Sneak Peek: September Indie Next List

The September 2023 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles!

HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD: A RADIANT EMPEROR NOVEL BY SHELLEY PARKER-CHAN
9781250621825 | 8/22/23

2 starred reviews!

“Parker-Chan has written a heart-racing, emotional story that is also heartrending and shockingly precise because readers will, by the end, know the characters and their aims and loves so well. The conclusion of the Radiant Emperor duology makes use of every last word and stamps this series onto the map as a new must-read of the fantasy canon.”–Booklist, starred review

“Paying equal attention to fierce battle scenes and deep conversations and filled with desperate decisions and brutal actions, this book is immersive and intimate. Parker-Chan’s sequel to SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN is a powerful historical fantasy filled with complex people and high stakes.”–Library Journal, starred review

EVERY DROP IS A MAN’S NIGHTMARE: STORIES BY MEGAN KAMALEI KAKIMOTO
9781639731169 | 8/29/23

“Marked by a wry sense of humor and an unerring touch for the surreal, Kakimoto’s stories add up to a powerful exploration of gender, class, race, colonialism, and domestic violence. This eloquent outing marks Kakimoto as a writer to watch.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

WHILE YOU WERE OUT: AN INTIMIATE FAMILY PORTRAIT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN AN ERA OF SILENCE BY MEG KISSINGER
9781250793775 | 9/5/23

“Throughout, Kissinger brings passion and immediacy to the subject, sharing her own story and those of her sources with bracing frankness. She’s particularly good at the complexities of talking about suicide, and how pressures against such conversations may have prevented her family from averting tragedy. As both a candid family portrait and a polemic against institutional neglect of people with mental illness, this delivers.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

AMAZING GRACE ADAMS BY FRAN LITTLEWOOD
9781250857019 | 9/5/23

“The relationships between each pair and among all of them together are complex and layered, and Littlewood confronts the effects that aging and trauma, stress, poor decisions, and memories of overheard and unspoken conversations can have on a person’s sense of self and their relationships. The result is simultaneously frank, nuanced, and evocative.”–Kirkus Reviews

FALL OF RUIN AND WRATH: AN AWAKENING NOVEL BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
9781250750198 | 9/12/23

“The characters and story are sexy and compelling….Calista…has a well-developed arc…A compelling first book in a new fantasy series will leave readers wanting more.”–Kirkus Reviews