Indie Next List: bookseller picks

New books recommended by independent booksellers.

Included: All 25 November 2026 Indie Next picks; excludes the separate Now in Paperback section.

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Indie Next List

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  • Public Access Afterworld: A Novel — Jane Schoenbrun (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Whale Harbor: A Novel — Mary Beth Keane (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Stations: A Novel — Louise Kennedy (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • O Now! — Niall Williams (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Shut Up, I Love You, I'll Call You Tomorrow: Stories — Sloane Murphy (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Undone: A Novel (The Undone #4) — Peyton Corinne (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Keeper (Deluxe Edition) (Gods of the Game) — Ana Huang (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Killing of a Chestnut Tree (Havelock Harper Mysteries #1) — Oliver K. Langmead (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Upstate: A Novel — Kim van Alkemade (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Man Who Read Books — Rachid Benzine (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • To Dream in Darkness: A Novel — Ann Liang (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories — Alix E. Harrow (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Brightness: A Novel — Chad Harbach (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Defy the Dusk: Book One of The Sundering Duet — Danielle L. Jensen (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Sunflower Season — Danica Nava (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Shared Life of Egan and Lucian: A Novel — Rose Smith (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Love, Like Apples — Jeff Zentner (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Notes on Postcards: A Memoir — Jennifer Croft (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Captive Traitor King (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel (Braided Fate #2) — Brigid Kemmerer (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Swipe Bite — Alexandra Vasti (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Queen of Lombard Street: A Novel — Lisa Kleypas (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Almost Animal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Wildness, and the American West — Amy Irvine (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • The Two Wills: A Novel — Blair Fell (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (A Norton Short) — Tracy K. Smith (2026) · November picks · selection · Source
  • Peregrine Hill: A Novel — Nina de Gramont (2026) · November picks · selection · Source