Indie Next List

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Updated July 1, 2025
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My friends : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
CD
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2025: Goodreads - USA TODAY - Marie Claire - BookPage - Literary Lifestyle - Book Riot -...
The emperor of Gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' Guardian 'Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime' Oprah Winfrey READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE...
The missing half : a novel
Flowers, Ashley
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Two women haunted by their sisters' unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie. "Sharp, slick, and chilling, with...
The Amalfi Curse : A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast
Penner, Sarah
Paper Book
"This intoxicating story blends old-world magic and modern-day mystery with a delicious dash of amore." --People  Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse... Haven Ambrose...
The original daughter : a novel
Wei, Jemimah
Paper Book
In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single...
The Staircase in the Woods
Wendig, Chuck.
Paper Book
A group of friends investigate the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents Five high school friends, bonded by an oath to protect each other no matter what.
The pretender : a novel
Harkin, Jo
Paper Book
A sweeping historical novel in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Maggie O'Farrell set during the time of the Tudors' ascent. The Pretender tells the story of Lambert Simnel, who was raised in obscurity as a peasant boy to protect his safety, believed to be the heir to the throne occupied by...
The Manor of Dreams
Li, Christina.
Paper Book
The Lilac People: A Novel
Todd, Milo.
Paper Book
"Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals." --The Boston Globe A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis...
No one was Supposed to Die at this Wedding
Mack, Catherine.
Paper Book
Attending your best friend's wedding should be a piece of (wedding) cake, but not for bestselling mystery author Eleanor Dash. Because murder seems to follow her every time she goes on holiday - and is her uninvited plus-one to this special occasion . . .Eleanor's best friend, Emma, is starring in a...
Ordinary time : lessons learned while staying put
Jones, Annie B.
Paper Book
In her first book, the popular From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most, reminding us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed.<...
My Best Friend's Honeymoon
Wilsner, Meryl.
Paper Book
'Both undeniably sexy and incredibly sweet' OLIVIA DADE 'Vibrant, intoxicating romance' ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE Sometimes to find a happily ever after, you just have to ask ❤️‍🔥 Elsie Hoffman has been...
Open, heaven
Hewitt, Seán
Paper Book
TWO BOYS MEET. EVERYTHING CHANGES. THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER 'An exquisite tale of first love' SARAH PERRY, GUARDIAN 'Heart-rending... Propulsive' FINANCIAL TIMES 'God's Own Country meets Heartstopper<...
The Names
Knapp, Florence.
Paper Book
The story of one family told three different ways, leading to three different fates--a dazzling debut that asks: Can a name shape the course of a life? In the wake of an enormous, history-making storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son's...
Bat Eater: Sharp, witty, GORY: The addictive social horror-thriller of 2025 from bestselling author of THE SCARLET ALCHEMIST
Baker, Kylie Lee.
Paper Book
State champ : a novel
Plum, Hilary
Paper Book
"Ferocious, hilarious, slippery, and wise" (Leni Zumas)--a protest novel for our times. A high-school state champion runner turned college dropout, Angela is working as a receptionist at an abortion clinic when a "heartbeat law" criminalizes most abortions statewide. In the...

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