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Conklin Tops February Indie Next List

January 4, 2013
By Michael Cader

The ABA has released their Indie Next picks for February. In the meantime, Bookateria features the January picks–with books by George Saunders, Jojo Moyes, Sean Pidgeon, and Jeff Backhaus drawing critical praise (and landing on other booksellers’ January lists). You can also view all of the 2012 No. 1 picks.

No. 1: The House Girl: A Novel, by Tara Conklin
The Dinner: A Novel, by Herman Koch
Ghostman: A Novel, by Roger Hobbs
Schroder: A Novel, by Amity Gaige
The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel, by Melanie Benjamin
Indiscretion: A Novel, by Charles Dubow
The Lost Art of Mixing: A Novel, by Erica Bauermeister
The Promise of Stardust: A Novel, by Priscille Sibley
Calling Me Home: A Novel, by Julie Kibler
All This Talk of Love: A Novel, by Christopher Castellani
The Fate of Mercy Alban: A Novel, by Wendy Webb
The Imposter Bride: A Novel, by Nancy Richler
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine: A Novel, by Teddy Wayne
Three Graves Full: A Novel, by Jamie Mason
Fight Song: A Novel, by Joshua Mohr
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, by Daniel Stashower
The Stonecutter: A Novel, by Camilla Läckberg, Steven T. Murray (Tans.)
Insane City: A Novel, by Dave Barry
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories, by Karen Russell
The Affair, by Colette Freedman
Full list, with comments 

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