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Funny Story</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593441282&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Emily Henry (Berkley, ISBN: 9780593441282); Weeks on List: 1 "Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common is a May 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Funny Story</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Emily Henry</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Berkley</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593441282</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common is a May 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history wol="1" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>2. James</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780385550369&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Percival Everett (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385550369); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 6 "Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>James</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Percival Everett</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Doubleday</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780385550369</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="1" wol="6" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>28</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>3. The Women</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781250178633&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9781250178633); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 12 "The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Women</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Kristin Hannah</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>St. Martin's Press</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9781250178633</dc:identifier> <dc:description>The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="2" wol="12" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>30</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>4. The Familiar</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781250884251&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250884251); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 3 "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Familiar</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Leigh Bardugo</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Flatiron Books</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9781250884251</dc:identifier> <dc:description>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="4" wol="3" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>5. Table for Two: Fictions</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593296370&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Amor Towles (Viking, ISBN: 9780593296370); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 4 "From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Table for Two: Fictions</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Amor Towles</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Viking</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593296370</dc:identifier> <dc:description>From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="3" wol="4" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>6. The Paris Novel</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780812996302&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Ruth Reichl (Random House, ISBN: 9780812996302); Weeks on List: 1 "Ruth Reichl's new novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Paris Novel</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Ruth Reichl</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780812996302</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Ruth Reichl's new novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history wol="1" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593422946&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by James McBride (Riverhead Books, ISBN: 9780593422946); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 38 "Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>James McBride</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Riverhead Books</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593422946</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="5" wol="38" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>28</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>8. Remarkably Bright Creatures</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780063204157&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco, ISBN: 9780063204157); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: * "A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Remarkably Bright Creatures</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Shelby Van Pelt</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Ecco</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780063204157</dc:identifier> <dc:description>A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="6" wol="*" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>9. North Woods</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593597033&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Daniel Mason (Random House, ISBN: 9780593597033); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 27 "When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>North Woods</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Daniel Mason</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593597033</dc:identifier> <dc:description>When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="8" wol="27" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>28</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>10. Fourth Wing</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781649374042&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books, ISBN: 9781649374042); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 49 "Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Fourth Wing</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Rebecca Yarros</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Entangled: Red Tower Books</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9781649374042</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="7" wol="49" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>11. The Covenant of Water</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780802162175&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802162175); Weeks on List: 40 "Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Covenant of Water</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Abraham Verghese</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Grove Press</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780802162175</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history wol="40" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>12. Wandering Stars</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593318256&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Tommy Orange (Knopf, ISBN: 9780593318256); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 9 "Wandering Stars is a novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic, an exceptionally powerful new book from one of the most exciting writers at work today and soaring confirmation of Tommy Orange's monumental gifts. March 2024's #1 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Wandering Stars</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Tommy Orange</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Knopf</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593318256</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Wandering Stars is a novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic, an exceptionally powerful new book from one of the most exciting writers at work today and soaring confirmation of Tommy Orange's monumental gifts. March 2024's #1 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="11" wol="9" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>13. The Hunter</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780593493434&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Tana French (Viking, ISBN: 9780593493434); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 8 "Tana French's new novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. A March 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Hunter</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Tana French</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Viking</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780593493434</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Tana French's new novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. A March 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="9" wol="8" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>14. Demon Copperhead</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780063251922&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, ISBN: 9780063251922); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: * "Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>Demon Copperhead</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Barbara Kingsolver</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Harper</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780063251922</dc:identifier> <dc:description>Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="13" wol="*" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32.50</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> <item> <title>15. The Husbands</title> <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780385550611&assignStoreNear=00000</link> <description> by Holly Gramazio (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385550611); Last week: 14; Weeks on List: 4 "An exuberant debut novel, The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? An April 2024 Indie Next Pick." </description> <ttl>360</ttl> <dc:title>The Husbands</dc:title> <bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank> <dc:creator>Holly Gramazio</dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Doubleday</dc:publisher> <dc:identifier>9780385550611</dc:identifier> <dc:description>An exuberant debut novel, The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.</dc:description> <bsbl:history last="14" wol="4" /> <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice> <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29</xcbl:UnitPriceValue> </xcbl:UnitPrice></xcbl:Price> </item> </channel></rss> 
