Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2021 books that should be on your radar: Staff Picks BIG VAPE: The Incendiary Rise of Juul by Jamie DucharmeDOUBLE BLIND by Edward St. AubynTHE MAIDENS by Alex MichaelidesA MASTER OF DJINN by P. Djèlí ClarkMY BEGGING CHART by Keiler RobertsSOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford Fiction SECOND […]
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Staff Picks Happy Hour (7/16/20)
You’re cordially invited to join our Mac Lib Staff Picks Happy Hour! Grab your beverage of choice, find your favorite chair/porch spot, and let’s talk BOOKS! THE BOOK OF DARRYL by The GogglesISBN 9780374115319, on sale 11/10/20 For sixteen-year-old Darryl, life in Roman-occupied Nazareth is a real drag—especially when everyone at your high school thinks […]
Staff Picks Happy Hour (6/29/20)
You’re cordially invited to join our Mac Lib Staff Picks Happy Hour! Grab your beverage of choice, find your favorite chair/porch spot, and let’s talk BOOKS! SECRET NIGHTS WITH A COWBOY by Caitlin CrewsISBN 9781250625496, on sale 12/1/20 After Rae Trujillo’s disastrous marriage to her high school sweetheart ended about as badly as it could, […]
Staff Picks Happy Hour (6/15/20)
You’re cordially invited to join our Mac Lib Staff Picks Happy Hour! Grab your beverage of choice, find your favorite chair/porch spot, and let’s talk BOOKS! (and maybe cats?…) MURDER IN OLD BOMBAY by Nev MarchISBN 9781250269546, on sale 11/10/20 In 19th century Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri channels his idol, Sherlock Holmes, in Nev March’s […]
PW Summer Books 2020
Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2020 books that should be on your radar: Staff PicksARTIFACT by Arlene HeymanFLYAWAY by Kathleen JenningsTHE LAST GREAT ROAD BUM by Héctor TobarTHE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST by Adrian TomineONE STEP AHEAD: Mastering the Art and Science of Negotiation by David SallyTHE PARIS HOURS by Alex GeorgeTHE VAPORS: A […]
NYPL Summer 2019 Adult Staff Picks
Get out your beach chair and sunglasses, it’s time for NYPL’s Summer 2019 Adult Staff picks! ECHO NORTH by Joanna Ruth Meyer IN WEST MILLS by De’Shawn Charles Winslow THE MOTHER-IN-LAW by Sally Hepworth NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder OUTLINE by Rachel Cusk […]
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of Summer 2019
The trees are green, the sun is warm, and I know I’m getting ready for some good beach reading! Enter, Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of Summer 2019! Staff PicksTHE REDEMPTION OF TIME: A Three-Body Problem Novel by Baoshu RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston HOT COMB by Ebony Flowers FictionIN WEST MILLS by […]
NYPL Spring 2019 Picks for Adults
Trust the librarians! The stellar staff at the NYPL have picked their favorite adult books for Spring 2019, and Macmillan has quite a few on the list! AN EMERGENCY IN SLOW MOTION: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus by William Todd Schultz EVERYTHING UNDER by Daisy Johnson GRIST MILL ROAD by Christopher J. Yates THE […]
NYPL Winter 2018 Staff Picks
Patience & Fortitude are roaring about our New York Public Library Winter 2018 staff picks! HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado IT ENDED BADLY: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright THE BLACK TIDES OF HEAVEN by JY Yang KNOTS: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson ARBITRARY […]
PW Best Books of Summer 2017
Publishers Weekly’s editors recently selected their Best Books of Summer 2017, including these seven Macmillan titles: Staff Picks (full list) BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer “About that thing on the cover—is it a genetically modified bird-of-paradise? Some cousin of the odoriferous corpse flower? I was intrigued from the moment I saw it, as is Rachel, the […]