2015 Indie Next (Awarded by American Booksellers Association)
Awards List
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Iles, Greg | The Bone Tree (*) | Thriller / T | Dec-2012 | 5 |  |
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Filer, Nathan | Where the Moon Isn't / The Shock of the Fall (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2013 | 4 | |
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Yates, Christopher J. | Black Chalk (*) | Thriller / T | Apr-2014 | 5 | |
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Robson, Jennifer | After the War Is Over (*) | Historical / H | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Bergman, Megan Mayhew | Almost Famous Women: Stories (*) | Historical / H | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Oakley, Colleen | Before I Go (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Harrison, Mette Ivie | The Bishop's Wife (*) | Mystery / M | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Hulse, Sarah | Black River (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Johnston, Tim | Descent (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Loehfelm, Bill | Doing the Devil's Work (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Hooper, Emma | Etta and Otto and Russell and James (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Lovett, Andrew | Everlasting Lane (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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July, Miranda | The First Bad Man (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Allen, Sarah Addison | First Frost (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Hawkins, Paula | The Girl on the Train (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Macallister, Greer | The Magician's Lie (*) | Historical / H | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Specht, Mary Helen | Migratory Animals (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Repino, Robert | Morte (*) | Epic Fantasy / EF | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Simsion, Graeme | The Rosie Effect (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Scotton, Chris | The Secret Wisdom of the Earth (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Hill, Susan | The Soul of Discretion (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Crummey, Michael | Sweetland (*) | Literary / L | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Scherm, Rebecca | Unbecoming (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Khan, Ausma Zehanat | The Unquiet Dead (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jan-2015 | 5 | |
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Parmar, Priya | Vanessa and Her Sister (*) | Historical / H | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Lawson, M.A. | Viking Bay (*) | Thriller / T | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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O'Nan, Stewart | West of Sunset (*) | Historical / H | Jan-2015 | 4 | |
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Zourkova, Krassi | The Wildalone (*) | Fantasy Romance / FR | Jan-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Albert, Elisa | After Birth (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2015 | 4 | |
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Newman, Sandra | The Country of Ice Cream Star (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Feb-2015 | 4 | |
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Link, Kelly | Get in Trouble (*) | Fantasy / F | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Larsen, Reif | I Am Radar (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Vaillant, John | The Jaguar's Children (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Walsh, M.O. | My Sunshine Away (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 4 | |
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Hannah, Kristin | The Nightingale (*) | Historical / H | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Matthewson, Janina | Of Things Gone Astray (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Karlsson, Jonas | The Room (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Heiny, Katherine | Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Tyler, Anne | A Spool of Blue Thread (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 4 | |
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Zander, Joakim | The Swimmer (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Feb-2015 | 5 | |
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Handler, Daniel | We Are Pirates (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 3 | |
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Johnson, T. Geronimo | Welcome to Braggsville (*) | Literary / L | Feb-2015 | 4 | |
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Ekback, Cecilia | Wolf Winter (*) | Gothic / GO | Feb-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Vann, David | Aquarium (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 4 | |
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Ruiz-Camacho, Antonio | Barefoot Dogs: Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Swanson, Cynthia | The Bookseller (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Ishiguro, Kazuo | The Buried Giant (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2015 | 4 | |
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Truss, Lynne | Cat Out of Hell (*) | Horror / HORR | Mar-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Russell, Mary Doria | Epitaph (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Caldwell, Ian | The Fifth Gospel (*) | Thriller / T | Mar-2015 | 4 | |
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Essbaum, Jill Alexander | Hausfrau (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Hawkins, Jeremy | The Last Days of Video (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Yanagihara, Hanya | A Little Life (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Ohanesian, Aline | Orhan's Inheritance (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Fuller, Claire | Our Endless Numbered Days (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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de los Santos, Marisa | The Precious One (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Mitchell, Judith Claire | A Reunion of Ghosts (*) | Literary / L | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Kornegay, Jamie | Soil (*) | Thriller / T | Mar-2015 | 4 | |
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Kanon, Joseph | A Spy in Berlin (*) | Thriller / T | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Cook, Josh | Trike and Lola (*) | Suspense / S | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Renehan, John | The Valley (*) | Thriller / T | Mar-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Cander, Chris | Whisper Hollow (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Rose, M.J. | The Witch of Painted Sorrows (*) | Historical / H | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Lehane, Dennis | World Gone by (*) | Mystery / M | Mar-2015 | 5 | |
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Barrett, Colin | Young Skins: Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Mar-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Gruen, Sara | At the Water's Edge (*) | Historical / H | Apr-2015 | 4 | |
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Packer, Ann | The Children's Crusade (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 4 | |
