The Fall 2018 Kids’ Indie Next List was announced last week and includes SADIE by Courtney Summers (in the Top Ten!) and MIRAGE by Somaiya Daud! SADIE by Courtney Summers Available September 4, 2018 from Wednesday Books FOUR STARRED REVIEWS!! SADIE is the story of a missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial-like […]
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Required Friday Reading (8/10/18)
It’s important, now more than ever, to continue reading, reflecting, and engaging in open dialogue about the issues facing us all as a nation. Here are our picks to help you do just that: A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming 2018 Alex […]
Thriller Thursday (8/9/2018 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to two very different—but equally thrilling—reads! THE MIDDLEMAN by Olen Steinhauer Also available in audio. Two starred reviews and an August 2018 Indie Next pick! “Steinhauer has written an unnerving and timely thriller with incredible pivots. From a perspective on activist/terrorist civilian organizations to an examination of Big Brother conspiracy plots, there’s something here […]
August 2018 All-Stars
These forthcoming books are raking in the starred reviews—make sure to add them to your library’s shelves ASAP! A WELL BEHAVED WOMAN by Therese Anne Fowler Also available in audio “As accomplished as its subject, redoubtable socialite and women’s suffrage crusader Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Fowler’s engrossing successor to 2013’s Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, […]
Thriller Thursday (8/2/18 Edition)
Twisty thrillers and series favorites return in today’s #ThrillerThursday picks: BLOODY SUNDAY by Ben Coes Also available in audio “A simple premise drives bestseller Coes’s excellent eighth thriller featuring indomitable CIA agent Dewey Andreas: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is dying of cancer. It’s a complicated mission, and in the end only Dewey has […]
Happy #BookBday (7/31/18 Edition)
Oh, what a lovely day for a #BookBday! BLACK KLANSMAN: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth (movie tie-in edition) Also available in audio & mass market The extraordinary true story of the African American police officer who goes undercover to investigate the KKK, the basis for the forthcoming major […]
Introducing “The Girls” Podcast
Courtney Summers’ YA thriller SADIE is already making noise: Booklist‘s starred review called it “captivating.” Kirkus Reviews‘s starred review called it “A riveting tour de force.” Our very own YA gal, Emily, called it “heartbreaking and haunting.” And now it’s making even more noise! Coming August 1 to a pair of headphones near you: The Girls, a “true […]
Thriller Thursday (7/12/18 Edition)
Serial killers, sexual predators, and a mystery island…yep, it’s an average #ThrillerThursday! HALCYON by Rio Youers On the heels of tragedy, Martin Lovegrove moves his family to Halcyon, a self-sustaining community on a beautiful island in the middle of Lake Ontario. But he soon suspects there is something sinister beneath Halcyon’s perfect veneer and sets […]
Happy #BookBday (7/10/18 Edition)
Literary fiction, romance, and humor—this #BookBday has it all! IF YOU SEE ME, DON’T SAY HI by Neel Patel A July 2018 Indie Next pick! A bravura debut story collection in the vein of Aziz Ansari and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about love, family, success, and the experience of being brown in America today. “A melancholic […]
Stars for SADIE!
We’re so excited that Courtney Summers’ gripping YA thriller, SADIE, has received four starred reviews! “Summers’ novel is filled with her trademark biting commentary on sexual assault and the mistreatment of girls and women at the hands of predatory men . . . her hunt for Mattie’s killer is captivating, and Summers excels at slowly […]
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