Hardcover Fiction

by Emily Henry (Berkley, ISBN: 9780593441275); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 6 "
Emily Henry's novel about a couple who broke up months ago pretend they're still together for an annual, week-long vacation with their best friends is the #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2023."

by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802162175); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 5 "Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick."

by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, ISBN: 9780063251922); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 33 "Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction."

by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385547345); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: * "Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick."

by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf, ISBN: 9780593321201); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 47 "The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022."

by R. F. Kuang (Morrow, ISBN: 9780063250833); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 3 "Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. The #1 Indie Next Pick for June 2023."

by Emma Cline (Random House, ISBN: 9780812998627); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 3 "Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline's The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement. A June 2023 Indie Next Pick."

by Ann Napolitano (The Dial Press, ISBN: 9780593243732); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 12 "An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. A March 2023 Indie Next Pick."

by Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.) (Knopf, ISBN: 9780525655596); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 4 "From the legendary actor comes a graphic novel about the making of a star-studded, multi-million-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II."

by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco, ISBN: 9780063204157); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 24 "A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick."