January Indie Next List
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Jan 2, 2025
by SCLSNJ Staff
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: “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady Hendrix
- “All the Water in the World” by Eiren Caffall
- “Beautiful Ugly” by Alice Feeney
- “The Business Trip” by Jessie Garcia
- “Death in the Downline: A Multi-Level Marketing Murder Mystery” by Maria Abrams
- “Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love” by Marianne Cronin
- “The Favorites” by Layne Fargo
- “Good Girl” by Aria Aber
- “The Heart of Winter” by Jonathan Evison
- “Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies” by Manuel Betancourt
- “I'll Come to You” by Rebecca Kauffman
- “The Lost House” by Melissa Larsen
- “The Lotus Shoes” by Jane Yang
- “More or Less Maddy” by Lisa Genova
- “Mothers and Sons” by Adam Haslett
- “The Naming of the Birds” by Paraic O'Donnell
- “North Is the Night” by Emily Rath
- “The Note” by Alafair Burke
- “The Perfect Home” by Daniel Kenitz
- “Playworld” by Adam Ross
- “Rosarita” by Anita Desai
- “Sweet Fury” by Sash Bischoff
- “The Three Lives of Cate Kay” by Kate Fagan
- “Water Moon” by Samantha Sotto Yambao
- “What Happened to the McCrays?” by Tracey Lange