Library Journal chose their Best Books of 2019, and 22 Macmillan titles made the list! Pop Fiction MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews IN WEST MILLS by De’Shawn Charles Winslow Horror TINFOIL BUTTERFLY by Rachel Eve Moulton SF/Fantasy THE RUIN OF KINGS by Jenn Lyons A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady […]
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FSG Author Peter Handke Wins the 2019 Nobel Prize
A hearty congratulations goes out to 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Peter Handke, praised for “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.” (Nobel Prize Press Release) FSG’s president Jonathan Galassi says, “Handke is one of the great German prose stylists, who has spent his […]
New E-galleys for September 2019
Gird your TBR piles–check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were added to Edelweiss this month for your downloading pleasure: IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS: A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha Alexander Lady Emily and her husband travel to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city. THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY […]
2019 National Book Award Longlist
The 2019 National Book Award longlist has been announced, and Macmillan has seven books in the running! Translated Literature THE COLLECTOR OF LEFTOVER SOULS: Field Notes on Brazil’s Everyday Insurrections by Eliane Brum, translated from the Portuguese by Diane Grosklaus Whitty SPACE INVADERS by Nona Fernández, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer DEATH IS […]
2019 Kirkus Prize Finalists
The 2019 Kirkus Prize finalists have been announced, and Macmillan has two titles in the running! TERRITORY OF LIGHT by Yuko Tsushima 2 starred reviews! A haunting, dazzling novel of loss and rebirth from one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers. NO VISIBLE BRUISES: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us […]
Happy #PubDay (9/17/19)
Explore one woman’s life inside Brooklyn’s Chasidic community + embark on an epic Chinese kung fu adventure in today’s #PubDay celebration! ON DIVISION by Goldie Goldbloom “Goldbloom, who is Chasidic and a mother of eight, vitally portrays the complex dynamics and paradoxes of a strictly regimented, unforgiving, yet loving religious enclave, and imaginatively and boldly […]
Happy #PubDay! (7/16/19)
Happy, happy #pubday to the continuation of Cixin Liu’s Three-Body Problem series and a lyrical, underwater debut! THE REDEMPTION OF TIME: A Three-Body Problem Novel by Baoshu, translated by Ken Liu A PW Best Book of Summer 2019! “While some of the more fan-fiction aspects about existing characters from Liu’s trilogy may mystify unfamiliar readers, […]
Happy #PubDay! (7/9/19)
Family secrets + a Russian family saga + the return of a math-genius mercenary = one happy #pubday! BETHLEHEM by Karen Kelly “Prying into the power and family dynamics of the dynastic American industrialist family, Kelly’s evocative, startling story will appeal to readers who enjoy family sagas.”–Publishers Weekly JACOB’S LADDER by Ludmila Ulitskaya “A sweeping, […]
For Your Consideration: September 2019 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite September 2019 titles for the September 2019 LibraryReads list! Votes due August 1! DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz “Cruz’s winning novel will linger in the reader’s mind long after the close of the story.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review “A moving, sad, and sometimes disarmingly funny take on migration and the […]
It’s #PubDay! (6/11/19)
A family’s vacation hijinks + a Brazilian short story collection = a very happy #pubday! HONESTLY, WE MEANT WELL by Grant Ginder “Ginder’s writing is funny and evocative; it skillfully touches on the passage of time in a family and in a marriage while effortlessly shifting points of view. Fans of clever, wistful stories will […]