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Pitlor, Heidi | The Daylight Marriage (*) | Mystery / M | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Kearsley, Susanna | A Desperate Fortune (*) | Historical Romance / HR | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Scottoline, Lisa | Every Fifteen Minutes (*) | Thriller / T | Apr-2015 | 4 | |
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Palaia, Marian | The Given World (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Boyle, T.C. / Boyle, T. Coraghessan | The Harder They Come (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2015 | 4 | |
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Genova, Lisa | Inside the O'Briens (*) | General Fiction / GF | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Laurain, Antoine | The Red Notebook (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Nguyen, Viet Thanh | The Sympathizer (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Flournoy, Angela | The Turner House (*) | Literary / L | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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McCreight, Kimberly | Where They Found Her (*) | Thriller / T | Apr-2015 | 5 | |
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Sendker, Jan-Philipp | Whispering Shadows (*) | Thriller / T | Apr-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Shepard, Jim | The Book of Aron (*) | Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Parry, Leslie | Church of Marvels (*) | Historical / H | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Novic, Sara | Girl at War (*) | Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Enright, Anne | The Green Road (*) | Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Lutz, Lisa | How to Start a Fire (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2015 | 4 | |
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Pearl, Matthew | The Last Bookaneer (*) | Action Adventure / AA | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Knoll, Jessica | Luckiest Girl Alive (*) | Thriller / T | May-2015 | 3.5 | |
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Wagamese, Richard | Medicine Walk (*) | Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Womack, Gwendolyn | The Memory Painter (*) | Science Fiction / SF | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Zink, Nell | Mislaid (*) | Literary / L | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Stephenson, Neal | Seveneves (*) | Science Fiction / SF | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Novik, Naomi | Uprooted (*) | Fantasy / F | May-2015 | 4 | |
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Acampora, Lauren | The Wonder Garden (*) | General Fiction / GF | May-2015 | 5 | |
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Swyler, Erika | The Book of Speculation (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Jarvis, Stephen | Death and Mr. Pickwick (*) | Historical / H | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Walker, Sarai | Dietland (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Merullo, Roland | Dinner with Buddha (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Bowen, Brenda | Enchanted August (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Tremblay, Paul | A Head Full of Ghosts (*) | Horror / HORR | Jun-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Johansen, Erika | The Invasion of the Tearling (*) | Epic Fantasy / EF | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Kallos, Stephanie | Language Arts (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Hawkins, Scott | The Library at Mount Char (*) | Horror / HORR | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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George, Nina | The Little Paris Bookshop (*) | Contemporary Romance / CR | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Quick, Matthew | Love May Fail (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Daoud, Kamel | The Meursault Investigation (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Backman, Fredrik | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Haruf, Kent | Our Souls at Night (*) | Romance / R | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Matthews, Jason | Palace of Treason (*) | Political Thriller / PT | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Nichols, Peter | The Rocks (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Dinerstein, Rebecca | The Sunlit Night (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Abramowitz, Andy | Thank You, Goodnight (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Bertherat-Levy, Deborah | The Travels of Daniel Ascher (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Arango, Sascha | The Truth and Other Lies (*) | Thriller / T | Jun-2015 | 4 | |
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Barrows, Annie | The Truth According to Us (*) | Literary / L | Jun-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Bacigalupi, Paolo | The Water Knife (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Jun-2015 | 5 | |
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Cline, Ernest | Armada (*) | Space Opera / SO | Jul-2015 | 4 | |
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Milchman, Jenny | As Night Falls (*) | Thriller / T | Jul-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Mahoney, Dennis | Bell Weather (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Panowich, Brian | Bull Mountain (*) | Mystery / M | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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McLain, Paula | Circling the Sun (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2015 | 4 | |
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Lovesey, Peter | Down Among the Dead Men (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Estes, Kelli | The Girl Who Wrote in Silk (*) | General Fiction / GF | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Rich, A.J. | The Hand That Feeds You (*) | Thriller / T | Jul-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Johncock, Benjamin | The Last Pilot (*) | Historical / H | Jul-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Liontas, Annie | Let Me Explain You (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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O'Connor, Nuala | Miss Emily (*) | Historical / H | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Hall, Louisa | Speak (*) | Historical / H | Jul-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Jackson, Naomi | The Star Side of Bird Hill (*) | Literary / L | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Pulley, Natasha | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (*) | Fantasy / F | Jul-2015 | 5 | |
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Urza, Gabriel | All That Followed (*) | Thriller / T | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Holmes, Lauren | Barbara the Slut and Other People (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Gottlieb, Eli | Best Boy (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Tran, Vu | Dragonfish (*) | Thriller / T | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Moshfegh, Ottessa | Eileen (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Clifford, Stephanie | Everybody Rise (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Somer, Bradley | Fishbowl (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Foroutan, Parnaz | The Girl from the Garden (*) | General Fiction / GF | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Brelinski, Val | The Girl Who Slept with God (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Ware, Ruth | In a Dark, Dark Wood (*) | Thriller / T | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Robinson, Peter | In the Dark Places / Abattoir Blues (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Aug-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Stradal, J. Ryan | Kitchens of the Great Midwest (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Hoffman, Alice | The Marriage of Opposites (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Walters, Louise | Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Penny, Louise | The Nature of the Beast (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Van Alkemade, Kim | Orphan Number Eight (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Fo, Dario | The Pope's Daughter (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2015 | 5 | |
