the indie NEXT listThe Invention of WingsA Novel, by Sue Monk Kidd(Viking, 9780670024780, $27.95) “Kidd gives us an outstanding view into the lives of two women whose reaction to slavery is the same—it must not continue. Loosely based on real-life abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sarah Grimke, The Invention of Wings reveals how an intelligent woman of privilege was just as much a prisoner of her times as the slave girl, Hetty, who was given to Sarah as a birthday gift when she was 11 years old. Kidd

juxtaposes the lives of these two women to show how each became an activist and how they eventually helped each other escape the claws of the South that wanted to destroy them. This is a splendid tale that will reaffirm the injustices of slavery and will open some eyes to how women were treated in the 1800s. As always, Kidd offers rich, well-developed characters that readers think about long after the book is closed.”

—Lynn Pellerito Riehl, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI

The Ascendant

Unremarried WidowA Memoir, by Artis Henderson(Simon & Schuster, 9781451649284, $25)

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

Little FailureA Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart(Random House, 9780679643753, $27)

Recommended by Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX

The Yellow Eyes of CrocodilesA Novel, by Katherine Pancol, William Rodarmor andHelen Dickinson (Trans.)(Penguin Books, 9780143121558, paper, $16)

Recommended by Sally Van Wert, MacDonald Book Shop, Estes Park, CO

The Trip to Echo SpringOn Writers and Drinking, by Olivia Laing(Picador, 9781250039569, $26)

Recommended by Michele Filgate, Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY

The Wind Is Not a RiverA Novel, by Brian Payton(Ecco, 9780062279972, $26.99)

Recommended by Chris Wilcox, City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC

StringerA Reporter’s Journey in the Congo, by Anjan Sundaram(Doubleday, 9780385537759, $25.95)

Recommended by Sarah Bagby, Watermark Books & Café, Wichita, KS

Mercy SnowA Novel, by Tiffany Baker(Grand Central Publishing, 9781455512737, $25)

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

Radiance of TomorrowA Novel, by Ishmael Beah(Sarah Crichton Books, 9780374246020, $25)

Recommended by Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver, OR

Rosarito BeachAn Agent Kay Hamilton Novel, by M.A. Lawson(Blue Rider Press, 9780399165733, $26.95)

Recommended by Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA

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 Thriller, by Drew Chapman(Simon & Schuster, 9781476725888, $25)

Recommended by Jerry Brown, The Bookstore, Radcliff, KY

Decoding Your DogThe Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones, by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, Debra Horwitz and John Ciribassi (Eds.) with Steve Dale(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547738918, $27) Recommended by Stacie M. Williams, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI

A Star for Mrs. BlakeA Novel, by April Smith(Knopf, 9780307958846, $24.95)

Recommended by Karen Schwettman, FoxTale Book Shoppe, Woodstock, GA

In the BloodA Novel, by Lisa Unger(Touchstone, 9781451691177, $25.99)

Recommended by Susan Taylor, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY

The Bird SkinnerA Novel, by Alice Greenway(Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802121042, $25)

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

Badluck WayA Year on the Ragged Edge of the West, by Bryce Andrews(Atria, 9781476710839, $25)

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

If Only You People Could Follow DirectionsA Memoir, by Jessica Hendry Nelson(Counterpoint, 9781619022331, $25)

Recommended by Josh Cook, Porter Square Books,Cambridge, MA

Shovel ReadyA Novel, by Adam Sternbergh(Crown, 9780385348997, $24)

Recommended by Raymond Lawrason, Copperfield’s Books, Sebastopol, CA

The Purity of VengeanceA Department Q Novel, by Jussi Adler-Olsen(Dutton, 9780525954019, $26.95)

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

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The KeptA Novel, by James Scott(Harper, 9780062236739, $25.99)

Recommended by Emily Crowe, Odyssey Bookshop,South Hadley, MA

:Indies Introduce

JANUARY ’14

The Colour of MilkA Novel, by Nell LeyshonEcco9780062192066, $14.99Recommended in hardcover by Caitlin Caulfield,Odyssey Bookshop,South Hadley, MA

Cover of SnowA Novel, by Jenny MilchmanBallantine Books9780345534224, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Fran Fuller,Seattle Mystery Bookshop,Seattle, WA

Finding CamlannA Novel, by Sean PidgeonW. W. Norton9780393348255, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Daniel Butler,Brookline Booksmith,Brookline, MA

The Golem and the JinniA Novel, by Helene WeckerHarper Perennial9780062110848, $15.99Recommended in hardcoverby Nick Petrulakis,Books Inc.,San Francisco, CA

Gun MachineA Novel, by Warren EllisMulholland Books9780316187411, $17Recommended in hardcoverby Scott Stearns,The Book Nook,Ludlow, VT

Life After LifeA Novel, by Kate AtkinsonBack Bay Books9780316176491, $18Recommended in hardcover by Kat Bailey,Bookshop Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books Now in Paperback

Love Water MemoryA Novel, by Jennie ShortridgeGallery Books9781451684841, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Cheryl Krocker McKeon,Book Passage,San Francisco, CA

Snow White Must DieA Novel, by Nele NeuhausMinotaur9781250039774, $14.99Recommended in hardcoverby Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction,Greenville, SC

Some Girls, Some Hats and HitlerA True Love Story,by Trudi KanterScribner9781476700281, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Linda Bond,Auntie’s Bookstore,Spokane, WA

A Tale for the Time BeingA Novel, by Ruth OzekiPenguin Books9780143124870, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Leslie Reiner,Inkwood Books,Tampa, FL

Tenth of DecemberStories, by George SaundersRandom House Trade Paperbacks9780812984255, $15Recommended in hardcover by Jessica Stockton Bagnulo,Greenlight Bookstore,Brooklyn, NY

Vampires in the Lemon GroveAnd Other Stories,by Karen RussellVintage9780307947475, $14.95Recommended in hardcover by Bill Cusumano,Nicola’s Books,Ann Arbor, MI