Hardcover Fiction

by Virginia Evans (Crown, ISBN: 9780593798430); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 25 "A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how--through letters--in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived. A May 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by George Saunders (Random House, ISBN: 9780525509622); Weeks on List: 1 "An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. The #1 Indie Next Pick for February 2026."

by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780593723739); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 2 "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we'll go to in order to get what we want."

by Lily King (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802165176); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 18 "From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2025."

by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250827951); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 24 "From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025."

by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books, ISBN: 9781982112820); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 39 "Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2025."

by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Del Rey, ISBN: 9780593725023); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 2 "When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your life's purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of Water Moon."

by Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, ISBN: 9781250337818); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 2 "A psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. A February 2026 Indie Next Pick."

by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780593158715); Last week: 15; Weeks on List: 26 "An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. A June 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by Kiran Desai (Hogarth, ISBN: 9780307700155); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 17 "A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years--an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick."