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<description><![CDATA[The Indie Next List, drawn from bookseller-recommended favorite handsells, epitomizes the heart and soul of passionate bookselling. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[American Dervish: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316183307</link>
<description><![CDATA["At its simplest American Dervish is a coming-of-age story. At its most complex, it is a story of religious faith, marital strife, human nature, love, envy, sexual awakening, betrayal, and racism. It is impossible to leave Akhtar's exceptional debut novel without experiencing the struggles and pain of young Hayat as he comes to terms with both his Muslim faith and his humanity." -- Lynn Riggs, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[American Dervish: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayad Akhtar]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Back Bay Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316183307]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[At its simplest American Dervish is a coming-of-age story. At its most complex, it is a story of religious faith, marital strife, human nature, love, envy, sexual awakening, betrayal, and racism. It is impossible to leave Akhtar's exceptional debut novel without experiencing the struggles and pain of young Hayat as he comes to terms with both his Muslim faith and his humanity.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Lynn Riggs, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[101]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Glaciers: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781935639206</link>
<description><![CDATA["Glaciers recounts one day in the life of Isabel, a young woman who repairs damaged books in the basement of a library. She loves thrift stores and collects old objects and postcards that allow her to both imagine the stories and lives of other people and tell her own story. Smith is able to evoke a full range of emotions in very few words. This is a short but beautiful novel that will stay with you long after you have read it." -- Pierre Camy, Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids, MI]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Glaciers: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexis M. Smith]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tin House Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781935639206]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Glaciers recounts one day in the life of Isabel, a young woman who repairs damaged books in the basement of a library. She loves thrift stores and collects old objects and postcards that allow her to both imagine the stories and lives of other people and tell her own story. Smith is able to evoke a full range of emotions in very few words. This is a short but beautiful novel that will stay with you long after you have read it.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Pierre Camy, Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids, MI]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[102]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385344098</link>
<description><![CDATA["Wingfield has the storyteller's gift, and writes her debut tale of preacher-without-a-church Samuel Lake and his family with the assurance of a seasoned author.  After the death of his father-in-law, John, Samuel moves his wife, Willadee, and their three children into his mother-in-law's house in rural Arkansas.  John used to run Never Closes -- a bar that stayed open all night -- from the back porch of his house.  Calla, his wife, runs Moses -- a convenience store that is open all day -- from the front porch.  Inside the house between those two porches, an extraordinary family lives a life complete with love, lust, heartbreak, heroics, and miracles.  A perfect book for book groups." -- Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Wingfield]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Random House Trade Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385344098]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Wingfield has the storyteller's gift, and writes her debut tale of preacher-without-a-church Samuel Lake and his family with the assurance of a seasoned author.  After the death of his father-in-law, John, Samuel moves his wife, Willadee, and their three children into his mother-in-law's house in rural Arkansas.  John used to run Never Closes -- a bar that stayed open all night -- from the back porch of his house.  Calla, his wife, runs Moses -- a convenience store that is open all day -- from the front porch.  Inside the house between those two porches, an extraordinary family lives a life complete with love, lust, heartbreak, heroics, and miracles.  A perfect book for book groups.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[103]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Long-Shining Waters]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781571310941</link>
<description><![CDATA["Milkweed's 2011 National Fiction Prize winner takes us deep into the lives of three women separated by four hundred years, and living on the shores of Lake Superior, as they cope with the hardships and solace of the large, cold, and brutal lake. Each has a story to tell very much in keeping with her era: Grey Rabbit, an Ojibwe, is haunted by disturbing dreams in 1622; Berit is the wife of a Norwegian fisherman in 1902 who deals with loneliness and tragedy; Nora's life as a seasoned bartender unravels in 2000, and she takes a journey around the lake to find herself. There is a rhythm to these stories, reflecting that of the turbulent waves of the lake." -- Barbara Seipker, The Cottage Book Shop, Glen Arbor, MI]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Long-Shining Waters]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Danielle Sosin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Milkweed Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781571310941]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Milkweed's 2011 National Fiction Prize winner takes us deep into the lives of three women separated by four hundred years, and living on the shores of Lake Superior, as they cope with the hardships and solace of the large, cold, and brutal lake. Each has a story to tell very much in keeping with her era: Grey Rabbit, an Ojibwe, is haunted by disturbing dreams in 1622; Berit is the wife of a Norwegian fisherman in 1902 who deals with loneliness and tragedy; Nora's life as a seasoned bartender unravels in 2000, and she takes a journey around the lake to find herself. There is a rhythm to these stories, reflecting that of the turbulent waves of the lake.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Barbara Seipker, The Cottage Book Shop, Glen Arbor, MI]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[104]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ready Player One: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307887443</link>