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Clayton, Meg Waite | The Race for Paris (*) | Historical / H | Aug-2015 | 4 | |
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Egan, Elisabeth | A Window Opens (*) | Literary / L | Aug-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Clegg, Bill | Did You Ever Have a Family (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Groff, Lauren | Fates and Furies (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 4 | |
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Young, Hester | The Gates of Evangeline (*) | Thriller / T | Sep-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Brunkhorst, Alex | The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 4 | |
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Stewart, Amy | Girl Waits with Gun (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | Sep-2015 | 4 | |
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Belfoure, Charles | House of Thieves (*) | Historical / H | Sep-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Kiernan, Stephen P. | The Hummingbird (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Hart, Elsa | Jade Dragon Mountain (*) | Historical Mystery / HM | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Slaughter, Karin | Pretty Girls (*) | Private Investigator / PI | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Toltz, Steve | Quicksand (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Boyd, William | Sweet Caress (*) | Literary / L | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Evison, Jonathan | This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! (*) | General Fiction / GF | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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deWitt, Patrick | Undermajordomo Minor (*) | Fantasy / F | Sep-2015 | 5 | |
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Childress, Ron | And West Is West (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Dodson, Zachary Thomas | Bats of the Republic (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Hickam, Homer | Carrying Albert Home (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Hallberg, Garth Risk | City on Fire (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 4 | |
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Mosher, Howard Frank | God's Kingdom (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Watkins, Claire Vaye | Gold, Sea, Citrus (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Sullivan, Faith | Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Morton, Kate | The Lake House (*) | Historical / H | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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McPherson, Ben | A Line of Blood (*) | Thriller / T | Oct-2015 | 4 | |
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Campbell, Bonnie Jo | Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Brooks, Geraldine | The Secret Chord (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 4 | |
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Ryan, Donal | A Slanting of the Sun (*) | Literary / L | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Marra, Anthony | The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories (*) | General Fiction / GF | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Cullen, Lynn | Twain's End (*) | Historical Romance / HR | Oct-2015 | 4 | |
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Fink, Joseph; Cranor, Jeffrey | Welcome to Night Vale (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Oct-2015 | 5 | |
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Maguire, Gregory | After Alice (*) | Fantasy / F | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Williams, Beatriz | Along the Infinite Sea (*) | Romantic Suspense / RS | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Ray, Shann | American Copper (*) | Historical / H | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Irving, John | Avenue of Mysteries (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Sala, Toni | The Boys (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Scottoline, Lisa | Corrupted (*) | Thriller / T | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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McManus, John | Fox Tooth Heart (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Rothschild, Hannah | The Improbability of Love (*) | Action Adventure / AA | Nov-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Allende, Isabel | The Japanese Lover (*) | Historical Romance / HR | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Christopher, Adam | Made to Kill (*) | Science Fiction / SF | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Albom, Mitch | The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto (*) | General Fiction / GF | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Gaitskill, Mary | The Mare (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Shapiro, B.A. | The Muralist (*) | Historical / H | Nov-2015 | 4.5 | |
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Eco, Umberto | Numero Zero (*) | Political Thriller / PT | Nov-2015 | 3 | |
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Roland, Gwen | Postmark Bayou Chene (*) | Literary / L | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Mitchell, David | Slade House (*) | Thriller / T | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Mawer, Simon | Tightrope (*) | Historical / H | Nov-2015 | 5 | |
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Cunningham, Michael | A Wild Swan: And Other Tales (*) | Fantasy / F | Nov-2015 | 4 | |
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Copleton, Jackie | A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding (*) | Historical / H | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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Harrison, Mette Ivie | His Right Hand (*) | Mystery / M | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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Giordano, Paolo | Like Family (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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Day, Elizabeth | Paradise City (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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Schofield, Douglas | Time of Departure (*) | Police/Detective/Law Enforcement / PD | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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MacMillan, Gilly | What She Knew (*) | Mystery / M | Dec-2015 | 4 | |
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Hallman, Carly J. | Year of the Goose (*) | Literary / L | Dec-2015 | 5 | |
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