the indie NEXT listShotgun LovesongsA Novel, by Nickolas Butler(Thomas Dunne Books, 9781250039811, $25.99) “This is a spectacular first novel, full of wit, energy, love, and a true feeling of home that other writers strive to achieve but few actually succeed in creating. It’s the story of four men and a woman tied by their youth in a small town in Wisconsin. Their lives change over the years—one becomes a farmer, one an indie rock star, one a not-so-successful businessman, and

one an ex-rodeo rider—but they all cling to that notion of home and small-town America, even as that dream is drying up and blowing away on the wind. Like Richard Russo, Jonathan Tropper, and Larry McMurtry, Butler knows exactly what is happening inside men’s heads and he knows how to express their feelings without ever becoming maudlin. Every note rings true. I cannot wait to see what he writes next!”

—Bill Carl, The Booksellers at Fountain Square, Cincinnati, OH

Gemini

The Museum of Extraordinary ThingsA Novel, by Alice Hoffman(Scribner, 9781451693560, $27.99)

Recommended by Karen Pennington, Books Inc., San Francisco, CA

The Weight of BloodA Novel, by Laura McHugh(Spiegel & Grau, 9780812995206, $26)

Recommended by Amanda Skelton, Union Avenue Books, Knoxville, TN

The Good Luck of Right NowA Novel, by Matthew Quick(Harper, 9780062285539, $25.99)

Recommended by Lynn Beeson, Loganberry Books, Shaker Heights, OH

Runnerby Patrick Lee(Minotaur, 9781250030733, $24.99)

Recommended by Barbara Kelly, Portland Bookstore, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

The WeirdnessA Novel, by Jeremy P. Bushnell(Melville House, 9781612193151, paper, $16.95)

Recommended by Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, NH

While Beauty Sleptby Elizabeth Blackwell(Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 9780399166235, $25.95)

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

Boy, Snow, BirdA Novel, by Helen Oyeyemi(Riverhead, 9781594631399, $27.95)

Recommended by Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

The Wives of Los AlamosA Novel, by TaraShea Nesbit(Bloomsbury, 9781620405031, $25)

Recommended by Jane Morck, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA

The Black-Eyed BlondeA Philip Marlowe Novel, by Benjamin Black(Holt, 9780805098143, $27)

Recommended by Lauren Peugh, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

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 .

A Novel, by Carol Cassella(Simon & Schuster, 9781451627930, $25.99)

Recommended by Luisa Smith, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

Blood Will OutThe True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade,by Walter Kirn(Liveright, 9780871404510, $25.95)

Recommended by Susan Gusho, Watermark Books and Cafè, Wichita, KS

After I’m Gone

A Novel, by Laura Lippman(William Morrow, 9780062083395, $26.99)

Recommended by Diana Randolph, Redbery Books, Cable, WI

The Spinning HeartA Novel, by Donal Ryan(Steerforth Press, 9781586422240, paper, $15)

Recommended by Pierre Camy, Schuler Books and Music, Grand Rapids, MI

A Circle of WivesA Novel, by Alice LaPlante(Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802122346, $25

Recommended by Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT

The AccidentA Novel, by Chris Pavone(Crown, 9780385348454, $26)

Recommended by Hannah Johnson-Breimeier, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI

BarkStories, by Lorrie Moore(Knopf, 9780307594136, $24.95)

Recommended by Laurie Paus, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA

AboveA Novel, by Isla Morley(Gallery Books, 9781476731520, $24.99)

Recommended by Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC

Redeploymentby Phil Klay(Penguin Press, 9781594204999, $26.95)

Recommended by Jean-Paul Adriaansen, Water Street Books, Exeter, NH

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The EnchantedA Novel, by Rene Denfeld(Harper, 9780062285508, $25.99)

Recommended by Jessie Martin, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI

:Indies Introduce

MARCH ’14

After Visiting FriendsA Son’s Story,by Michael HaineyScribner9781451676617, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Linda Bubon,Women and Children FirstChicago, IL

HerA Memoir, by Christa ParravaniPicador9781250044396, $16Recommended in hardcover by Laura Hansen,Bookin’ It,Little Falls, MN

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising AsiaA Novel, by Mohsin HamidRiverhead Trade9781594632334, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Caitlin Caulfield,Odyssey Bookshop,South Hadley, MA

Ordinary GraceA Novel, by William Kent KreugerAtria9781451645859, $16Recommended in hardcoverby William Bauer,Redbery Books,Cable, WI

A Place at the TableA Novel,by Susan Rebecca WhiteTouchstone9781451608892, $14.99Recommended in hardcover by Nancy Simpson-Brice,The Book Vault,Oskaloosa, IA

Snapperby Brian KimberlingVintage9780345803368, $15Recommended in hardcoverby David Enyeart,Common Good Books,St. Paul, MN

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books Now in Paperback

Songs of Willow FrostA Novel, by Jamie FordBallantine Books9780345522030, $15Recommended in hardcover by Cheryl McKeon,Book Passage,San Francisco, CA

The Sound of Broken GlassA Novel, by Deborah CrombieWilliam Morrow Paperbacks9780061990649, $13.99Recommended in hardcoverby Susie Wilmer,Old Firehouse Books,Fort Collins, CO

The Unchangeable Spots of LeopardsA Novel, by Kristopher JansmaPenguin Books9780143125020, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Beth Golay,Watermark Books & Café,Wichita, KS

We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesA Novel, by Karen Joy FowlerPlume9780142180822, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Karen Briggs,Great Northern Books & Hobbies,Oscoda, MI

With or Without YouA Memoir, by Domenica RutaSpiegel & Grau9780812983401, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Lyn Roberts,Square Books,Oxford, MS

ZA Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald,by Therese Anne FowlerSt. Martin’s Griffin9781250028662, $15.99Recommended in hardcoverby Karl Meutsch,Phoenix Books,Essex Junction, VT