Susan Cheever’s WHEN ALL THE MEN WORE HATS, a sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, has received three starred reviews! “Combining biography, memoir, literary criticism, social history, and more, this book is sui generis. . . This illuminating book fills in many blanks about a troubled and troubling life. It includes […]
Tag: short stories

2025 Locus Awards Winners
Congratulations to Macmillan’s four 2025 Locus Awards Winners! FANTASY NOVEL A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher HORROR NOVEL BURY YOUR GAYS by Chuck Tingle NOVELLA WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. Kingfisher ANTHOLOGY THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (4/22/2025)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE RIGHTEOUS by Ronald H. Balson9781250373083 | 9/9/25 By the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe’s Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured, or killed by Hitler. Only Hungary, and its almost 900,000 Jews, remained […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (4/8/2025)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WHITES: STORIES by Mark Doten9781644452905 | 8/19/25 The excoriating stories in Mark Doten’s brilliant first collection dissect the pathological narratives that shape our culture and country. Narrated by a crosscutting array of White people, Doten’s […]

Library Journal Best Books of 2024
Library Journal has announced their picks for the best books of 2024, and Macmillan has TWENTY titles on the list! Pop Fiction THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez Literary Fiction THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY by Jennifer Croft Crime Fiction THE WHARTON PLOT by Mariah Fredericks SF/Fantasy […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (12/3/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: GO LUCK YOURSELF by Sara Raasch9781250333216 | 3/11/25 Someone has been stealing Christmas’s joy, and there’s only one clue to the culprit—a single shamrock. With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad now having a full […]

Kirkus Best Books of 2024
Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024! FICTION BOOK CLUB BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino HISTORICAL GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR by Adam Erlich Sachs ROMANCE LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Rufaro Faith Mazarura SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei THE […]

Feminist Fiction
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 […]

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, […]

