ABA Re-Launches Indies Choice Awards
The American Booksellers Association will bring back the Indies Choice Book Awards, which will give $2,000 to a winning book in the categories of Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Children’s Picture Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Debut Adult, and Debut Children’s. “The longlist is created from the titles nominated on the Indie Next List, Kids’ Next List, and Indies Introduce list in 2025,” the ABA notes. Booksellers from ABA member stores can vote on the shortlist until February 28, followed by a round of voting for the winners, which will be announced on April 8.
Forthcoming: ‘Crisis of the Common Good’ by Chris Murphy
FSG will publish Connecticut senator Chris Murphy‘s CRISIS OF THE COMMON GOOD: THE FIGHT FOR MEANING AND CONNECTION IN A BROKEN AMERICA on May 26, 2026. The publisher writes, “Senator Murphy sets out to redress the ills that have upended American life and led us to our present crises. As he shows, the pursuit of profit has undermined virtue and character, while too many of us have become convinced that happiness results from acting as good consumers, rather than as good citizens.”
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Fiction Part 2
Today we continue our comprehensive spring/summer season preview with the second half of our fiction list. This list highlights commercial titles from some of the biggest authors. And don’t forget that you can start sampling the asterisked titles right now in our just-released free ebook, Buzz Books 2026: Spring/Summer. And please join us for our second author and editor panel of the season, focused on nonfiction, on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm ET, and make sure to subscribe to our FREE Buzz Books Official Substack to make sure you don’t miss any buzz news. Alexandra Andrews, The Fine Art of Lying (Harper, 6/9) […]