Indie Next List

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Updated October 18, 2024
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Spirit Crossing
Krueger, William Kent.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! William Kent Krueger offers "one of his most puzzling mysteries to date" (Publishers Weekly) as a disappearance and a dead body put Cork O'Connor's family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twentieth book in the New York...
The Life Impossible A Novel
Haig, Matt.
Paper Book
"An odyssey of action and awe." --The New York Times "A wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human." --Benedict Cumberbatch The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more...
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Klune, T. J.
Paper Book
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY and #1 INDIE BESTSELLER! Hope is the thing with feathers. And hope is the thing with fire. Featuring gorgeous golden yellow sprayed edges! Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely anticipated sequel to...
Creation Lake : A Novel
Kushner, Rachel.
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* From Rachel Kushner, two-time finalist for both the Booker Prize and National Book Award, a "vital" (The...
The Book Swap : A Novel
Bickers, Tessa.
Paper Book
"A lovely and lively tale of second chances, following one's dreams, and books. Bickers deals with sensitive topics with a deft and delicate hand...Highly recommended." - Booklist starred review A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LibraryReads pick! An...
Colored Television : A Novel
Senna, Danzy.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy... This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard."  -LA Times "Funny, foxy and fleet...The jokes are...
The Examiner : A Novel
Hallett, Janice.
Paper Book
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master's program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling "new queen of crime" (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett. Gela Nathaniel, head of...
The Instrumentalist : A Novel
Constable, Harriet.
Paper Book
For fans of The Queen's Gambit and The Handmaid's Tale, award-winning journalist Harriet Constable's unforgettable novel tells the story of classical music as it has never been told before. Inspired by true events, The Instrumentalist tells the story of ...
Madwoman
Bieker, Chelsea.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This book made me laugh and cry. It reads like a thriller and a love song. It's about being crushed and rising strong." - Cheryl Strayed  "The rare kind of book that lives in your bones" (Ashley Audrain), this novel...
The Wildes : A Novel in Five Acts
Bayard, Louis.
Paper Book
In this singularly powerful novel, bestselling author Louis Bayard brings Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love. "Wonderfully researched, beautifully crafted, movingly...
William
Coile, Mason.
Paper Book
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read--a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI. Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career--he's created an artificially...
Blue Sisters : A Novel
Mellors, Coco.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this "deeply nuanced and compelling" (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of...
We're Alone : Essays
Danticat, Edwidge.
Paper Book
A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat's childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We're Alone include personal...
I'll Have What He's Having
Khorram, Adib.
Paper Book
A smart, sexy "perfect romance" about mistaken identities, a no-strings fling, and the way one night--and one person--can change your life forever from the bestselling author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone, bestselling co-authors of A Merry...
Becoming Little Shell : A Landless Indian's Journey Home
La Tray, Chris.
Paper Book
A People Magazine "Best New Book of the Month" Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award "I'm in awe of Chris La Tray's storytelling. Becoming Little Shell creates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community,...
Bluff : poems
Smith, Danez
Paper Book
Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and...
By Any Other Name: A Novel
Picoult, Jodi.
Paper Book
Tell Me Everything A Novel
Strout, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a "stunner" (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. "Tell Me...
There Are Rivers in the Sky A Novel
Shafak, Elif.
Paper Book
Sweeping across centuries, and stretching from Mesopotamia to London, this enchanting new novel by a Booker Prize finalist conjures a trio of characters living in the shadow of one of the greatest epic poems of all time. In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River...
That Librarian : The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Jones, Amanda.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book...
Where the Forest Meets the River
Bowring, Shannon.
Paper Book
A SEPTEMBER 2024 INDIE NEXT PICK Return to Dalton as Shannon Bowring draws another stunningly human portrait of small town America.  It's been five years since Bridget Theroux's death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and daughter Sophie, now...

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