19 can’t-miss reads from independent publishers
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By BookPage
Mostly Dead Things
Kristen Arnett
$24.95 $23.20This astonishing debut novel, set in Florida, is both a new entry in the long history of great fiction about grief and a darkly comic flight of brilliance.
A Polar Affair: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins
Lloyd Spencer Davis
$29.95 $27.85Lloyd Spencer Davis writes with wit and a wry, irrepressible sense of humor, while imparting everything there is to know about penguins.
The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir
E. J. Koh
$22.95 $21.34An engaging, literary take on language and its role in the diaspora of a scattered family, this memoir speaks from—and to—the heart.
Earth Almanac: Nature's Calendar for Year-Round Discovery
Ken Keffer and Jeremy Collins
$24.95 $23.20This unusual title is a beautifully illustrated book of phenology, the interconnection of living things through seasonal change.
In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado
$26.00 $24.18To simply call 'In the Dream House' a memoir is to give short shrift to the exquisite strangeness and formal innovation that Carmen Maria Machado achieves.
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
Margaret Renkl
$24.00 $22.32The essays that compose 'Late Migrations' offer glimpses into loss and living as they toggle between Renkl’s past and present across the Southern U.S.
What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues
Clifford Thompson
$19.99 $18.59In this unconventional memoir, the reader experiences, via Thompson’s plaintive and disillusioned voice, the discomfort of personal recalibration.
Cheap Heat: Volume 2
Daniel M. Ford
$14.95 $13.90'Cheap Heat' contains no cheap thrills; there’s a big heart and quick mind at the helm.
Silence on Cold River
Casey Dunn
$25.95 $24.13This masterful new novel doesn’t feel like a suspense debut but rather the work of a genre veteran.
The Body Outside the Kremlin
James L May
$28.00 $26.04Historical, atmospheric (in a frigid sort of way) and exceptionally well-written, 'The Body Outside the Kremlin' is a first-rate debut.
Birdie
Eileen Spinelli
$16.00 $14.88In this moving middle grade novel in verse, a resilient girl learns that friends and family help the heart grow and that moving forward in life doesn’t mean forgetting the past.
Small in the City
Sydney Smith
$18.99 $17.66'Small in the City' is a parable as hushed as falling winter snow, offering hope and reassurance in the face of uncertainty and fear.
Story Boat
Kyo Maclear and Rashin Kheiriyeh
$17.99 $16.73Luminous and thought-provoking, 'Story Boat' meditates on the meanings of here and home and explores the power of imagination and empathy.