Indie Next Picks

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Last update: December 2024
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Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
13,289 members
609 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
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The Passage
by Justin Cronin
10,426 members
672 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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3
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
17,364 members
1,037 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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4
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
15,137 members
544 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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5
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
4,185 members
304 reviews
4
3 Members
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
24,037 members
967 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
22,544 members
1,357 reviews
4
2 Members
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8
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
21,285 members
1,310 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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9
Room
by Emma Donoghue
16,067 members
1,026 reviews
4
2 Members
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10
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
10,172 members
554 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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11
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
9,639 members
338 reviews
4
2 Members
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12
Daisy Jones and The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
9,499 members
442 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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13
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
8,508 members
687 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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14
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
7,355 members
618 reviews
4
2 Members
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15
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7,293 members
312 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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16
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
6,086 members
181 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
6,015 members
354 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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18
The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
5,957 members
311 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
5,793 members
257 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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20
American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
5,019 members
224 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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21
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
5,016 members
265 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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22
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
4,973 members
194 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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23
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,629 members
293 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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24
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
4,540 members
203 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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25
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
4,432 members
205 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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26
The Girls
by Emma Cline
4,132 members
259 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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27
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
2,924 members
97 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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28
The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles
2,638 members
125 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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29
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
2,308 members
111 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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30
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
2,084 members
143 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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31
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
1,462 members
80 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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32
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
1,335 members
104 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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33
The Prophets
by Robert Jones Jr.
1,146 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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34
Tangerine
by Christine Mangan
1,030 members
52 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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35
Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung
by Nina MacLaughlin
287 members
8 reviews
4
2 Members
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36
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
9,788 members
448 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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37
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
8,741 members
593 reviews
4
Member
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38
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
8,340 members
542 reviews
3.9
Member
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39
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
6,971 members
294 reviews
4.1
Member
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40
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
6,314 members
491 reviews
4
Member
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41
There There
by Tommy Orange
6,113 members
246 reviews
4
Member
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42
James
by Percival Everett
6,027 members
232 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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43
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
5,947 members
215 reviews
4.2
Member
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45
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
5,794 members
341 reviews
4.1
Member
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46
Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel
5,037 members
235 reviews
4
Member
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47
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
4,719 members
162 reviews
4
Member
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48
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
4,486 members
251 reviews
3.8
Member
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49
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
4,365 members
226 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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50
Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan
4,353 members
236 reviews
4.2
Member
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51
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
4,056 members
213 reviews
3.8
Member
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52
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
3,986 members
174 reviews
4.1
Member
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53
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
3,723 members
136 reviews
3.8
Member
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54
The Queen of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
3,362 members
175 reviews
3.9
Member
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55
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
2,688 members
240 reviews
4
Member
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56
In the Dream House: A Memoir
by Carmen Maria Machado
2,619 members
81 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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57
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
2,617 members
195 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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58
Moonglow
by Michael Chabon
2,560 members
93 reviews
3.9
Member
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59
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
2,524 members
110 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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60
Canada
by Richard Ford
2,491 members
140 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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61
The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
2,370 members
130 reviews
3.9
Member
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62
The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
2,369 members
107 reviews
3.8
Member
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63
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
2,242 members
179 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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64
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
2,064 members
84 reviews
4
Member
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65
Three Women
by Lisa Taddeo
2,040 members
73 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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66
I Have Some Questions For You
by Rebecca Makkai
2,025 members
92 reviews
3.8
Member
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67
Left Neglected
by Lisa Genova
2,022 members
145 reviews
3.9
Member
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68
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,781 members
181 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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69
Us
by David Nicholls
1,694 members
88 reviews
3.8
Member
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70
The House Girl
by Tara Conklin
1,693 members
92 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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71
Chronic City
by Jonathan Lethem
1,554 members
59 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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72
To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara
1,486 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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73
Underground Airlines
by Ben H. Winters
1,483 members
81 reviews
3.9
Member
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74
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
1,349 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
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75
Death in Her Hands
by Ottessa Moshfegh
1,337 members
48 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
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76
The Vaster Wilds
by Lauren Groff
1,232 members
61 reviews
3.9
Member
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77
Faithful
by Alice Hoffman
1,137 members
71 reviews
4
Member
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78
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
1,065 members
43 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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79
The Incendiaries
by R. O. Kwon
946 members
47 reviews
½ 3.4
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80
Libertie
by Kaitlyn Greenidge
921 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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81
Virgil Wander
by Leif Enger
912 members
53 reviews
4
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82
The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
905 members
47 reviews
4.2
Member
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83
She Would Be King: A Novel
by Wayétu Moore
638 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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84
Orhan's Inheritance
by Aline Ohanesian
491 members
31 reviews
4
Member
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85
Painted Horses
by Malcolm Brooks
233 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
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86
A Lucky Man: Stories
by Jamel Brinkley
202 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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88
Scribe
by Alyson Hagy
158 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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89
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
15,344 members
392 reviews
4.1
90
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
14,373 members
618 reviews
½ 4.4
91
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
13,644 members
486 reviews
3.8
Member
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92
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,586 members
567 reviews
½ 4.3
93
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
9,188 members
427 reviews
½ 3.7
94
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
8,526 members
218 reviews
4.1
95
Yellowface
by R. F. Kuang
5,849 members
237 reviews
3.8
96
Happy Place
by Emily Henry
5,548 members
133 reviews
3.9
97
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
5,258 members
242 reviews
4
98
Bride
by Ali Hazelwood
5,084 members
109 reviews
4
99
Faithful Place
by Tana French
4,907 members
303 reviews
3.9
100
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Katherine Howe
4,891 members
350 reviews
½ 3.7