen Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley This is a horror anthology like no other. The monsters are scarier, the twists are more shocking, and the stories are written by fan-favorite authors of the […]
Sneak Peek: April Indie Next List
The April 2024 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! THE FAMILIAR BY LEIGH BARDUGO 9781250884251 | 4/9/24 4 starred reviews! “Part fairy tale, part political thriller, part romance, the novel unfolds like a winter tree bursting into unnatural bloom in response to one of Luzia’s refranes, as she and Santángel learn about power, trust, […]
2024 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists
Congratulations to the Macmillan finalists selected for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. WITNESS by Jamel BrinkleyOPEN THROAT by Henry HokeABSOLUTION by Alice McDermott […]
2024 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist
Congratulations to the Macmillan titles on the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction longlist! WITNESS by Jamel BrinkleyOPEN THROAT by Henry HokeBIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine LaceyABSOLUTION by Alice McDermott […]
Happy Half Hour (2/5/24)
Today we have a horror-ific Happy Half Hour in store where we’ll chat about a space crew trying to survive on an abandoned planet, Black girls battling monsters (both human and supernatural), and a family running a funeral parlor and fighting vampires! GHOST STATION by S.A Barnes | 9781250884923 | 4/9/24THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN […]
Library Journal Best Books of 2023
Library Journal has announced their picks for the best books of 2023, and Macmillan has TWENTY titles on the list! Pop Fiction ONE BLOOD by Denene Millner Crime Fiction THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy ChuaALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby Horror THE SALT GROWS HEAVY by Cassandra KhawCAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck Tingle Sci-Fi/Fantasy THE […]