the indie NEXT listHyperbole and a HalfUnfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened,by Allie Brosh(Touchstone, 9781451666175, paper, $17.99)“Brosh has been an Internet sensation for years with literally thousands of fans following her scribbled illustrations on her blog. She has won over readers and stalkers alike with her honest and stark humor and her fun stories and rants. This book takes readers

into not just the fun and fuzzy world of candied cakes and dumb dogs, but also into the brutally honest self-evaluation and exploration of its unique author. Always balancing the serious with the silly, the dark with the ridiculous, Brosh says the things we wish we could, admits the things we’re ashamed of, and explores what we’re afraid of, always with color and humor and, ultimately, with hope. And don’t forget the scribbles!”

—Jocelyn Shratter, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

We Are Water

Death of a NightingaleA Nina Borg Thriller, by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis(Soho Crime, 9781616953041, $26.95)

Recommended by Mary Fran Buckley, Eight Cousins, Falmouth, MA

Bellman & BlackA Novel, by Diane Setterfield(Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 9781476711959, $26.99)

Recommended by Kristine Kaufman, The Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriageby Ann Patchett(Harper, 9780062236678, $27.99)

Recommended by Cheryl McKeon, Book Passage,San Francisco, CA

The Lion SeekerA Novel, by Kenneth Bonert(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547898049, $28)

Recommended by Gayle Shanks, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

The Cartographer of No Man’s LandA Novel, by P.S. Duffy(Liveright, 9780871403766, $25.95)

Recommended by Bill Cusumano, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI

The Last AnimalStories, by Abby Geni(Counterpoint [Dist. PGW], 9781619021822, $24)

Recommended by Daniel Goldin, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI

The Tulip EatersA Novel, by Antoinette van Heugten(Harlequin MIRA, 9780778313885, paper, $15.95)

Recommended by Rebecca Harrison, Lincoln’s Loft, Hodgenville, KY

VanishedThe Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II,by Wil S. Hylton(Riverhead, 9781594487279, $27.95)

Recommended by Betsey Detwiler, Buttonwood Books & Toys, Cohasset, MA

Provence, 1970M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste, by Luke Barr(Clarkson Potter, 9780307718341, $26)

Recommended by Jennifer Gwydir, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX

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 Wally Lamb(Harper, 9780061941023, $29.99)

Recommended by Lynn Beeson, Loganberry Books, Cleveland, OH

The Two Hotel FrancfortsA Novel, by David Leavitt(Bloomsbury, 9781596910423, $25)

Recommended by Cathy Langer, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

The Valley of Amazementby Amy Tan(Ecco, 9780062107312, $29.99)

Recommended by Carol Hicks, Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA

Monument RoadA Novel, by Charlie Quimby(Torrey House Press [Dist. Consortium], 9781937226251, paper, $16.95)

Recommended by Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfield’s Books, Sebastopol, CA

The Men Who United the StatesAmerica’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible, by Simon Winchester(Harper, 9780062079602, $29.99)

Recommended by Carole Horne, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA

TatianaAn Arkady Renko Novel, by Martin Cruz Smith(Simon & Schuster, 9781439140215, $25.99)

Recommended by Sue Richardson, Maine Coast Bookshop, Damariscotta, ME

Where the Moon Isn’tA Novel, by Nathan Filer(St. Martin’s Press, 9781250026989, $24.99)

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

The Heart of Everything That IsThe Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend,by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin(Simon & Schuster, 9781451654660, $30)

Recommended by George Rishel, The Sly Fox, Virden IL

The Circle of ThirteenA Novel, by William Petrocelli(Turner Publisher [Dist. Ingram Publisher Services], 9781620454145, $26.95)

Recommended by Betsy Burton, The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT

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Two ProspectorsThe Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark, Chad Hammett, Ed.(University of Texas Press, 9780292735828, $35)

Recommended by Laurie Greer, Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffee House, Washington, DC

:Indies Introduce

NOVEMBER ’13

Astrayby Emma DonoghueBack Bay Books9780316206280, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Bill Cusumano,Nicola’s Books,Ann Arbor, MI

The Black Boxby Michael ConnellyGrand Central Publishing9780446556729, $10Recommended in hardcover by Deon Stonehouse,Sunriver Books,Sunriver, OR

The Boy in the SnowAn Edie Kiglatuck Mystery,by M.J. McGrathPenguin Books9780143124146, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Nancy McFarlane,Fiction Addiction,Greenville, SC

Chanel BonfireA Memoir, by Wendy LawlessGallery Books9781476745480, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Ellen Burns,Books on the Common,Ridgefield, CT

The Death of BeesA Novel, by Lisa O’DonnellHarper Perennial9780062209856, $14.99Recommended in hardcover by Carol Schneck Varner, Schulers Book & MusicOkemos, MI

The DinnerA Novel, by Herman KochHogarth9780385346856, $14Recommended in hardcover by Sheila Daley,Barrett Bookstore,Darien, CT

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books Now in Paperback

The House GirlA Novel, by Tara ConklinAvon9780062207517, $14.99Recommended in hardcoverby Beverly Bauer,Redbery Books,Cable, WI

Life After LifeA Novel, by Jill McCorkleAlgonquin/A Shannon Ravenel Book9781616203221, $14.95Recommended in hardcoverby Terry Gilman,Mysterious Galaxy,San Diego, CA

The Lost Art of MixingA Novel, by Erica BauermeisterBerkley Trade9780425265031, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Melanie Mayberry,Cornerstone Cottage,Hampton, IA

MagnificenceA Novel, by Lydia MilletW.W. Norton9780393346855, $15.95Recommended in hardcover by Karen Vail,Titcomb’s Bookshop,East Sandwich, MA

May We Be ForgivenA Novel, by A.M. HomesPenguin Books9780147509703, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Seth Marko,UCSD Bookstore,San Diego, CA

Thomas JeffersonThe Art of Power,by Jon MeachamRandom House Trade Paperbacks9780812979480, $20Recommended in hardcover by Christopher Rose,Andover Bookstore,Andover, MA