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August Indie Next List
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Aug 14, 2025
Borrowed by Yvonne Selander, collection development librarian
Every month the American Booksellers Association, an organization of independent booksellers, puts together the IndieNext list. I am a HUGE fan of its lists having found many new (and now favorite) authors, great books for discussion, and books that are just darn good. Maybe you’ll find your next great read here?
- No. 1 Pick: “When the Cranes Fly South” by Lisa Ridzén, Alice Menzies (Transl.)
- “Arcana Academy” by Elise Kova
- “Automatic Noodle” by Annalee Newitz
- “The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold” by Ally Carter
- “Dogs” by C. Mallon
- “The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey” by Kathleen Kaufman
- “The Hounding” by Xenobe Purvis
- “The Library at Hellebore” by Cassandra Khaw
- “Little World” by Josephine Rowe
- “Love Is a War Song” by Danica Nava
- “Lucky Day” by Chuck Tingle
- “The Magician of Tiger Castle” by Louis Sachar
- “The Man Who Died Seven Times" by Yasuhiko Nishizawa, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.)
- “Mendell Station” by J. B. Hwang
- “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson
- “People Like Us” by Jason Mott
- “Tantrum” by Rachel Eve Moulton
- “This Happened to Me: A Reckoning” by Kate Price
- “Trying: A Memoir” by Chloe Caldwell
- “We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir” by Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald
- “Well, Actually” by Mazey Eddings
- “A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping” by Sangu Mandanna
- “Women, Seated” by Zhang Yueran, Jeremy Tiang (Transl.)
- “You Belong Here” by Megan Miranda
- “Zomromcom” by Olivia Dade