<description><![CDATA["The world in 2044 is a mess. Energy sources are depleted, cities are jam-packed, and the lives of average people are full of misery. In order to escape the hardships of everyday life, billions escape into the electronic virtual world OASIS. When the multi-billionaire creator of OASIS dies, he leaves his fortune in trust for the first avatar to complete three virtual quests. Wade Watts, a lonely teenage misfit, decides to compete and win the prize.  Filled with references to 1970s and '80s pop culture, Ready Player One is a love story, a quest novel, and a parable for the electronic age." -- John Hoover, Misty Valley Books, Chester, VT]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Ready Player One: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ernest Cline]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Broadway]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307887443]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The world in 2044 is a mess. Energy sources are depleted, cities are jam-packed, and the lives of average people are full of misery. In order to escape the hardships of everyday life, billions escape into the electronic virtual world OASIS. When the multi-billionaire creator of OASIS dies, he leaves his fortune in trust for the first avatar to complete three virtual quests. Wade Watts, a lonely teenage misfit, decides to compete and win the prize.  Filled with references to 1970s and '80s pop culture, Ready Player One is a love story, a quest novel, and a parable for the electronic age.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[John Hoover, Misty Valley Books, Chester, VT]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[105]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-06-05T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Safe from the Sea: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609530570</link>
<description><![CDATA["Peter Geye brings to life images of maritime history from a time when the ore ships plied the waters of the Great Lakes to feed the great industrial heart of America.  Classic themes of redemption, reconciliation, and family ties are set against the awesome power and beauty of the north shore of Lake Superior.  In the final weeks of his life, Olaf relives the story of his survival in an ore boat wreck decades earlier, and acknowledges his feelings of guilt and regret, while his estranged son Noah discovers that things are not always as they seem." -- Joni Montover, Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Safe from the Sea: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Geye]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Unbridled Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781609530570]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Peter Geye brings to life images of maritime history from a time when the ore ships plied the waters of the Great Lakes to feed the great industrial heart of America.  Classic themes of redemption, reconciliation, and family ties are set against the awesome power and beauty of the north shore of Lake Superior.  In the final weeks of his life, Olaf relives the story of his survival in an ore boat wreck decades earlier, and acknowledges his feelings of guilt and regret, while his estranged son Noah discovers that things are not always as they seem.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Joni Montover, Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[106]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[We, The Drowned: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780547737362</link>
<description><![CDATA["Spanning the years from 1848 to 1945, We, the Drowned follows the sailors of Marstal ' a tiny town on the island of Aero in the Danish archipelago ' as they travel the oceans of the world as adventurers, soldiers, sailors, fathers, and sons. As each narrative voice moves on, another picks up the tale and makes it his own. Funny and poignant, heartwarming and powerful, dark and foreboding in a way that only the events of our own world can actually be.  This is a gorgeous and gripping novel." -- Seth Marko, UCSD Bookstore, La Jolla, CA]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[We, The Drowned: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carsten Jensen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Mariner]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780547737362]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Spanning the years from 1848 to 1945, We, the Drowned follows the sailors of Marstal ' a tiny town on the island of Aero in the Danish archipelago ' as they travel the oceans of the world as adventurers, soldiers, sailors, fathers, and sons. As each narrative voice moves on, another picks up the tale and makes it his own. Funny and poignant, heartwarming and powerful, dark and foreboding in a way that only the events of our own world can actually be.  This is a gorgeous and gripping novel.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Seth Marko, UCSD Bookstore, La Jolla, CA]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[107]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Weird Sisters: A Novel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425244142</link>
<description><![CDATA["The sisters in this funny and touching book are not 'weird' in the modern sense of the word; the title refers to the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Headed by a father who was a professor of Shakespeare and his loving wife, the Andreas family was certainly unusual, and the three daughters grew up speaking in couplets, quoting Hamlet, and reading constantly.  When their mother develops breast cancer, all three sisters return to their Midwestern home to aid in her care -- and end up caring for each other as well.  This is a wonderful tribute to literature, the bonds of sisterhood, and the importance of family." -- Ellen Burns, Books On The Common, Ridgefield, CT]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Weird Sisters: A Novel]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Brown]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley Trade]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425244142]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The sisters in this funny and touching book are not 'weird' in the modern sense of the word; the title refers to the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Headed by a father who was a professor of Shakespeare and his loving wife, the Andreas family was certainly unusual, and the three daughters grew up speaking in couplets, quoting Hamlet, and reading constantly.  When their mother develops breast cancer, all three sisters return to their Midwestern home to aid in her care -- and end up caring for each other as well.  This is a wonderful tribute to literature, the bonds of sisterhood, and the importance of family.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Ellen Burns, Books On The Common, Ridgefield, CT]]></dc:contributor>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[108]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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