Indie Bestsellers

Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.

Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.

King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.

Bardugo's debut adult novel is a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

In Woodson's powerful new novel, an unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2019.

In Hilderbrand's new novel, secret lives and new loves emerge in the bright Caribbean sunlight.

Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

The bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower returns with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

Whitehead's masterful and haunting new novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2019.

Lerner's novel is a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the 21st century. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

The new novel by the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on a riveting true story of love and resilience.

Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The #1 Indie Next List Pick for June 2019.

Prescott's thrilling novel of love, duty, and sacrifice about secretaries turned spies, is a September 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.

Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.

Maddow's in-depth look at the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.

Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.

Smith's profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

Superstar blogger Manson shows us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

Tyson's most candid and heartfelt writing yet, Letters from an Astrophysicist, introduces us to a newly personal dimension of Tyson's quest to explore our place in the cosmos.

Snowden, the man who exposed the U.S. government's system of mass surveillance, reveals the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.

The account of Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East.

The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, by the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of What If?.

In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"--and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.

Kantor and Twohey describe not only the consequences of their reporting for the #MeToo movement, but the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up--for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.

National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.

A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.

A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.

Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty's novel, nine perfect strangers are about to find out.

An epic novel by the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of 1Q84.

Hannah's novel is a daring and beautiful story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.

Wingate's novel, which is based on a notorious adoption scandal, is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale that reminds us the heart never forgets where we belong.

A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.

Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.

Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.

Picoult's powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a crisis.

Honeyman's novel is a smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and wit make for an irresistible journey.

Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen.

Hilderbrand's novel is truly transporting, and the exciting start to a new series.

A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.

Orlean's book is a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries.

Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.

Macintyre tells the incredible true story of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.

Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.

The bestselling author of Sapiens turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.

Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.

A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture.

DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.

Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history.

Pollan investigates the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences.

Bestselling author and James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year's finest writing about food and drink.

Killing the Rising Sun details the final moments of World War II like never before.