Dear Librarians: My name is Elizabeth McKenzie, and I’d like to thank all of the librarians and libraries across the country who put my last novel, The Portable Veblen, on their shelves and recommended it to readers. With librarian Linus in Veblen and now with librarian Hugh in The Dog of the North, it seems […]
Do you know those rooms, homes, and buildings that are so burned in your mind they become the background for your imagination? One of those settings for me is the Missoula Public Library, a two-story structure from the ‘70s, with a dark, cozy basement, and a long, indoor ramp paved with stones that I’d climb […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Click for a Book Club Kit. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. Birmingham, 1929: Robert Lee Harrington, a master carpenter, has just moved to Alabama to pursue a job opportunity, bringing along his pregnant wife and young daughter. Birmingham is in its heyday, known as the […]
With starred reviews from publications including Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about. FICTION Bear with Me Now by Katie Shepard “Shepard’s wonderful debut romance features characters who are so beautifully depicted, they become real… Shepard seamlessly incorporates Teagan’s mental-health struggles and […]
The New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) and Penguin Random House’s Library Marketing are partnering to present Indie Press Spring Wednesdays. Every Wednesday from 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET, SNFL visitors will have an opportunity to meet with a New York-based independent publisher and discover some of their unique and inspiring titles. […]
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Request eGalleys of some of our favorite May titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the May list ends on 4/1. Click to Request eGalleys of These May Titles and More. The Ferryman: A Novel by Justin Cronin From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. Watch Alyssa Wees on our Past Tense Panel. Growing up in Chicago’s Little Sicily in the years following the Great War, Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina, ever since she first peered through the windows of the […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. Watch Tiffany McDaniel on our Literary Fiction Panel. Arcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother’s stories. Together, they disappear into […]
