Indie Next List

Recent movers and shakers in Indie Next List.
Updated July 11, 2026
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The midnight train /
Haig, Matt,
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel . . . If you enjoy the "Midnight" experience, climb aboard." --The New York Times Book Review When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No...
The shippers /
Center, Katherine.
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NO ONE DOES SUMMER ROMANCE LIKE KATHERINE CENTER. She wants him to help her woo someone else. Genius. Foolproof. Can't go wrong. DELUXE EDITION―a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful sky blue sprayed edges! After a...
Marion :
Rowan, Leah,
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by People, Goodreads, Variety, BuzzFeed, CrimeReads, SheReads, and Scary Mommy * An Indie Next Pick * A LibraryReads Selection "The perfect read for Summerween." --People
Burning side /
Damoff, Sarah,
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From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo's house burns in the...
On witness and respair :
Ward, Jesmyn.
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The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time National...
The disaster gay detective agency :
Rosen, Lev AC,
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From award-winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder... Or die trying. "Madcap and criminally good. Lev Rosen has served up a sharp...
Whistler :
Patchett, Ann
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A Katie Couric Book Club Pick / A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick / A GoodReads Most Anticipated Book of Summer "Ann Patchett's new novel is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its...
The children :
Albert, Melissa,
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK "Enchantingly sinister. . . a Gothic thriller, with a frisson of magic." --Jennifer Harlan, The New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of...
Heather :
Mullen, Caitlin,
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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE PICK "I've found my favorite crime novel of the year so far, one I'm already recommending to people who love Tana French and Liz Moore.... I read Heather in a single sitting." --Sarah...
Villa Coco /
Greer, Andrew Sean.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the...
The Last human bear :
Sarris, Greg
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"Lush and gripping." --Rebecca Solnit "It's revelatory on every page." --Dave Eggers "The grand return of a master storyteller." --Peter Maravelis, City Lights Booksellers An epic story of curses, love, hard-won independence, and healing--and the first...
Dolly all the time /
Monaghan, Annabel.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of...
Phoebe Berman's gonna lose it :
Averick, Brooke,
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she's about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn't slow her down. The can't-miss...
Hunger and thirst :
Fuller, Claire,
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From the celebrated author of Bitter Orange and Swimming Lessons comes an "atmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable" new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate need to belong (Alice Winn). 1987: After a childhood trauma and years in...
A fortune of sand :
Sepetys, Ruta.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. ...
Daughters of the sun and moon :
See, Lisa
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An instant New York Times bestseller! From beloved bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles. In 1870, three...
Land :
O'Farrell, Maggie,
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. "A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural...

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