The Indie Next List

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, NPR, USA Today, Elle, Newsweek, Salon, Bustle, AARP, The Millions, Good Housekeeping, and more

“Unputdownable and unforgettable.” —Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less is Lost

“Part boarding school drama, part forensic whodunit, I Have Some Questions for You is a true literary mystery—haunting and hard... Read more »

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Time, Vogue, Elle, Southern Living, Bustle, and more

“A vibrant and hilarious debut…Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest

“A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that... Read more »

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"A spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft."
—Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great...

“Darkly satirical and action-packed....An absolutely splendid debut!” —Wendy Walker, nationally bestselling author of Don’t Look for Me

The Plot meets Please Join Us in this psychological suspense debut about a young author at an exclusive writer’s retreat that descends into a nightmare.

Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a... Read more »

From the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to “delete” their most... Read more »

“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bakeoff kept me turning the pages all night!” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this darkly beguiling locked-room mystery where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s hottest baking competition—perfect for fans of Nita... Read more »

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Everybody Rise, a rich and riveting novel with the exquisite historical detail and evocative settings of The Cold Millions and Great Circle that tells the story of one unforgettable woman’s rise in country and western music.

It’s 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last...

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

“This is one of the most surprising books I have ever read - the ending made me want to reread the book immediately with a different perspective of knowing what happens. I went into this book knowing very little about it to be pleasantly enchanted with a lush, seductive, dangerously dark, and masterfully crafted fairytale of loss and love. This book makes you think, one that demands your attention with its eerie world, mystic intrigue, and secrets. This book makes you question who is the beauty of the tale and who's the beast? This book has left an impression similar to an itch that can't be scratched. I can't stop thinking about this story! PS. This book is read by one of my favorite audiobook readers, Steve West. He did an excellent job as always with Sura Siu. ”

Anna Rose, The Well-Read Moose

From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

“Hello Beautiful is exactly that: beautiful, perceptive, wistful. It’s a story of family and friendship, of how the people we are bound to can also set us free. I loved it.”—Miranda Cowley Heller,... Read more »

A powerful debut novel that's "hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking" (Jamie Ford), of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and they set out to bring her home.

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle •  USA Today • Today.com • Ms. Magazine • Good...

In this lush, romantic epic fantasy series from a New York Times bestselling author, a young woman’s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court.

“I love Katherine May’s new book, Enchantment.…It’s a beautiful offering of light, truth and charm in these strange, dark times.” – New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott
 
“Katherine May gave so many of us language and vision for the long communal ‘wintering’ of the last years. Welcome this beautiful meditation for the time we've now... Read more »

By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman.

Collette LeSange is a lonely artist who heads an elite fine arts school for children in upstate New York. Her youthful beauty masks the dark truth of her life: she has endured...

In the spirit of Where the Crawdads Sing, and set amid the beauty and wilderness of the Colorado mountains, an unforgettable and deeply moving story of a young woman who follows her heart

Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family... Read more »

My Last Innocent Year

“Isabel Rosen, daughter of an appetizing store owner on New York’s Lower East Side, has always felt out of place at her prestigious New Hampshire university. Not only is she of a different socioeconomic background than most other students at Wilder, but she is also one of only a handful of Jewish students. Finally, as she enters her final semester in 1998, she is feeling more comfortable. And then her world is upended by a nonconsensual sexual encounter. This sets in motion a series of events and tragedies, and Isabel’s journey to find and trust her own voice, and to find her place in the world. Set against the backdrop of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, this is a well-crafted story of power dynamics and self-discovery.”

Nancy, Raven Book Store

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied...

A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago—inspired by the author’s own family history

Birmingham, 1929: Robert Lee Harrington, a master carpenter, has just moved to Alabama to pursue a job opportunity, bringing... Read more »

Madame Restell

“An interesting and engaging biography of Ann Trow, aka Madame Restell, a well-known abortion provider in NYC in the 1830’s-1870’s who became one of the wealthiest women of her time, this book is also a timely story of women’s history, specifically of their access to reproductive health care in the US.”

Anne, Newtonville Books

"An atmospheric and evocative whodunnit steeped in suspense, mystery, and illusion." —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Maid

From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead.

1873. At an abandoned... Read more »

When Sarajevo-born siblings Antonia and Paul were adopted by a wealthy Midwestern family in the 1990s a series of events with deadly consequences was set in motion. Now, with her career on the line and her idealistic brother missing, Antonia must race against the clock to uncover a sinister secret and prevent history from repeating... Read more »