Sneak Peek: April 2025 Indie Next List

The April 2025 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles!

WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by John Scalzi
9780765389091 | 3/25/25

2 starred reviews!

“WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE does what science fiction does best: offers a mirror up to society and explores how humanity might respond to sudden and seemingly impossible things… A simple but irresistible premise—the moon has turned to cheese!—anchors best-seller Scalzi’s latest, and his appeal continues to grow beyond traditional genre readers.”—Booklist, starred review

“A ridiculous concept imbued with gravity, charm, humor, plausible cynicism, and pathos—and perhaps the merest touch of spite.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

MURDER BY MEMORY by Olivia Waite
9781250342249 | 3/18/25

2 starred reviews!

“Waite perfectly blends futuristic technology and cozy mystery with lush descriptions and a twisty plot that delivers at every turn. Readers will be eager to hear more from Dorothy.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Dorothy is terrific as an investigator, and traveling the space lanes from inside her wry, witty head is a great way to solve a mystery… Fans of Mary Robinette Kowal’s THE SPARE MAN and Grace Curtis’s FLOATING HOTEL will love this opening entry in a new space-cruise SF mystery series from Waite (THE HELLION’S WALTZ).”—Library Journal, starred review

THE SIRENS by Emilia Hart
9781250280824 | 4/1/25

“Hart’s second novel (after WEYWARD) weaves a lyrical story, intricately blending family dynamics with the magic of folklore. For fans of family relationship stories with elements of magical realism, such as the novels of Sarah Addison Allen.”—Library Journal

BAD NATURE by Ariel Courage
9781250360885 | 4/1/25

It’s Hester’s fortieth birthday when she’s diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged father. With no friends or family tying her to the life she’s built in New York City, she quits her wildly lucrative job in corporate law and sets off. She hasn’t made it far when she runs into John, an environmental activist in need of a ride to different superfund sites across the United States. From five-star Midwestern hotels to cultish Southwestern compounds, the two slowly make their way across the country. But will the revelations they make along the way dissuade Hester from her final goal?

THE HYMN TO DIONYSUS by Natasha Pulley
9781639732364 | 3/18/25

Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to follow his commander’s orders at all costs. But when Phaidros rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes’s palace, his commander’s orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the baby’s existence a total secret. Years later, struggling with panic attacks and flashbacks, Phaidros is enlisted by the Queen to find her son, Thebes’ young crown prince, who has vanished to escape an arranged marriage. The search leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysus, whose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange. In Dionysus’s company, Phaidros witnesses sudden outbursts of riots and unrest, and everywhere Dionysus goes, rumors follow about a new god, one sired by Zeus but lost in a fire.