Booklist released their picks for the Top 10 First Novels of 2019, and Chia-Chia Lin’s searing debut THE UNPASSING made the list! THE UNPASSING A Library Journal Best Debut! With flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in […]
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Winter 2019–2020 Indie Next List for Reading Groups Preview
Hey all you book club hosters, the Winter 2019–2020 Indie Next List for Reading Groups Preview includes 8 Macmillan titles! Top 10 #1: SHE WOULD BE KING by Wayétu Moore Family & Coming of Age THE FAMILY TABOR by Cherise Wolas Backlisted But Not Forgotten 300 ARGUMENTS by Sarah Manguso PYONGYANG: A Journey in North […]
Booklist’s 2019 Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Spotlight
Booklist‘s top Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror reading lists of 2019 include these Macmillan titles! Top 10 MAGIC FOR LIARS by Sarah Gailey An Indie Next Pick + LibraryReads Pick + 2 starred reviews! Top 10 Debuts THE RUIN OF KINGS: A Chorus of Dragons (Volume 1) by Jenn Lyons A Library Journal Best Debut […]
Sarah Gailey’s MAGIC FOR LIARS is a June 2019 LibraryReads Pick!
The votes are counted and the list is out, and we’re happy to announce that Sarah Gailey’s MAGIC FOR LIARS is a June 2019 LibraryReads pick! MAGIC FOR LIARS by Sarah Gailey A June Indie Next Pick + 2 starred reviews! “There’s something for almost all readers here: family drama, romance, high-school gossip, fantasy-world building. […]
Booklist Recommends: On Diversity and Immigration
Keep your patrons in the know with these two Booklist best of lists on diversity and immigration: Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction A BOUND WOMAN IS A DANGEROUS THING: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris Hill “With a lyricism that sings, swings, and stings, poet and writer Hill […]
Chicago Public Library’s 2018 Best of the Best
Remember when we said librarians had the best taste in books? Well feast your eyes on the Chicago Public Library’s favorite books of 2018! Top 10 SEVERANCE by Ling Ma Adult WHEN EINSTEIN WALKED WITH GÖDEL: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER by Shobha Rao SMALL ANIMALS: Parenthood in […]
Booklist’s Top SF/Fantasy/Horror of 2018
Booklist’s Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror reading lists of 2018* include these outstanding Macmillan titles: Top 10 SF/Fantasy: 2018 (full list) BALL LIGHTNING by Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen While devoting himself to studying the atmospheric occurrence called ball lightning which struck and killed his parents Chen meets the beautiful but ruthless Lin Yun, an army […]
PW Best Summer Books of 2018
Publishers Weekly recently announced their Best Summer Books of 2018, including these 9 Macmillan titles: Top 10 (full list) NEW POETS OF NATIVE NATIONS, edited by Heid E. Erdrich Rather than anthologize contemporary and emerging authors alongside classic or familiar ones, Erdrich introduces readers to 21 Native poets whose writing was first published after 2000. […]