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November 2, 2023By Erin Somers

December Indie Next List

November 2, 2023By Erin Somers

The ABA named The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose as its No. 1 pick for December. The rest of the list:

Second Chances in New Port Stephen, by TJ Alexander
The Other Mothers, by Katherine Faulkner
The Fake Mate, by Lana Ferguson
The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
Raiders of the Lost Heart, by Jo Segura
Cacophony of Bone, by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Plot Twist, by Erin La Rosa
The Last Love Note, by Emma Grey (Available to sample now in our Buzz Books anthology)
Other Minds and Other Stories, by Bennett Sims
Yours for the Taking, by Gabrielle Korn
A True Account, by Katherine Howe
Welcome Home, Stranger, by Kate Christensen
Calamity, by Constance Fay
The Other Half, by Charlotte Vassell
The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac, by Louise Kennedy
Inheritance: The Lost Bride Trilogy #1, by Nora Roberts
Ruined, by Sarah Vaughn, Sarah Winifred Searle (Illus.), Niki Smith (Illus.)
Wings of Red, by James W. Jennings
The Fiction Writer, by Jillian Cantor
Alice Sadie Celine, by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
The Wildest Sun, by Asha Lemmie
Airplane Mode, by Shahnaz Habib
Mercy, by Sara Cate
Meet the Benedettos, by Katie Cotugno

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