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At ABA's May Community Forum, there was a brief discussion specifically about small bookstores. To follow up on this, we sat down with ABA Board member Talia Whyte from Rozzie Bound Co-op in Roslindale, Massachusetts. 

Whyte shared some of the advantages of running a small store, some of the resources Rozzie Bound has found most helpful, and her advice for other small bookstores.

A letter from ABA Board President Cynthia Compton.

“Goldenborn is the kind of sci-fi/fantasy mashup I didn't know I was looking for. Akoma lives in a near-future AfricaTown in San Francisco and works with a secret law enforcement division to stop crimes where magic may be involved. She just wants to find out what really happened to put her father in a coma, and a sting gone wrong leads her to a mysterious stranger who may have the answers. Goldenborn is filled with lush, beautiful worldbuilding, African mythology, and an Afrofuturist twist,” said Fisher Nash of Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, KY.

Here is the Indie Romance Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 31, 2026. 

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the July 2026 Indie Next List flier.

“Ann Patchett is a master storyteller. She has given us the gift of another beautiful novel with layers of stories within stories. This is a tale about how the past never stays in the past and how we need to tell our stories to heal and change the narrative,” said Amy Graham of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury, Vermont.