Indie Next List

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Updated June 5, 2026
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The Midnight Train
Matt Haig
When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were...
The Shippers
Katherine Center
Paper Book
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...
Dead Bees Still Sting: Tales of Life at the Edge of Nature
Susan Cormier
For readers of Raising Hare and How to Catch a Mole comes a poetic exploration of life at the precarious edge of nature and human settlement. "I loved every gorgeously-written and surprising page."--Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus<...
Marion
Leah Rowan
Paper Book
A twist on Hitchcock's iconic classic Psycho--where the leading lady doesn't die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times. NORMAN WAS HER FIRST. Marion is in deep. She's...
The Burning Side
Sarah Damoff
Paper Book
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: Essays
Jesmyn Ward
Paper Book
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...
Whistler
Ann Patchett
Paper Book
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan...
The Children: A Novel
Melissa Albert
Paper Book
"An extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of mystery, but that's the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. The Children reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best." --Stephen King The haunting new novel from New York Times bestselling author Melissa...
Heather
Caitlin Mullen
Paper Book
"If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you'll love Heather. A gritty cold-case detective story, vividly and insightfully written. Not just a story of murder, it's a thought-provoking and moving meditation on mothers and daughters and the long-reaching consequences of the choices we...
Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer
Paper Book
Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer ("A great chronicler of our times." --San Francisco Chronicle) showcases his wit, sophistication and deep knowledge of focaccia in this magical and madcap tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly baronessa at her...
The Last Human Bear: A Novel
Greg Sarris
Paper Book
"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
Annabel Monaghan
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...
Puck: A Novel
Samantha Allen
Paper Book
"Full of mischief and romance, this book is everything you'd want in a Shakespearean retelling. A joyful, riotous romp!" --Ashley Herring Blake, award-winning author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care Named a Most Anticipated Romance of 2026 by Marie Claire and USA TODAY<...
Hunger and Thirst: A Novel
Claire Fuller
An addictively propulsive, richly nuanced and haunting story of horrors from Women's Prize for Fiction finalist and Costa Novel Award-winning author Claire Fuller. 1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finally has a...
A Fortune of Sand
Ruta Sepetys
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
Lisa See
Paper Book
From beloved New York Times 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 Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty,...
Land
Maggie O'Farrell
Named a Most Anticipated Read of 2026 by The New Yorker * The New York Times * GQ * The Guardian * BBC * Libby * The Sydney Morning Herald * Featured in BBC's Spring Preview * Oprah Daily * Goodreads * Harpers Bazaar * Los Angeles Times The award-winning,...
The Satisfaction Café
Kathy Wang
Paper Book
National Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Minnesota Star Tribune Named a Best Book of the Summer by People, Oprah Daily, and Today A LibraryReads
Dog Days
Emily LaBarge
Combining memoir and essay, cultural criticism and literary experiment, an electrifying account of living with and writing about trauma from a singular new voice in Canadian literature. Taking as its starting point a harrowing event in which the writer and her family were held...

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