the indie NEXT listThe Rosie ProjectA Novel, by Graeme Simsion(Simon & Schuster, 9781476729084, $24)“Don Tillman is a brilliant geneticist, but he has always been rather socially maladroit. Imagine his surprise when a friend tells him that he would make a wonderful husband. Intrigued, he starts The Wife Project and commences the search for the perfect spouse. While in the midst of his extremely precise hunt for a wife, Rosie Jarman blows into Don’s life like

a wild wind. Rosie is on a quest of her own—The Father Project—the search for her biological father. Rosie is the antithesis of Don’s image of the perfect wife of his scientific calculations, but somehow he finds himself putting The Wife Project on the back burner to aid Rosie. Much ado about a comedy of errors ensues in this hilarious, quirky romance!”

—Rachel King, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY

The Lowland

The Last BanquetA Novel, by Jonathan Grimwood(Europa Editions, 9781609451387, $26.95)

Recommended by Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

The Signature of All ThingsA Novel, by Elizabeth Gilbert(Viking, 9780670024858, $28.95)

Recommended Kate Mai, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX

The Paris ArchitectA Novel, by Charles Belfoure(Sourcebooks Landmark, 9781402284311, $25.99)

Recommended by Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA

Three Can Keep a SecretTA Joe Gunther Novel, by Archer Mayor(Minotaur, 9781250026132, $25.99)

Recommended by David Lampe-Wilson, Mystery onMain Street, Brattleboro, VT

The Fountain of St. James Courtor, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman: A Novel,by Sena Jeter Naslund(William Morrow, 9780061579325, $26.99)

Recommended by Stephanie Crowe, Page & Palette, Fairhope, AL

Guests on EarthA Novel, by Lee Smith(Algonquin Books, 9781616202538, $25.95)

Recommended by Jackie Willey, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC

The Night GuestA Novel, by Fiona McFarlane(Faber & Faber, 9780865477735, $26)

Recommended by Robert Sindelar, Third Place Books,Lake Forest Park, WA

Lighthouse IslandA Novel, by Paulette Jiles(William Morrow, 9780062232502, $26.99)

Recommended by Cathy Langer, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

Survival Lessonsby Alice Hoffman((Algonquin Books, 9781616203146, $13.95)

Recommended by Adrian Newell, Warwick’s, La Jolla, CA

OCTOBER ’13

F i n d m o r e i n d e p e n d e n t b o o k s e l l e r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a t I n d i e B o u n d . o r gI n d i e B o u n d i s a m o v e m e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n B o o k s e l l e r s A s s o c i a t i o n . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .

A Novel, by Jhumpa Lahiri(Knopf, 9780307265746, $27.95)

Recommended by Janice Shannon, BookTowne, Manasquan, NJ

Thursdays in the Parkby Hilary Boyd(Quercus Publishing, 9781623650964, paper, $15.95)

Recommended by Carol Hicks, Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA

Quiet DellA Novel, by Jayne Anne Phillips(Scribner, 9781439172537, $28)

Recommended by Lisa Howorth, Square Books, Oxford, MS

Mud SeasonHow One Woman’s Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens, and Sheep & Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another, by Ellen Stimson(Countryman Press, 9781581572049, $23.95)Recommended by Ellen Burns, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

LongbournA Novel, by Jo Baker(Knopf, 9780385351232, $25.95)

Recommended by Mary Toni, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT

Mrs. PoeA Novel, by Lynn Cullen(Gallery Books, 9781476702919, $26)

Recommended by Cheryl McKeon, Book Passage,San Francisco, CA

Men We ReapedA Memoir, by Jesmyn Ward(Bloomsbury, 9781608195213, $26)

Recommended by Caitlin Caulfield, Odyssey Bookshop,South Hadley, MA

Dark Lies the IslandStories, by Kevin Barry(Graywolf Press, 9781555976514, $24)

Recommended by Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX

Seven for a Secretby Lyndsay Faye(Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 9780399158384, $26.95)

Recommended by Carol Schneck Varner, Schuler Books & Music, Okemos, MI

: available in e-book format

The Tilted WorldA Novel, by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly(William Morrow, 9780062069184, $25.99)

Recommended by Sara Peyton, CoffeeTree Books, Morehead, KY

:Indies Introduce

AcceleratedA Novel, by Bronwen HruskaPegasus9781605985190, $14.95Recommended in hardcoverby Emily Crowe,Odyssey Bookshop,South Hadley, MA

Because I Said SoThe Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, by Ken JenningsScribner9781476706962, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Flannery Fitch,Bookshop Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz, CA

Consider the ForkA History of How We Cook and Eat, by Bee WilsonBasic Books9780465056972, $16Recommended in hardcoverby Lucy Beeching,Avid Bookshop,Athens, GA

In Sunlight and in ShadowA Novel, by Mark HelprinMariner Books9780544102606, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Karen Frank, Northshire Bookstore,Manchester Center, VT

It’s Fine by MeA Novel, by Per Petterson,Don Bartlett (trans.)Picador9780312595340, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Linda Milleman,Tattered Cover Book Store,Denver, CO

Mr. Penumbra’s24-Hour BookstoreA Novel, by Robin SloanPicador9781250037756, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Andrea Aquino,Bookshop Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz, CA

Announcing IndieBound Hardcover Books Now in Paperback

Mrs. Queen Takes the TrainA Novel, by William KuhnHarper Perennial9780062208293, $14.99Recommended in hardcoverby Jody Misner Chwatun,Saturn Booksellers,Gaylord, MI

The Obituary WriterA Novel, by Ann HoodW. W. Norton9780393346770, $15.95Recommended in hardcoverby Judy Crosby,Island Books,Middletown, RI

The Round HouseA Novel, by Louise ErdrichHarper Perennial9780062065254, $15.99Recommended in hardcoverby Jenny Lyons,The King’s English Bookstore,Salt Lake City, UT

SchroderA Novel, by Amity GaigeTwelve9781455512126, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Vicki DeArmon,Copperfield’s Books,Sebastopol, CA

Truth in AdvertisingA Novel, by John KenneyTouchstone9781451675559, $15Recommended in hardcoverby Tova Beiser,Brown University Bookstore,Providence, RI

The Twelve Tribes of HattieA Novel, by Ayana MathisVintage9780307949707, $15.95Recommended in hardcover by Deon Stonehouse,Sunriver Books & Music,Sunriver, OR