Sneak Peek: August 2016 Indie Next List

The August 2016 Indie Next list includes six Macmillan titles!

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF IVAN ISAENKO by Scott Stambach
A BEA 2016 “Shout ‘n Share” pick! A hilarious and powerful first novel about a disabled boy who finds love and hope in a Russian hospital. “An auspicious, gut-wrenching, wonderful debut.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B.A. Paris
To their neighbors and friends newlyweds Jack and Grace Angel seem to have the perfect marriage. They are wealthy, charming, elegant—and never apart. Is it the perfect marriage or the perfect lie? “Debut-novelist Paris adroitly toggles between the recent past and the present in building the suspense of Grace’s increasingly unbearable situation, as time becomes critical and her possible solutions narrow. This is one readers won’t be able to put down.” — Booklist, starred review

MR. ETERNITY by Aaron Thier
A novel of exuberance and ambition, spanning one thousand years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural catastrophe, and enduring love. “Erudite. Imaginative. A work to be read slowly and savored.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

RIVERINE: A Memoir from Anywhere but Here by Angela Palm
Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, spellbinding essays on place, young love, a life-altering crime. “Densely symbolic, unsentimental, and eloquent, Palm’s book explores the connections between yearning, desire, and homecoming with subtlety and lucidity. The result is a narrative that maps the complex relationships that exist between individual identity and place. An intelligent, evocative, and richly textured memoir.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Combining lyrical prose with a haunting narrative, Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize–winner Palm recounts a story filled with secret longings, family history, and musings on what might have been. All in all, this is a memoir to linger over, savor and study.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

I WILL SEND RAIN by Rae Meadows
A BEA 2016 “Shout ‘n Share” pick and a Maximum Shelf Awareness selection with THREE starred reviews! A luminous, tenderly rendered novel of a woman fighting for her family’s survival in the early years of the Dust Bowl. “A vibrant, absorbing novel that stays with the reader.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING by Tiffany McDaniel
The devil comes to Ohio in McDaniel’s breathtaking and heartbreaking literary debut, set in the 1980s in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. “Give this to fans of atmospheric fiction, particularly those who enjoy the grit of Donald Ray Pollock, the foreshadowing of Shirley Jackson, and the mounting suspense of Peter Straub.” — Library Journal