Indie Next List

May 2025

Brought to you by IndieBound.org and the American Booksellers Association, the May 2025 Indie Next list features the bestselling books recommended by independent bookstores.

Indie Next List May 2025

My Friends

Fredrik Backman

from: $22.15

The Names

Florence Knapp

from: $20.29

The Lilac People

Milo Todd

from: $15.32

The Road to Tender Hearts

Annie Hartnett

from: $21.56

The Pretender

Jo Harkin

from: $18.79

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

from: $20.95

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

from: $22.16

My Best Friend's Honeymoon

Meryl Wilsner

from: $15.35

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman (American Music Series)

Niko Stratis

from: $20.92

The Original Daughter

Jemimah Wei

from: $10.89

Ordinary Time

Annie B. Jones

from: $18.69

The Man Made of Smoke

Alex North

from: $12.79

Gabriële

Claire Berest

from: $19.69

The Manor of Dreams

Christina Li

from: $21.55

The Missing Half

Ashley Flowers

from: $13.99

Old School Indian

Aaron John Curtis

from: $20.95

Shopgirls

Jessica Anya Blau

from: $12.19

Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

Neon Yang

from: $17.91

No One Was Supposed to Die at this Wedding: A Novel (The Vacation Mysteries, 2)

Catherine Mack

from: $17.89

The Amalfi Curse

Sarah Penner

from: $15.29

The Staircase in the Woods

Chuck Wendig

from: $44.05

Open, Heaven

Seán Hewitt

from: $17.39

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker

from: $15.98

State Champ

Hilary Plum

from: $18.69

The Sea Gives Up the Dead

Molly Olguín

from: $14.39

Now in Paperback May 2025

All Fours

Miranda July

from: $9.09

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

from: $14.09

Don't Swipe Right

L.M. Chilton

from: $4.99

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

from: $7.49

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

from: $16.62

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum

from: $12.79

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Indie Next List

May 2025

Indie Next List May 2025

Now in Paperback May 2025

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