The November 2024 Indie Next List includes three Macmillan titles! IF I STOPPED HAUNTING YOU by Colby Wilkens 9781250292902 | 10/15/24 “This forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy has plenty of chills and thrills. Readers will stay up late, with all the lights on, to finish Wilkens’s satisfying debut.”-Library Journal, starred review THE BLOODLESS PRINCES by Charlotte […]
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Sneak Peek: October 2024 Indie Next List
The October 2024 Indie Next List includes EIGHT Macmillan titles! INTERMEZZO BY SALLY ROONEY 9780374602635 | 9/24/24 2 starred reviews! “Bestseller Rooney returns with a boldly experimental and emotionally devastating story of estrangement… The novel’s deliberate pacing veers from the propulsiveness of NORMAL PEOPLE and the deep character work contrasts with the topicality of BEAUTIFUL WORLD, but […]
Sneak Peek: May 2023 Indie Next List
The May 2023 Indie Next List includes FOUR Macmillan titles! IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS BY TJ KLUNE9781250217448 | 4/25/23 “Readers who loved Klune’s (UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR) previous works will find plenty of the author’s trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness, while those looking for more hopeful robot stories, like A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT […]
Sneak Peek: April 2023 Indie Next List
The April 2023 Indie Next List includes EIGHT Macmillan titles! SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh9781250834980 | 4/11/23 3 starred reviews! “Tesh’s sweeping epic wrestles with the nature of hatred, vengeance, and radicalization. The political theme of breaking away from fascist ideology pairs beautifully with smart sci-fi worldbuilding—which encompasses shadow engine technology and time slips—and […]
Sneak Peek: March 2023 Indie Next List
The March 2023 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! WEYWARD by Emilia Hart 9781250280800 | 3/7/23 “Hart explores in her triumphant debut sexual desire, violence, and personal autonomy in the lives of three strong-willed English women from the 17th century to the present… Hart skillfully weaves together the stories of the determined women, showing how they […]
Sneak Peek: January 2023 Indie Next List
The January 2023 Indie Next List includes FOUR Macmillan titles! ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS by Stacy Willingham9781250803856 | 1/10/23 “True crime’s trending appeal and Willingham’s mastery of the domestic mystery (A FLICKER IN THE DARK, 2022) promise popularity for this one: fans of Lisa Gardner’s Frankie Elkin series will be drawn to the risky amateur-detective […]
Sneak Peek: December 2022 Indie Next List
The December 2022 Indie Next List includes FOUR Macmillan titles! THE LINGBERGH NANNY by Mariah Fredericks9781250827401 | 11/15/22 “This is a compelling story about a courageous woman nearly forgotten by history, with a bittersweet mix of sorrow and redemption; for readers who enjoy Jennifer Chiaverini, Marie Benedict, or Melanie Benjamin.”–Booklist WINTERLAND by Rae Meadows9781250834522 | […]
Sneak Peek: November 2022 Indie Next List
The November 2022 Indie Next list features 4 Macmillan titles! EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END by C. L. PolkISBN 9781250849458 | on sale 11/8/22 2 starred reviews! “Combining the sensibilities of Raymond Chandler and Jim Butcher, with an achingly bittersweet tribute to the lesbian underground of the 1940s, this is a must-read for those who like their […]
Sneak Peek: October 2022 Indie Next List
The October 2022 Indie Next list features 3 Macmillan titles! LEECH by Hiron EnnesISBN 9781250811189 | on sale 9/27/22 3 starred reviews! “This is a must-read for readers looking for something new from the horror genre.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review “Readers who appreciate medical gross-outs as well as psychological terror in their fiction will adore LEECH. Fans of […]
Sneak Peek: September 2022 Indie Next List
The September 2022 Indie Next list features 6 Macmillan titles! IF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan EscofferyISBN 9780374605988 | on sale 9/6/22 4 starred reviews! “A revelatory work, full of a young man’s questioning and told in a distinctive voice, this contemplation of identity, culture, and race in the United States today is highly recommended.”–Library Journal, starred review “A collection […]