the indie NEXT listNot My Father’s SonA Memoir, by Alan Cumming(Dey Street Books, 9780062225061, $26.99)“Every so often reading a memoir feels like a conversation rather than a strict narrative or—the death knell for memoir—a self-indulgent romp down memory lane. Cumming’s memoir is a gorgeous, intimate conversation and it reads beautifully. The pace is perfect, the presentation

truly lovely, and I felt like a close friend rather than an impersonal audience. Cumming’s early life was a struggle and he hardly shies from relating details, but the driving force behind this book is the demonstration of the many ways one can bring oneself to peace after hardship. I enjoyed it immensely.”

—Demi Marshall, Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC

Crooked River

The Remedy for LoveA Novel, by Bill Roorbach(Algonquin Books, 9781616203313, $24.95)

Recommended by Ellen Burns, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

Sometimes the WolfA Novel, by Urban Waite(William Morrow, 9780062216915, $26.99)

Recommended by Stephanie Crowe, Page & Palette, Fairhope, AL

The Laughing MonstersA Novel, by Denis Johnson(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 9780374280598, $25)

Recommended by Rico Lange, Bookshop Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz, CA

Jerry Lee LewisHis Own Story, by Rick Bragg(Harper, 9780062078223, $27.99)

Recommended by Bill Cusumano, Square Books, Oxford, MS

Blue HorsesPoems, by Mary Oliver(The Penguin Press, 9781594204791, $24.95)

Recommended by Roni Pastore, Bookmiser, Roswell, GA

By the BookWriters on Literature and the Literary Life From The New York Times Book Review, Pamela Paul, Ed.(Holt, 9781627791458, $28)Recommended by Lauren Peugh, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

The ForgersA Novel, by Bradford Morrow(Mysterious Press, 9780802123213, $24)

Recommended by Jean-Paul Adriaansen, Water Street Books, Exeter, NH

All Days Are Nightby Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann, (Trans.)(Other Press, 9781590516966, $22)

Recommended by Emily Heap, City Lit, Chicago, IL

Just MercyA Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson(Spiegel & Grau, 9780812994520, $28)

Recommended by Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfield’s Books, Sebastopol, CA

F i n d m o r e i n d e p e n d e n t b o o k s e l l e r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a t I n d i e B o u n d . o r gI n d i e B o u n d i s a m o v e m e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n B o o k s e l l e r s A s s o c i a t i o n . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .

A Novel, by Valerie Geary(William Morrow, 9780062326591, $25.99)

Recommended by Liz Heywood, The Babbling Book, Haines, AK

Fire Shut Up in My BonesA Memoir, by Charles M. Blow(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544228047, $27)

Recommended by Chris Crawley, That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR

Falling From HorsesA Novel, by Molly Gloss(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544279292, $25)

Recommended by Rene Kirkpatrick, Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA

LoiteringNew and Collected Essays, by Charles D’Ambrosio(Tin House Books, 9781935639879, paper, $15.95)

Recommended by Jill Owens, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR

The Birds of Pandemonium

Life Among the Exotic & the Endangered, by Michele Raffin(Algonquin Books, 9781616201364, $24.95)

Recommended by John Evans, DIESEL: A Bookstore, Oakland, CA

All My Puny Sorrowsby Miriam Toews(McSweeney’s, 9781940450278, $24)

Recommended by Claire Roser, Maria’s Bookshop, Durango, CO

Citizens CreekA Novel, by Lalita Tademy(Atria Books, 9781476753034, $26)

Recommended by Nancy Simpson-Brice, The Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA

First ImpressionsA Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen,by Charlie Lovett(Viking, 9780525427247, $27.95)Recommended by Bill Carl, The Booksellers on Fountain Square, Cincinnati, OH

Being MortalMedicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande(Metropolitan Books, 9780805095159, $26)

Recommended by Ann Carlson, Waterfront Books,Georgetown, SC

The Book of Strange New ThingsA Novel, by Michel Faber(Hogarth, 9780553418842, $28)

Recommended by Susan M. Taylor, Market Block Books, Troy, NY

NOVEMBER ’14

Indie Next List titles are available asKobo e-Books at participatingbookstores Read more.

BarkStories, by Lorrie MooreVintage9780307740861, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Laurie Paus,The Elliott Bay Book Company,Seattle, WA

The Bird SkinnerA Novel, by Alice GreenwayGrove Press9780802121059, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Pierre Camy,Schuler Books & Music,Grand Rapids, MI

The Last AnimalStories, by Abby GeniCounterpoint9781619024373, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Daniel Goldin,Boswell Book Company,Milwaukee, WI

The MartianA Novel, by Andy WeirBroadway Books9780553418026, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Zack Ruskin,Book Passage,Corte Madera, CA

My MistakeA Memoir, by Daniel MenakerMariner Books9780544334533, $14.95Recommended in hardcoverby Ellen Jarrett,Porter Square Books,Cambridge, MA

Provence, 1970M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste, by Luke BarrClarkson Potter9780307718358, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Jennifer Gwydir,Blue Willow Bookshop,Houston, TX

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books Now in Paperback

Report from the Interiorby Paul AusterPicador9781250052292, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Will Walton,Avid Bookshop,Athens, GA

Rosarito BeachA Kay Hamilton Novel,by M.A. LawsonSignet9780451472519, $9.99Recommended in hardcoverby Linda Bond,Auntie’s BookstoreSpokane, WA

TatianaAn Arkady Renko Novel,by Martin Cruz SmithSimon & Schuster9781439140222, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Sue Richardson, Maine Coast Bookshop,Damariscotta, ME

Through the Evil DaysA Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery,by Julia Spencer-FlemingMinotaur Books9781250052353, $15.99Recommended in hardcoverby Connie Brooks,Battenkill Books, Cambridge, NY

The Trip to Echo SpringOn Writers and Drinking,by Olivia LaingPicador9781250063731, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Michele Filgate,Community Bookstore,Brooklyn, NY

VanishedThe Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II,by Wil S. HyltonRiverhead Trade9781594632860, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Betsey Detwiler,Buttonwood Books & Toys,Cohasset, MA

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