The preview version of the February Indie Next List has The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah as indie booksellers’ No. 1 selection for the month. The rest of the list features:
Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper
A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler
Of Things Gone Astray, by Janina Mathewson
Get in Trouble, by Kelly Link
Sweetland, by Michael Crummey
Leaving Before the Rains Come, by Alexandra Fuller
The Jaguar’s Children, by John Vaillant
First Frost, by Sarah Addison Allen
Wolf Winter, by Cecilia Ekbäck
The Swimmer, by Joakim Zander
Mort(e), by Robert Repino
Migratory Animals, by Mary Helen Specht
The Country of Ice Crime Star, by Sandra Newman
Unbecoming, by Rebecca Scherm
My Sunshine Away, by M.O. Walsh
We Are Pirates, by Daniel Handler
The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan, by Rafia Zakaria
Single, Carefree, Mellow, by Katherine Heiny
Full list, with comments
Separately, Anne Tyler’s A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD is the No. 1 pick for the February Library Reads list, while MY SUNSHINE AWAY by M.O. Walsh is the only other overlapping title with the Indie Next list. The rest of the Library Reads list recommends:
A Touch of Stardust, by Kate Alcott
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, by Julia Quinn
Half the World, by Joe Abercrombie
Finding Jake, by Bryan Reardon
A Darker Shade of Magic, by V.E. Schwab
A Murder of Magpies, by Judith Flanders
The Siege Winter, by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman
Dreaming Spies, by Laurie R. King