Indie Next List

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Updated November 18, 2025
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McEwan, Ian.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known. "It gave me so...
The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Desai, Kiran
Paper Book
BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Kirkus Reviews, and Oprah Daily A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates...
Heart the lover : a novel
King, Lily
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky." --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow From the New York...
We love you, Bunny
Awad, Mona
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER A finalist for the 2025 Giller Prize Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle,...
Awake : a memoir
Hatmaker, Jen.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "I can't imagine any woman reading this without feeling seen, inspired, and totally empowered." --Mel Robbins * "A MASTERPIECE, you guys. This memoir by the great Jen Hatmaker *cannot* be missed. I was riveted as if to a thriller and touched/moved/inspired in...
Among the burning flowers
Shannon, Samantha
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps...
The wilderness
Flournoy, Angela.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2025 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION "Flournoy has delivered a future classic--the kind of novel that generations to come will read to understand the nuances and peculiarities of this time."...
Alchemy of secrets
Garber, Stephanie.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER DELUXE LIMITED EDITION first printing featuring unique case stamp and black sprayed edges The HOTLY ANTICIPATED adult debut novel by the beloved, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of the Caraval and Once...
Will there ever be another you
Lockwood, Patricia.
Paper Book
"Lockwood has written a roving chronicle of the madness of illness and the frightening porousness of what it means to be yourself in the hilariously profound way that only she could." - Vulture "Bonkers." - The New York Times "Reliably brilliant." - The...
Bog queen
North, Anna
Paper Book
National Bestseller In the gorgeous new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed, "a strangely well-preserved Iron Age body turns up in an English bog, and the American forensic anthropologist on the case is thrust into an absorbing, complex...
Red city
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a stunning hardcover edition featuring dark crimson sprayed edges The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab,...
Cinder house
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske--a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. An instant USA Today bestseller! Ella is a haunting.
We survived the night
NoiseCat, Julian Brave.
Paper Book
A stunning narrative from one of the most powerful young writers at work today, and the director of the OscarĀ®-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, We Survived the Night interweaves oral history with hard-hitting journalism and a deeply personal father-son journey into a searing...
The Phoebe variations
Hamilton, Jane
Paper Book
Instant National Bestseller An Oprah Daily Best Book of Fall An Indie Next Pick for October A LibraryReads Pick for September The acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World returns with a...
We could be rats
Austin, Emily
Paper Book
A "one-sitting-read" (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination--from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts...

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