The smart folks over at Booklist have released their Editors’ Choice lists for 2025! Adult Books: AUTHENTIC: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work by Jodi-Ann BureyTHE ETERNAL FOREST: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora by Elena SheppardLOOKING AT WOMEN LOOKING AT WAR: A War and Justice Diary by Victoria AmelinaUNKNOWN ENEMY: The […]
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Chicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2025
Chicago Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2025, and Macmillan has 18 books on the list! In the Top Ten: FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism […]

Kirkus Best Books of 2025
Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025! FICTION MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE by Mary Dixie Carter KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby BOOK CLUB FICTION FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi HISTORICAL FICTION THE WAYFINDER by Adam Johnson ROMANCE CHAOS by Constance Fay LADIES IN HATING by Alexandra Vasti SCIENCE FICTION AND […]

WILD DARK SHORE is Reese’s November Book Club Pick (10/28/25)
WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy is Reese’s November 2025 Book Club Pick! A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater […]

2026 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Longlist
The 2026 Carnegie Medals for Excellence longlist has been announced, and 5 Macmillan titles are in the running! FICTION LONGLIST FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi THE SISTERS by Jonas Hassen Khemiri WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy NONFICTION LONGLIST BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW by Yiyun Li […]

March 2025 LibraryReads List
You voted, they counted, and THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar, WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy, GO LUCK YOURSELF by Sara Raasch, and MURDER BY MEMORY by Olivia Waite are LibraryReads picks for March 2025! PLUS, Elle Cosimano (FINLAY DONOVAN DIGS HER OWN GRAVE) and John Scalzi (WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE) are […]

Three Stars for for WILD DARK SHORE!
Charlotte McConaghy’s WILD DARK SHORE, a bold and haunting family drama, has received three starred reviews! “The reality of climate change serves as the pervasive context for this terrific thriller set on a remote island between Australia and Antarctica . . . Readers won’t want to leave behind the imagined world of pain and beauty […]

Sneak Peek: March 2025 Indie Next List
The March 2025 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! #1 PICK: WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy 9781250827951 | 3/4/25 3 starred reviews! “McConaghy’s descriptions of nature’s glory and terror are galvanic, the psychological struggles wrenching, the suspenseful action spectacularly choreographed. McConaghy has attained new heights of intensity and lacerating ecological conviction in this […]

Fiction We Can’t Wait for You to Hear (1/29/25)
We can’t hold back our excitement for these upcoming audiobooks, and we can’t wait to share them with you! PENITENCE BY KRISTIN KOVAL; read by Thérèse Plummer | 9781250384225 | 1/28/25 Excerpt from the audiobook! THE NIGHT IS DEFYING BY CHLOE C. PEÑARANDA; read by Jacci Prior and Corvin King | 9781250385710 | 1/28/25 Excerpt […]

For Your Consideration: March 2025 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite March titles for the March 2025 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE FEBRUARY 1ST! WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by John Scalzi | 9780765389091 | 3/25/25 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “A ridiculous concept imbued with gravity, charm, humor, plausible cynicism, and pathos—and perhaps the merest touch of spite.”—Kirkus […]

