April Indie Next List
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Apr 1, 2024
by SCLSNJ Staff
April Indie Next List
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: “James” by Percival Everett
- “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality” by Amanda Montell
- “Annie Bot” by Sierra Greer
- “The Cemetery of Untold Stories” by Julia Alvarez
- “Clear” by Carys Davies
- “The Emperor and the Endless Palace” by Justinian Huang
- “Expiration Dates” by Rebecca Serle
- “The Familiar” by Leigh Bardugo
- “A Good Happy Girl” by Marissa Higgins
- “The Husbands” by Holly Gramazio
- “I Cheerfully Refuse” by Leif Enger
- “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jimenez
- “Like Happiness” by Ursula Villarreal-Moura
- “Memory Piece” by Lisa Ko
- “The Prospects” by KT Hoffman
- “Rainbow Black” by Maggie Thrash
- “Secrets of the Octopus” by Sy Montgomery
- “A Short Walk Through a Wide World” by Douglas Westerbeke
- “Table for Two: Fictions” by Amor Towles
- “There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” by Hanif Abdurraqib
- “The Tree Doctor” by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
- “The Wives: A Memoir” by Simone Gorrindo
- “The Woods All Black” by Lee Mandelo
- “Women! In! Peril!” by Jessie Ren Marshall
- “Worry” by Alexandra Tanner