The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has announced its Winter Okra Picks, "a collection of the best forthcoming Southern books" chosen by the region's indie booksellers each season as the upcoming Southern titles they are most looking forward to handselling:
Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham (Putnam Books for Young Readers)
Sugar Run by Mesha Maren (Algonquin Books)
The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America by Tommy Tomlinson (S&S)
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (Wednesday Books)
The Current by Tim Johnston (Algonquin)
Miraculum by Steph Post (Polis Books)
Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner (Crown Books for Young Readers)
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (One World)
American Pop by Snowden Wright (Morrow)
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar (Counterpoint)
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (Knopf)
A-List by D. P. Lyle (Oceanview)
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray (Berkley)
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner (Crown Books for Young Readers)
A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle (Pegasus Books)
Solitary by Albert Woodfox (Grove Press)
The Good Detective by John McMahon (Putnam)
Poetree by Shauna Lavoy Reynolds, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani (Dial)