Indie Book Lists

Get the latest book recommendations from independent booksellers with the monthly IndieNext list, and Indie Kids' list. Nominated by independent booksellers and published by IndieBound and the American Booksellers Association, IndieNext lists have everything you need to discover the hottest new reads in independent bookstores.

Indie Next

Brought to you by IndieBound.org and the American Booksellers Association, the monthly Indie Next list features the bestselling books recommended by independent bookstores.

Indie Next List August 2023

Shark Heart

Emily Habeck

from: $21.98

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

from: $19.29

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

from: $16.89

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

from: $17.12

Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

from: $14.69

The Invisible Hour: A Novel

Alice Hoffman

from: $15.19

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

from: $21.98

Looking Glass Sound

Catriona Ward

from: $17.12

The Great Transition

Nick Fuller Googins

from: $21.97

Immortal Longings

Chloe Gong

from: $11.59

Mister Magic

from: $21.98

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

from: $15.83

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

from: $21.98

Kala

Colin Walsh

from: $11.29

The Woman in the Castello

Kelsey James

from: $5.49

The Connellys of County Down

Tracey Lange

from: $9.79

The Blonde Identity

Ally Carter

from: $15.83

Whalefall

Daniel Kraus

from: $21.97

Time's Mouth

Edan Lepucki

from: $22.63

Cruel Seduction

Katee Robert

from: $15.18

Prophet

Sin Blaché

from: $17.13

The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

from: $23.23

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

from: $16.19

The Forest Brims Over

Maru Ayase

from: $14.96

Now in Paperback August 2023

The Fortunes of Jaded Women

Carolyn Huynh

from: $4.19

A Map for the Missing

Belinda Huijuan Tang

from: $10.09

The Night Ship

Jess Kidd

from: $7.69

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Kevin Wilson

from: $6.19

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs

Sidik Fofana

from: $6.49

The Work Wife: A Novel

Alison B. Hart

from: $5.09

May/June 2023 Kids Indie Next

Get the best recommendations for summer Children's & Young Adult book releases from independent booksellers.

Middle Grade Indie Next List

Abeni's Song

P. Djèlí Clark

from: $8.49

The Bellwoods Game

Celia Krampien

from: $15.83

Camp Sylvania

Julie Murphy

from: $9.99

Greenwild: The World Behind the Door

Pari Thomson

from: $10.33

Half Moon Summer

Elaine Vickers

from: $9.79

Into the Shadow Mist

Christina Soontornvat

from: $11.89

The Kingdom Over the Sea

Zohra Nabi

from: $5.89

The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

Jack Cheng

from: $8.39

Misfit Mansion

Kay Davault

from: $8.19

The Probability of Everything

Sarah Everett

from: $17.12

Young Adult Indie Next List

All That’s Left to Say

Emery Lord

from: $17.44

An Echo in the City

K.X. Song

from: $5.69

The Faint of Heart

Kerilynn Wilson

from: $15.99

Give Me s Sign

Anna Sortino

from: $16.47

Going Bicoastal

Dahlia Adler

from: $17.13

Saint Juniper's Folly

Angeline Boulley

from: $16.47

The Shadow Sister

Lily Meade

from: $9.69

Sing Me to Sleep

Gabi Burton

from: $10.49

Their Vicious Games

Joelle Wellington

from: $12.59

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

from: $16.66