Poet Elizabeth Alexander‘s memoir THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD is the ABA’s No. 1 Indie Next pick for May. The rest of the list features the following (including 5 books, asterisked, you can start reading right now in our free Buzz Books 2015 ebook):
Pieces of My Mother, by Melissa Cistaro*
The Given World, by Marian Palaia
The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse, by Joni Tevis
The Daylight Marriage, by Heidi Pitlor
Whispering Shadows, by Jan-Philipp Sendker
The Book of Aron, by Jim Shepard
Church of Marvels, by Leslie Parry*
Girl at War, by Sara Nović
The Bone Tree, by Greg Iles
Where They Found Her, by Kimberly McCreight
How to Start a Fire, by Lisa Lutz*
The Red Notebook, by Antoine Laurain
The Turner House, by Angela Flournoy
Luckiest Girl Alive, by Jessica Knoll*
The Wonder Garden, by Lauren Acampora
The Green Road, by Anne Enright
Every Fifteen Minutes, by Lisa Scottoline
The Memory Painter, by Gwendolyn Womack
The Last Bookaneer, by Matthew Pearl*