From last week's Indie bestseller lists, available at IndieBound.org, here are the recommended titles, which are also Indie Next Great Reads:
Hardcover: An Indies Introduce Title
Deep Cuts: A Novel by Holly Brickley (Crown, $28, 9780593799086). "This book is a love song. It's a love letter to music, to connection, to friendship and romance and collaboration and connection and talent and pain. I wish I could have written this book. I'm jealous of people who haven't read this book yet." --Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First, Chicago, Ill.
Hardcover
Count My Lies: A Novel by Sophie Stava (Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781668079348). "Count My Lies is an absolute thrill ride! A woman lies her way into the lives of a couple and their young daughter. But is she the only one keeping secrets? Order some take-out and settle in. Once you start reading, it's impossible to stop!" --Mary O'Malley, Skylark Bookshop, Columbia, Mo.
Paperback
Go Luck Yourself: A Royals and Romance Novel by Sara Raasch (Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333216). "Go Luck Yourself is absolutely everything I could have hoped for in a sequel to The Nightmare Before Kissmas. I was delighted to see Kris' inner workings and his quest for his own happily ever after, and I adored Lochlann and his sisters." --Emily Hall Schroen, Main Street Books, St. Charles, Mo.
Ages 3-7
Dear Bookstore by Emily Arrow, illus. by Geneviève Godbout (Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536210699). "No picture book has so beautifully captured the magic and belonging of bookstores quite like this one. I teared up through the entire read and I'm sure you will, too." --Jordan Leon, Lion's Mouth Bookstore, Green Bay, Wis.
Ages 10+: An Indies Introduce Title
Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson, illus. by Brian Rea (Penguin Workshop, $18.99, 9780593523957). "Whale Eyes is an essential text for helping us to further understand the way that we as a society treat disabled kids by putting us in their shoes. If you have ever been ostracized and treated poorly because of ableism, you will feel seen by this story." --Ava Budavari, All She Wrote Books, Somerville, Mass.
Teen Readers
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury YA, $19.99, 9781547611119). "Noon and her mom are living on a houseboat after a natural disaster and red algae have decimated their town. As Noon confronts her past as well as her current situation, the question is: who really is the monster? This will resonate for readers of Speak." --Audrey I-Wei Huang, Belmont Books, Belmont, Mass.
[Many thanks to IndieBound and the ABA!]
