January Indie Notables Fliers & Shelf-Talkers Now Available

Booksellers can now download the January Indie Next List Notable title recommendations in a flier and shelf-talkers on BookWeb.org. Each month, the Indie Next List Notables showcase outstanding writing -- selections that have all been recommended by indie booksellers nationwide.

The January Notables nonfiction list features an intriguing departure from fiction standout Jonathan Safran Foer on the perils of industrial agriculture (Eating Animals, Little, Brown), Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg's account of the inspiring lives of workers in a cotton mill in Jacksonville, Alabama (The Most They Ever Had, MacAdam/Cage), and a blend of memoir and recipes from Suzan Colón (Cherries in Winter, Doubleday).

This month's fiction selections for the Notables includes new novels from Joyce Carol Oates (A Fair Maiden, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Gail Godwin (Unfinished Desires, Random House), as well as a quirky, handselling favorite with an Irish setting, (The Pig Did It, Delphinium). In the Mystery/Suspense category, the list features the introduction of a compelling new protagonist in The Disappeared by M.R. Hall and the latest from acclaimed writer Stephen Hunter (I, Sniper), both from Simon & Schuster.

Booksellers with comments, questions, and suggestions for the Next List are encouraged to contact Dan Cullen, ABA senior director of editorial content, via e-mail.

The Indie Next List Great Reads are also available in PDF format on Bookweb.org, and stores that need more copies of the Indie Next List fliers should e-mail ABA's Linda Ford.

Almost 62 percent of booksellers who responded to a recent ABA survey create an Indie Next List display using a mix of Great Reads and Notables titles, and, going into the holiday season, the December Notables titles expand the range of books available for creating your Next store display.