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
Dominion: A Novel by Addie E. Citchens (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374609337). "Authoritarianism can be found at all levels of our society. In Dominion, Mississippi, it's found at the Seven Seals Baptist Church, in Rev. Sabre Winfrey. With a twist you likely won't see coming, it all begins to unravel." --Linda Bond, Auntie's Bookstore, Spokane, Wash.
Hardcover
Hothouse Bloom: A Novel by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press, $24, 9798885740500). "A tremendously lush, stylistic novel enlivened by the push and pull between our main character's interiority, and the natural world to which she attempts to escape from her own head. A calming, quietly alluring read." --Bryan Seitz, Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Paperback
Loneliness & Company: A Novel by Charlee Dyroff (Bloomsbury, $17.99, 9781639736454). "Lee is an overachiever, but when she's hired to teach an AI program the meaning of loneliness, her life skills are challenged. Dyroff draws an artful and memorable portrait of a woman trying to find answers in a world consumed by technology." --Manda Riggs, Elm Street Books, New Canaan, Conn.
Ages 4-8
Bob the Vampire Snail by Andrea Zuill (Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593814963). "This is a surprisingly fast-paced and thrilling tale about your would-be average, uncomplicated snail. But Bob's not just any snail, he's also a vampire! Readers will delight in Bob's journey." --Chelsea Bromley, Bromley's Books, Marquette, Mich.
Ages 6-9
Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic by Kara LaReau, illus. by Ariane Moreira (Random House Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9798217025855). "A comfy cottagecore chapter book for any young witch to fall in love with! I want to live in a little magical bakery by the sea with a seagull familiar helping my mom bake for our community. Blue gets up to magical hijinks with a sweet cast of characters." --Allie Cesmat, Changing Hands, Tempe, Ariz.
Ages 14+: An Indies Introduce Title
All the Tomorrows After by Joanne Yi (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665972550). "Winter has a dying grandmother, a neglectful mother and a missing father. When her father comes back into her life, she lashes out. This interrogates anger and grief so well, as well as the complications of being a caretaker. A book that all should read." --Audrey I-Wei Huang, Belmont Books, Belmont, Mass.
[Many thanks to IndieBound and the ABA!]
