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  <title><![CDATA[Thrills & Chills]]></title>

  <description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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  <title><![CDATA[Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies: A Novel (The Vacation Mysteries #1)]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250325877</link>
  <description><![CDATA["A metafiction murder mystery? Yes please! Loaded with hilarious footnotes, this romp through Italy while a best selling murder mystery author tries to avoid being killed herself is a treat. Loaded with pop-culture references and snark, this is the perfect murdery beach read." -- Carrie Deming, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies: A Novel (The Vacation Mysteries #1)]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Mack]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[Minotaur Books]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781250325877]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[A metafiction murder mystery? Yes please! Loaded with hilarious footnotes, this romp through Italy while a best selling murder mystery author tries to avoid being killed herself is a treat. Loaded with pop-culture references and snark, this is the perfect murdery beach read.]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Carrie Deming, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-04-29T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hum: A Novel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781668008843</link>
  <description><![CDATA["When May has her face altered to test the limits of face-recognition technology, she's paid well, but slowly realizes that the cost may be much higher than she could have imagined. As a human in a society that allows more and more surveillance in the name of convenience, I was in thrall. Phillips gives her gorgeous voice to a tale of ever-mounting dread!" -- Mara Lynn Luther, Chapter One Book Store (MT), Hamilton, MT]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[Hum: A Novel]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helen Phillips]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781668008843]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[When May has her face altered to test the limits of face-recognition technology, she's paid well, but slowly realizes that the cost may be much higher than she could have imagined. As a human in a society that allows more and more surveillance in the name of convenience, I was in thrall. Phillips gives her gorgeous voice to a tale of ever-mounting dread!]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Mara Lynn Luther, Chapter One Book Store (MT), Hamilton, MT]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-06-03T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Last Murder at the End of the World (Deluxe Edition): A Novel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781464221842</link>
  <description><![CDATA["A deadly fog has killed everyone on earth, except for 122 people who live on a small, peaceful island. When one of them is murdered, it triggers a fail-safe, giving the islanders 91 hours to solve the murder or be destroyed by the fog. There are giant twists in this remarkable and wildly imaginative book, such that I will reveal no more details, even under threat of torture. Enjoy the ride!" -- Timothy Benz, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Murder at the End of the World (Deluxe Edition): A Novel]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart Turton]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Landmark]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781464221842]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[A deadly fog has killed everyone on earth, except for 122 people who live on a small, peaceful island. When one of them is murdered, it triggers a fail-safe, giving the islanders 91 hours to solve the murder or be destroyed by the fog. There are giant twists in this remarkable and wildly imaginative book, such that I will reveal no more details, even under threat of torture. Enjoy the ride!]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Timothy Benz, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-03-11T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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  <title><![CDATA[Middletide: A Novel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781668035108</link>
  <description><![CDATA["This is a debut author to watch for sure. She begins with the body of the local doctor hanging from a tree near a secret lake on the property of a long-time resident in a small Pacific Northwest town called Point Orchards. Readers are pulled into the past to try to figure out the truth of what has occurred." -- Terry Gilman, Creating Conversations, Redondo Beach, CA]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[Middletide: A Novel]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Crouch]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[Atria Books]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781668035108]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[This is a debut author to watch for sure. She begins with the body of the local doctor hanging from a tree near a secret lake on the property of a long-time resident in a small Pacific Northwest town called Point Orchards. Readers are pulled into the past to try to figure out the truth of what has occurred.]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Terry Gilman, Creating Conversations, Redondo Beach, CA]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-02-25T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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  <title><![CDATA[Midnight Rooms: A Novel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780063228108</link>
  <description><![CDATA["Orabella has resigned herself to a life of less, until Elias Blakersby shows up and she is whisked away with the promise of comfort, fortune, and something more. The decaying visage of Korringhill Manor and rot within pushes Orabella through the threshold of unreality and into a dream darker than any she’s known before. An enchanting and unsettling mystery about becoming or being overcome by the beasts all around." -- Jericha Harriman, Northshire Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[Midnight Rooms: A Novel]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Donyae Coles]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[Amistad]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780063228108]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[Orabella has resigned herself to a life of less, until Elias Blakersby shows up and she is whisked away with the promise of comfort, fortune, and something more. The decaying visage of Korringhill Manor and rot within pushes Orabella through the threshold of unreality and into a dream darker than any she’s known before. An enchanting and unsettling mystery about becoming or being overcome by the beasts all around.]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Jericha Harriman, Northshire Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-06-10T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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  <title><![CDATA[One of Our Kind: A Novel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593470688</link>
  <description><![CDATA["Storytelling that goes down easy but packs ALL the punches. An upwardly mobile but committed activist Black family moves to the utopian all-Black enclave of Liberty, California. <em>Get Out</em> vibes ensue. The ending is guaranteed to ask as many new questions as it answers about Black identity in America and the intractable racist policies and systemic violence that shadow the Black experience across class and social lines." -- Kat Leache, Novel., Memphis, TN]]></description>
  <dc:title><![CDATA[One of Our Kind: A Novel]]></dc:title>
  <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicola Yoon]]></dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
  <dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780593470688]]></dc:identifier>
  <dc:description><![CDATA[Storytelling that goes down easy but packs ALL the punches. An upwardly mobile but committed activist Black family moves to the utopian all-Black enclave of Liberty, California. <em>Get Out</em> vibes ensue. The ending is guaranteed to ask as many new questions as it answers about Black identity in America and the intractable racist policies and systemic violence that shadow the Black experience across class and social lines.]]></dc:description>
  <dc:contributor><![CDATA[Kat Leache, Novel., Memphis, TN]]></dc:contributor>
  <bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
  <dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
  <dc:date>2025-07-29T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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