The Bookbinder - Pip Williams (Ballantine)

From the author of Dictionary of Lost Words, a World War 1-era story of a young, somewhat scholarly woman who not only binds books at Oxford University Press but also dreams of attending Oxford. A moving, well-written tale of two sisters bound together by the loss of their mother and a very supportive close circle of friends. Loved it!

 

 


Bert and Mamie Take a Cruise - John Keyse Walker (Severn House)

OK, it's not an English mystery but it's great stuff from a NE Ohio author. A well-off American Ohio farm couple take a 1939 cruise around Africa on a German-flagged ocean line; they encounter murder, Nazis, British intelligence and numerous evocatively described exotic locales. Think Nick and Nora without as many cocktails but with as much banter!

 

 


Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves - Quinn Connor (Sourcebooks)

Lake Prosper is a hidden tourist destination in rural Arkansas, but underneath its surface lie long lost secrets. A haunting southern gothic filled with romance, mystery and magical realism.

 

 

 


Monstrilio - Gerardo Samano Cordova (Zando)

Put aside any logic or reason or sense of reality for this read; there is a little horror, but the strength and power of love and marriage are the forces driving this story. Magical realism in the Spanish style.

 

 

 


Indie Next List - August 2023

Tom Lake: A Novel
by Ann Patchett (Harper)

Fiction


None of This Is True: A Novel
by Lisa Jewell (Atria Books)

Thriller


Thornhedge
by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Fantasy


Crook Manifesto: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead (Doubledday)

Fiction


The Invisible Hour: A Novel
by Alice Hoffman (Atria Books)

Fiction


The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
by James McBride (Riverhead Books)

Fiction


Looking Glass Sound: A Novel
by Catriona Ward (Tor Nightfire)

Thriller


The Great Transition: A Novel
by Nick Fuller Googins (Atria Books)

Fiction


Immortal Longings: A Novel
by Peter Heller (Knopf)

Fiction


The Last Ranger: A Novel
by Peter Heller (Knopf)

Fiction


Camp Damascus: A Novel
by Chuck Tingle (Tor Nightfire)

Horror


Mister Magic
by Kiersten White (DelRey)

Thriller


Silver Nitrate: A Novel
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)

Thriller


Kala: A Novel
by Colin Walsh (Doubleday)

Fiction


The Woman in the Castello: A Novel
by Kelsey James (A John Scognamiglio Book)

Fiction


The Connellys of County Down: A Novel
by Tracey Lange (Celadon Books)

Fiction


The Blonde Identity: A Novel
by Ally Carter (Avon)

Romance


Whalefall: A Novel
by Daniel Kraus (MTV Books)

Science Fiction


Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympics)
by Katee Robert (Sourcebooks Casablanca)

Romance


Prophet: A Novel
by Sin Blanche, Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)

Fiction


The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
by Elizabeth Rush (Milkweed Editions)

Science


Family Lore: A Novel
by Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction


The Forect Brims Over: A Novel
by Maru Ayase, Haydn Trowell (Transl.) (Counterpoint)

Fiction


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Children's Early & Middle Grade Bestsellers  August Children's Early & Middle Grade Bestsellers

All five lists in a single file August Indie Bestsellers


Indie Best Sellers - June 2023

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Children's Bestsellers (Hardcover & Paperback) Children's Bestsellers

Children's Early & Middle Grade Bestsellers  June Children's Early & Middle Grade Bestsellers

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Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill - Geoffrey

A fascinating insight into notable political speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path.

For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events.

In Undelivered, political speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum presents the most notable speeches the public never heard, from Dwight Eisenhower's apology for a D-Day failure to Richard Nixon's refusal to resign the presidency, and even Hillary Clinton's acceptance for a 2016 victory--the latter never seen until now.

Examining the content of these speeches and the context of the historic moments that almost came to be, Nussbaum considers not only what they tell us about the past but also what they can inform us about our present.

 

 


Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History - Jeff Nussbaum (Flatiron Books)

A fascinating insight into notable political speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path.

For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events.

In Undelivered, political speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum presents the most notable speeches the public never heard, from Dwight Eisenhower's apology for a D-Day failure to Richard Nixon's refusal to resign the presidency, and even Hillary Clinton's acceptance for a 2016 victory--the latter never seen until now.

Examining the content of these speeches and the context of the historic moments that almost came to be, Nussbaum considers not only what they tell us about the past but also what they can inform us about our present.

 

 


Ethics In The Real World - Peter Singer (Princeton University Press)

Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.

In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that all human life is sacred, applying his arguments to some recent cases in the news. In addition, he explores, in an easily accessible form, some of the deepest philosophical questions, such as whether anything really matters and what is the value of the pale blue dot that is our planet. The collection also includes some more personal reflections, like Singer's thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast.

Provocative and original, these essays will challenge--and possibly change--your beliefs about a wide range of real-world ethical questions.