The Indie Next List

The Secret Book of Flora Lea: A Novel
by Patti Callahan Henry (Atria Books)

Fiction

In the Lives of Puppets
by TJ Klune (Tor Books)

Fantasy

Chain-Gang All Stars: A Novel
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon)

Fiction

No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister (St. Martin’s Press)

Fiction

The Postcard
by Anne Berest (Europe Editions)

Fiction

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
by J Ryan Stradal (Pamela Dorman Books)

Fiction

The Half Moon
by Mary Beth Keane (Scribner)

Fiction

Small Mercies
by Dennis Lehane (Harper)

The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press)

Fiction

The True Love Experiment
by Christina Lauren (Gallery Books)

Romance

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath: The First Book of Nampeshiweist
by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Fantasy

The Fiancee Farce
by Alexandria Bellefleur (Avon)

Romance

If We’re Being Honest
by Cat Shook (Caldron Books)

Fiction

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann (Doubleday)

Clytemnestra
by Costanza Casati (Sourcebooks Landmark)

Fiction

The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw (Tor Nightfire)

Horror

Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American in Paris Mystery
by Colleen Cambridge (Kensington)

Mystery

Meet Me at the Lake
by Carley Fortune (Berkley)

Romance

You Are Here
by Karen Lin-Greenberg (Counterpoint)

Fiction

The Night Flowers
by Sara Herchenroether (Tin House Books)

Thriller

The East Indian
by Brinda Charry (Scribner)

Fiction

With My Little Eye
by Joshilyn Jackson (William Morrow)

Thriller

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
by Claire Dederer (Knopf)

Literary Criticism

One Italian Summer: Novel
by Rebecca Serle (Altria Books)

The Swimmers: A Novel
by Julie Otsuka (Knopf)

The Golden Couple
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen (St. Martin’s Press)

Hook, Line, and Sinker
by Tessa Bailey (Avon)

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care: A Novel
by Ashley Herring Blake (Berkley)

Girl in Ice: A Novel
by Erica Ferencik (Gallery/ Scout Press)

When We Were Birds: A Novel
by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Doubleday)

Tell Me an Ending: A Novel
by Jo Harkin (Scribner)

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha yag sablu LaPointe (Counterpoint)

The Tobacco Wives: A Novel
by Adele Myers (William Morrow)

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom (Random House)

The Unsinkable Greta James: A Novel
by Jennifer E. Smith (Ballantine Books)

Pur Colour: A Novel
by Sheila Heti (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

The Paris Apartment: A Novel
by Lucy Foley (William Morrow)

Never Simple: A Memoir
by Liz Scheier (Henry Holt and Co)

Groundskeeping: A Novel
by Lee Cole (Knopf)

The Verifiers: A Novel
by Jane Pek (Vintage)

Chorus: A Novel
by Rebecca Kauffman (Counterpoint)

The Lightning Rod: A Zig & Nola Novel
by Brad Meltzer (William Morrow)

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
by Sindya Bhanoo (Catapult)

The Wonders: A Novel
by Elena Medel (Algonquin Books)

Booth: A Novel
by Karen Joy Fowler (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

The Boy with a Bird in His Chest: A Novel
by Emme Lund (Atria Books)

The Believer: Encounters With the Beginning, the End, and Our Place in the Middle
by Sarah Krasnostein (Tin House Books)

New Animal: A Novel
by Ella Baxter (Two Dollar Radio)