The Indie Next List, drawn from bookseller-recommended favorite handsells, epitomizes the heart and soul of passionate bookselling. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem.

]]> http://www.indiebound.org/book/9798889661054 My Brilliant Friend and Fresh Water for Flowers will fall hard for this beautiful, heartbreaking, and healing story. Grab a box of tissues!" -- Kelly Justice, Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA]]> My Brilliant Friend and Fresh Water for Flowers will fall hard for this beautiful, heartbreaking, and healing story. Grab a box of tissues!]]> 2025-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593328224 Come And Get It questions what makes someone a good person and the complexity of race and class privilege. This book is compelling and FUN! Reid achieves incredible character depth and captures the convoluted and entangled undergrad dorm experience which many of us can, to some extent, relate." -- Emma Standen, Content Bookstore, Northfield, MN]]> Come And Get It questions what makes someone a good person and the complexity of race and class privilege. This book is compelling and FUN! Reid achieves incredible character depth and captures the convoluted and entangled undergrad dorm experience which many of us can, to some extent, relate.]]> 2025-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593685143 2025-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780063345171 Sandwich, Newman explores menopause, marriage, grief, and parenting adult children with her signature humor and realness. Rocky could be me or any of my friends — she is smart, funny, caring, flawed and ultimately so relatable." -- Lynne Phillips, WordsWorth Books (AR), Little Rock, AR]]> Sandwich, Newman explores menopause, marriage, grief, and parenting adult children with her signature humor and realness. Rocky could be me or any of my friends — she is smart, funny, caring, flawed and ultimately so relatable.]]> 2025-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781639735266 Sugar, Baby lives up to every ounce of praise it receives. It combines a lustrous commentary on race, class, and femininity with high quality storytelling. It is intoxicating, riveting, and unputdownable. And while this book is full of the enthralling turns — in an exciting story, it spectacularly describes the very real commodification of people and seals it with a hot pink kiss. It is a debut of pure gold, perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa or Boy Parts." -- Gigi Vuolo, Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID]]> Sugar, Baby lives up to every ounce of praise it receives. It combines a lustrous commentary on race, class, and femininity with high quality storytelling. It is intoxicating, riveting, and unputdownable. And while this book is full of the enthralling turns — in an exciting story, it spectacularly describes the very real commodification of people and seals it with a hot pink kiss. It is a debut of pure gold, perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa or Boy Parts.]]> 2025-06-10T00:00:00-04:00 http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593185735 The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun but with a little more edge. I loved this story full of loss and friendship, love and hope." -- Danica Ramgoolam, Townie Books, Crested Butte, CO]]> The Paris Wife and Circling the Sun but with a little more edge. I loved this story full of loss and friendship, love and hope.]]> 2025-03-11T00:00:00-04:00