the indie NEXT listUsA Novel, by David Nicholls(Harper, 9780062365583, $26.99)

“This gorgeous novel manages to be heart-wrenching and hilarious all at once. Connie tells Douglas that she suspects their 20-year marriage has ‘run its course’ right before they’re set to leave on a European tour with their teenage son. Regardless, they take the trip and flashbacks of

their more passionate days are interspersed with the narrative of their everything-at-stake adventure. A brilliant and humanizing picture of mature love—and a look at whether or not people truly outgrow each other.”

—Mary Cotton, Newtonville Books, Newton, MA

The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil

The Wild Truthby Carine McCandless(HarperOne, 9780062325143, $27.99)

Recommended by Susan M. Taylor, Market Block Books, Troy, NY

The Happiest People in the WorldA Novel, by Brock Clarke(Algonquin Books, 9781616201111, $24.95)

Recommended by Darwin Ellis, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

The Paris WinterA Novel, by Imogen Robertson(St. Martin’s Press, 9781250051837, $25.99)

Recommended by Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI

The Final Silenceby Stuart Neville(Soho Crime, 9781616955489, $26.95)

Recommended by Janice Hunsche, Kaleidosaurus Books, Metamora, IN

The Heart Has Its ReasonsA Novel, by Maria Duenas(Atria Books, 9781451668339, $26)

Recommended by Nancy Nelson, Sunriver Books, Sunriver, OR

Wait for SignsTwelve Longmire Stories, by Craig Johnson(Viking, 9780525427919, $22)

Recommended by JB Dickey, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA

The Heart Does Not Grow BackA Novel, by Frank Venturini(Picador, 9781250052216, paper, $16)

Recommended by Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

Penelope FitzgeraldA Life, by Hermione Lee(Knopf, 9780385352345, $35)

Recommended by Kathy Ashton, The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT

Texts from Jane EyreAnd Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters, by Mallory Ortberg(Henry Holt & Company, 9781627791830, $23)

Recommended by Mary Laura Philpott, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN

F i n d m o r e i n d e p e n d e n t b o o k s e l l e r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a t I n d i e B o u n d . o r gI n d i e B o u n d i s a m o v e m e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n B o o k s e l l e r s A s s o c i a t i o n . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .

by Stephen Collins(Picador, 9781250050397, $20)

Recommended by Rhianna Walton, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR

33 Artists in 3 Actsby Sarah Thornton(W.W. Norton, 9780393240979, $26.95)

Recommended by Michael Bristow, University Book Store, Seattle, WA

Enter Pale DeathA Joe Sandilands Investigation, by Barbara Cleverly(Soho Crime, 9781616954086, $26.95)

Recommended by Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA

The Midnight Plan of the Repo ManA Novel, by W. Bruce Cameron(Forge Books, 9780765377487, $24.99)

Recommended by Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI

AlphabetA Novel, by Kathy Page(Biblioasis, 9781927428931, paper, $16.95)

Recommended by Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, NH

MoriartyA Novel, by Anthony Horowitz(Harper, 9780062377180, $26.99)

Recommended by Steven Sautter, Books Inc., San Francisco, CA

IrèneThe Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy,by Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne, Trans.(MacLehose Press, 9781623658007, $26.99)Recommended by Joe Strebel, Anderson’s Bookshops, Naperville, IL

Small VictoriesSpotting Improbable Moments of Grace, by Anne Lamott(Riverhead, 9781594486296, $22.95)

Recommended by Hope W. Mays, Bookmiser, Roswell, GA

Far As the Eye Can SeeA Novel, by Robert Bausch(Bloomsbury, 9781620402597, $26)

Recommended by Paula Steige, MacDonald Bookshop,Estes Park, CO

The Boston GirlA Novel, by Anita Diamant(Scribner, 9781439199350, $26)

Recommended by Jenny Lyons, The Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, VT

DECEMBER ’14

Indie Next List titles are available asKobo e-Books at participatingbookstores Read more.

The Deliveranceof Evilby Roberto CostantiniQuercus9781623658946, $14.99Recommended in hardcoverby Luisa Smith,Book Passage,Corte Madera, CA

Runnerby Patrick LeeMinotaur Books9781250030740, $9.99Recommended in hardcover by Barbara Kelly,Portland Bookstore,University of Southern Maine,Portland, ME

The Storied Life ofA.J. FikryA Novel, by Gabrielle ZevinAlgonquin Books9781616204518, $14.95Recommended in hardcoverby Daniel Goldin,Boswell Book CompanyMilwaukee, WI

StringerA Reporter’s Journey in the Congo, by Anjan SundaramAnchor9780345806321, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Sarah Bagby,Watermark Books & Café,Wichita, KS

While Beauty SleptA Novel, by Elizabeth BlackwellBerkley Trade9780425273845, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Karen Briggs,Great Northern Books & Hobbies,Oscoda, MI

WildFrom Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,by Cheryl StrayedVintage (Movie Tie-In Edition)9781101873441, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Deborah Castorina,Waucoma Bookstore,Hood River, OR

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books

All the Truth That’s In Meby Julie BerrySpeak9780142427309, $9.99Recommended in hardcoverby Erica Caldwell, Present Tense,Batavia, NY

Counting By 7sby Holly Goldberg SloanPuffin9780142422861, $8.99Recommended in hardcoverby Kathy Adams,Valley Booksellers,Stillwater, MN

Fortunately, the Milkby Neil Gaiman,Skottie Young (Illus.)HarperCollins9780062224088, $5.99Recommended in hardcoverby Angela Mann,Kepler’s Books and Magazines,Menlo Park, CA

Just One Yearby Gayle FormanSpeak9780142422960, $10.99Recommended in hardcoverby Darlene Kolb,Mystery Ink,Huntington Beach, CA

The Song of the QuarkbeastThe Chronicles of Kazam,Book 2, by Jasper FfordeHMH Books for Young Readers9780544336629, $7.99Recommended in hardcoverby Rachel King,Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza,Albany, NY

Steelheartby Brandon SandersonEmber9780385743570, $9.99Recommended in hardcoverby Mel Morrow,Boswell Book Company,Milwaukee, WI

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