Hardcover Fiction

by Virginia Evans (Crown, ISBN: 9780593798430); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 27 "A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how--through letters--in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived. A May 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by George Saunders (Random House, ISBN: 9780525509622); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 3 "An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. The #1 Indie Next Pick for February 2026."

by Matt Dinniman (Ace, ISBN: 9780593820308); Weeks on List: 1 "A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl. A February 2026 Indie Next Pick."

by Lily King (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802165176); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 20 "From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2025."

by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780593723739); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 4 "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we'll go to in order to get what we want."

by Kiran Desai (Hogarth, ISBN: 9780307700155); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 19 "A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years--an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by Libby Page (Berkley, ISBN: 9798217186990); Last week: 14; Weeks on List: 2 "A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost--a year of books, one for every month--launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel. A February 2026 Indie Next Pick."

by Ashley Elston (Pamela Dorman Books, ISBN: 9780593834459); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 5 "Two women. One dead husband. And only one alibi."

by Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, ISBN: 9781250337818); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 4 "A psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. A February 2026 Indie Next Pick."

by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Amara, ISBN: 9781682816318); Last week: 15; Weeks on List: 4 "Don't miss this stunning, signed, special edition hardcover of #1 NYT bestselling author Rebecca Yarros' "engrossing" (Kirkus Reviews) love story."