Indie Next Picks

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Last update: December 2024
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Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
13,248 members
609 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
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The Passage
by Justin Cronin
10,422 members
671 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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3
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
17,324 members
1,037 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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4
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
15,097 members
542 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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5
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
4,285 members
304 reviews
4
3 Members
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
23,978 members
965 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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7
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
22,503 members
1,355 reviews
4
2 Members
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8
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
21,268 members
1,310 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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9
Room
by Emma Donoghue
16,043 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
10,165 members
554 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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11
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
9,559 members
336 reviews
4
2 Members
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12
Daisy Jones and The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
9,519 members
441 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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13
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
8,496 members
687 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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14
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
7,328 members
617 reviews
4
2 Members
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15
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7,259 members
311 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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16
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
6,052 members
182 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
6,003 members
354 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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18
The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
5,941 members
311 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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19
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
5,766 members
257 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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20
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
5,013 members
265 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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21
American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
4,995 members
224 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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22
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
4,937 members
194 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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23
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
4,639 members
293 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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24
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
4,605 members
205 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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25
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
4,519 members
203 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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26
The Girls
by Emma Cline
4,143 members
259 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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27
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
2,905 members
97 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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28
The Paris Library
by Janet Skeslien Charles
2,776 members
125 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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29
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
2,294 members
111 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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30
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
2,098 members
143 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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31
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
1,457 members
80 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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32
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
1,336 members
104 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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33
The Prophets
by Robert Jones Jr.
1,141 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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34
Tangerine
by Christine Mangan
1,028 members
52 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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35
Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung
by Nina MacLaughlin
286 members
8 reviews
4
2 Members
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36
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
9,785 members
448 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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37
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
8,728 members
593 reviews
4
Member
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38
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
8,333 members
542 reviews
3.9
Member
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39
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
6,917 members
294 reviews
4.1
Member
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40
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
6,310 members
491 reviews
4
Member
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41
There There
by Tommy Orange
6,094 members
244 reviews
4
Member
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42
James
by Percival Everett
5,970 members
231 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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43
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
5,928 members
215 reviews
4.2
Member
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45
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
5,806 members
341 reviews
4.1
Member
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46
Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel
5,007 members
235 reviews
4
Member
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47
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
4,662 members
161 reviews
4
Member
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48
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
4,471 members
251 reviews
3.8
Member
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49
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
4,363 members
226 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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50
Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan
4,325 members
236 reviews
4.2
Member
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51
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
4,036 members
213 reviews
3.8
Member
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52
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
3,970 members
174 reviews
4.1
Member
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53
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
3,696 members
137 reviews
3.8
Member
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54
The Queen of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
3,347 members
175 reviews
3.9
Member
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55
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
2,680 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
2,615 members
195 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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58
Moonglow
by Michael Chabon
2,559 members
93 reviews
3.9
Member
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59
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
2,523 members
110 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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60
Canada
by Richard Ford
2,488 members
140 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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61
The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
2,365 members
107 reviews
3.8
Member
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62
The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
2,358 members
130 reviews
3.9
Member
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63
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
2,239 members
179 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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64
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead
2,049 members
84 reviews
4
Member
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65
Three Women
by Lisa Taddeo
2,034 members
73 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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66
Left Neglected
by Lisa Genova
2,021 members
145 reviews
3.9
Member
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67
I Have Some Questions For You
by Rebecca Makkai
2,014 members
92 reviews
3.8
Member
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68
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,780 members
181 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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69
The House Girl
by Tara Conklin
1,692 members
92 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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70
Us
by David Nicholls
1,691 members
88 reviews
3.8
Member
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71
Chronic City
by Jonathan Lethem
1,552 members
59 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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72
Underground Airlines
by Ben H. Winters
1,479 members
81 reviews
3.9
Member
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73
To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara
1,477 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
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
1,230 members
61 reviews
3.9
Member
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77
Faithful
by Alice Hoffman
1,133 members
71 reviews
4
Member
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78
The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
1,063 members
43 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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79
The Incendiaries
by R. O. Kwon
944 members
47 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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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
910 members
53 reviews
4
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82
The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton
898 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
232 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
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86
A Lucky Man: Stories
by Jamel Brinkley
201 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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88
Scribe
by Alyson Hagy
156 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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89
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
15,246 members
391 reviews
4.1
90
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
14,345 members
617 reviews
½ 4.4
91
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
13,610 members
485 reviews
3.8
Member
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92
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,591 members
566 reviews
½ 4.3
93
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
9,186 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
94
Book Lovers
by Emily Henry
8,460 members
218 reviews
4.1
95
Yellowface
by R. F. Kuang
5,848 members
235 reviews
3.8
96
Happy Place
by Emily Henry
5,498 members
133 reviews
3.9
97
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
5,251 members
242 reviews
4
98
Bride
by Ali Hazelwood
5,019 members
110 reviews
4
99
Faithful Place
by Tana French
4,896 members
304 reviews
3.9
100
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Katherine Howe
4,887 members
349 reviews
½ 3.7