Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2026 books that should be on your radar: Staff Picks RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC by Ben Fountain SPAWNING SEASON: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood by Joseph Osmudson THE YAHOO BOYS: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers by Carlos Barragán Fiction COYOTELAND by Vanessa Hua Mystery/Thriller INDIE DARLING by […]
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Upcoming Releases – 4/14/26
Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving April 14th! WEST OF WICKED by Nikki St. Crowe 9781250382191| 4/14/26 From Booktok star Nikki St. Crowe comes a dark and sexy new twist of THE WIZARD OF OZ, featuring Dorothy who is sucked into a cyclone and ends up in a strange yet familiar cursed land. […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (3/17/26)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: BOILING POINT: HOW AMERICA BROUGHT WAR TO UKRAINE by Stephen Kinzer9781250413086 | 11/3/26 The war in Ukraine has dominated world headlines for nearly four years. It caught most people by surprise. Until the Russian invasion […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (2/3/26)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: MARE by Emily Haworth-Booth9780374617707 | 5/19/26 For a long time, a woman lives with her husband and their dog. She teaches writing courses, plods away at a book of her own, and doesn’t think much […]
Happy Half Hour (2/2/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a teen trapped in a 28-minute time loop on a doomed flight; a ghost-talker in Hong Kong who gets drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a malignant spirit; and a timely investigation that explores how it feels to grow up in a world where every anxiety of girlhood has been […]
New Year, New Genre Staff Picks (1/28/26)
It’s a new year, and there’s no better time to try reading from a genre that you don’t normally pick up! AMANDA’S PICK: WASP’S NEST BY KAT STODDARD I don’t read a ton of contemporary fiction, but this one is too juicy to pass up. This debut proves that true love triangles connect on all […]
Upcoming Releases – 1/27/26
Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving January 27th! IF I RULED THE WORLD by Amy DuBois Barnett 9781250378125 | 1/27/26 A fast-paced, juicy debut novel that peeks behind the curtain at the cutthroat world of hip-hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s, written by the ultimate insider. THE […]
TLA’s 2026 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
We’re thrilled that the Texas Topaz Nonfiction List includes EIGHT Macmillan titles this year! GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley | 9780374609849 “In this aching meditation on loss and friendship, essayist and novelist Crosley (CULT CLASSIC) eulogizes her late literary mentor and best friend against the backdrop of the high-pressure publishing industry… Her characteristically whip-smart […]
Publishers Weekly 2026 Spring Fiction & Nonfiction Preview
Publishers Weekly knows what should be on your shelves this Spring! Check out the full list of their Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction preview picks here. SF, FANTASY & HORROR Top 10 SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. KimHONEYSUCKLE by Bar Fridman-Tell Longlist MISERY’S WIFE by Joan TierneyI’LL WATCH YOUR BABY by Neena VielPALACES OF THE CROW […]
Leise Hook’s Letter to Librarians
In NAMES AND FACES, Leise Hook explores what it means to come of age as a mixed-race woman, forging a singular identity in a world intent on putting her into ill-fitting boxes. In her author letter, Kate shares how her childhood librarian inspired her to start creating books, and how the many libraries around her […]
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