This month we highlight books that have appeared on the Indie Next List, a hand-picked selection from booksellers across the U.S. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem.
Not My Father’s Son
By Alan Cumming
Every so often reading a memoir feels like a conversation rather than a strict narrative or—the death knell for memoir—a self-indulgent romp down memory lane. Cumming’s memoir is a gorgeous, intimate conversation and it reads beautifully. The pace is perfect, the presentation truly lovely, and I felt like a close friend rather than an impersonal audience. Cumming’s early life was a struggle and he hardly shies from relating details, but the driving force behind this book is the demonstration of the many ways one can bring oneself to peace after hardship.”
—Demi Marshall, Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC
Love May Fail
By Matthew Quick
Recommended by Mary Laura Philpott, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
How to Build a Girl
By Caitlin Moran
Recommended by Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky
By Lydia Netzer
Recommended by Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC
Landline
By Rainbow Rowell
Recommended by Paige Mushaw, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
Where They Found Her
By Kimberly McCreight
Recommended by Teresa Steele, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
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