Hardcover Fiction

by Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books, ISBN: 9780525536291); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 9 "Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read."

by Delia Owens (Putnam, ISBN: 9780735219090); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: * "Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read."

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey, ISBN: 9780525620785); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 5 "A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020."

by Daniel Silva (Harper, ISBN: 9780062834843); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 3 "Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon."

by Kiley Reid (Putnam, ISBN: 9780525541905); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 27 "Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020."

by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250209764); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 28 "Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020."

by Lucy Foley (Morrow, ISBN: 9780062868930); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 4 "A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author of The Hunting Party."

by Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf, ISBN: 9780525657606); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 2 "O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read."

by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown, ISBN: 9780316420044); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 7 "Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love."

by David Mitchell (Random House, ISBN: 9780812997439); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 3 "Mitchell's kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue, the strangest British band you've never heard of. A July 2020 Indie Next List Great Read."