The March 2024 Indie Next List includes EIGHT Macmillan titles! GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE BY SLOANE CROSLEY9780374609849 | 2/27/24 3 starred reviews! “[Crosley’s] characteristically whip-smart prose takes on a newly introspective quality as she reinvigorates dusty publishing memoir tropes and captures the minutiae of a complicated friendship with humor and heart. This is a must-read.”–Publishers […]
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Sneak Peek: March 2022 Indie Next List
The March 2022 Indie Next list features 3 Macmillan titles! NEVER SIMPLE by Liz ScheierISBN 9781250823137 | on sale 3/1/22 “Scheier, a PW contributor, debuts with a stunning and generous account of living with her mother’s mental illness…strikingly, compassion trumps anger: ‘I loved her smoky cackle and her jokes…her whole-body storytelling,’ she writes. ‘Now that I have my own […]
Sneak Peek: December 2021 Indie Next List
The December 2021 Indie Next list features 3 Macmillan titles! THE BALLERINAS by Rachel Kapelke-DaleISBN 9781250274236 | on sale 12/7/21 “…the novel is an unqualified success at portraying the demanding lives of ballerinas and of the men who, for better or worse, inhabit the ballet world. With its look behind the scenes of the ballet […]
Sneak Peek: May 2021 Indie Next List
The May 2021 Indie Next list features 5 Macmillan titles! THE PLOT by Jean Hanff KorelitzISBN 9781250790767, on sale 5/11/21 “Deep character development, an impressively thick tapestry of intertwining story lines, and a candid glimpse into the publishing business make this a page-turner of the highest order. Korelitz deserves acclaim for her own perfect plot.”–Publishers […]
Sneak Peek: March 2021 Indie Next List
The March 2021 Indie Next list features 4 Macmillan titles, including the #1 pick! WE BEGIN AT THE END by Chris Whitaker (#1 pick!)ISBN 9781250759665, on sale 3/2/21 “The existential agony is palpable throughout, but so, too, is the hope at the end. Whitaker has upped his game with this emotionally charged page-turner.”–Publishers Weekly, starred […]
Sneak Peek: November 2020 Indie Next List
The November 2020 Indie Next list features 2 Macmillan titles! RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí ClarkISBN 9781250767028, on sale 10/13/20 A LibraryReads pick! “Highly recommended for all readers of speculative fiction, particularly fans of Lovecraftian monsters and body horror.”–Booklist, starred review “Thrills, chills, macabre humor, and engaging heroines to root for: What more could a […]
Sneak Peek: October 2020 Indie Next List
The October 2020 Indie Next list features 3 Macmillan titles, including the #1 pick! #1: THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. SchwabISBN 9780765387561, on sale 10/6/20 3 starred reviews! “This ambitious and hopeful work is a knockout.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review “Schwab returns with another epic story of love and remembrance that probes deep […]
Sneak Peek: September 2020 Indie Next List
Congrats to the Macmillan titles on the September 2020 Indie Next list! PIRANESI by Susanna ClarkeISBN 9781635575637, on sale 9/15/20 “This superbly told tale is sure to be recognized as one of the year’s most inventive novels.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review “Weird and haunting and excellent.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Clarke creates an immersive world that readers […]
Up-All-Night Thrillers (7/27/20)
Today we’re spotlighting thrillers that’ll keep you up all night and make you double lock your doors: a haunting supernatural thriller, a dark and twisty psychological thriller filled with secrets, the beginning of a new action-packed international spy series, a decadent story of those who will do anything for love and money, and four friends […]
Sneak Peek: August 2020 Indie Next List
The August 2020 Indie Next list features 8 Macmillan titles, including the #1 pick! #1 Pick: MIGRATIONS by Charlotte McConaghy ISBN 9781250204028, on sale 8/4/20 A Library Journal Best Debut + 2 starred reviews! “McConaghy’s evocation of a world bereft of wildlife is piercing; Franny’s otherworldliness is captivating, and her extreme misadventures and anguished secrets […]