Indie Next List

Recent movers and shakers in Indie Next List.
Updated July 11, 2025
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My friends : a novel
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
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
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller * Oprah's Book Club Pick * Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive "Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those...
The missing half
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
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
Wei, Jemimah.
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore. "Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is...
The correspondent
Evans, Virginia
Paper Book
"Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding. Virginia Evans shows how one woman changes at a point when change had seemed impossible. That change, like this novel, turns out to be a cause for celebration."--Ann Patchett ...
The road to tender hearts
Hartnett, Annie.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush--bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death--by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely...
The manor of dreams
Li, Christina.
Paper Book
"A true modern classic. The Manor of Dreams is beautiful, eerie, and woven with enough intrigue to hold all who enter captive. Christina Li remains unmatched in breathing characters to life--and the hauntings thereafter." --Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of...
The lilac people
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...
Old school Indian
Curtis, Aaron John.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INDIE NEXT PICK "[An] entrancing new voice . . . Aaron John Curtis will be your new literary obsession." --Marion Winik, The Boston Globe "An inspired novel by an author whose voice...
My best friend's honeymoon
Wilsner, Meryl.
Paper Book
The high spice, low stakes USA Today bestselling sapphic romance where two best friends go on a nonrefundable honeymoon together and discover that finding happily ever after can be as simple as asking. "Meryl Wilsner is writing some of the best queer romance today,...
Brighter than scale, swifter than flame
Yang, Neon.
Paper Book
With an armored, oath-bound hero reminiscent of The Mandalorian and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, Neon Yang's Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a stunning queer novella about a dragon hunter finding home with a...
Bat eater and other names for Cora Zeng
Baker, Kylie Lee.
Paper Book
"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp." --Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie "This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts." -...

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