The preview version of the January Indie Next List has The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Chris Scotton as indie booksellers’ No. 1 selection for the month. The rest of the list features:
Descent, by Tim Johnston
The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
The Magician’s Lie, by Greer Macallister
Vanessa and Her Sister, by Priya Parmar
The Rosie Effect, by Graeme Simsion
The Bishop’s Wife, by Mette Ivie Harrison
Almost Famous Women: Stories, by Megan Mayhew Bergman
The Shock of the Fall, by Nathan Filer (previously published as Where The Moon Isn’t)
The First Bad Man, by Miranda July
Everlasting Lane, by Andrew Lovett
After the War is Over, by Jennifer Robson
West of Sunset, by Stewart O’Nan
The Unquiet Dead, by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Before I Go, by Colleen Oakley
Viking Bay, by M.A. Lawson
The Internet is Not the Answer, by Andrew Keen
The Soul of Discretion, by Susan Hill
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