ABA is proud to announce the titles selected for the Winter/Spring 2027 Indies Introduce program.
Each year, the Indies Introduce program brings booksellers together from across the US for conversation and connection centered around exciting upcoming debut adult, middle grade, and young adult titles.
“Reading for Indies Introduce was an absolute delight. It's one thing to get to read galleys and see bookseller blurbs land in publicity copy or even in/on the book — but it's quite another to read manuscripts and super-advance copies, with an eye towards helping define a half-year's reading for the industry! I live for robust conversations with people about books, and getting to do that over a few months with other fantastic booksellers from around the country made me feel like such a part of the best aspects of this industry,” said panelist Drew Broussard of Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston, New York.
Once again this year, publishers are offering specials on all titles appearing on the lists.
For stores that have taken part in past Indies Introduce promotions, there’s no need to sign up to take advantage of publishers’ Winter/Spring 2027 offers. However, stores that are new to Indies Introduce must complete the Indies Introduce sign-up form by October 14 in order to participate in the program.
This list is available as a collection on Edelweiss. And marketing assets for the Winter/Spring 2027 list are available now on BookWeb.org.
Indies Introduce bookseller and author interviews will be posted on ABA's BookED podcast!
Here are the Winter/Spring 2027 Indies Introduce Kids’ and Adult Debuts:
Adult Debuts
Jaded by Anne Meredith
(Summit Books, 9781668217689, HC, Fiction, $29.00) On Sale: 1/12/27
All These Deep Arroyos by Matt Baca
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 9781639737758, HC, Fiction, $28.99) On Sale: 1/26/2027
Tastes Like Seeing God by Nina Michiko Tam
(Pamela Dorman Books, 9798217061464, HC, Fiction, $30.00) On Sale: 2/2/2027
Untranslatable by Lara Vergnaud
(Catapult, 9781646223794, HC, Memoir, $28.00) On Sale: 2/16/2027
Esther, the Butcher by Mariia Niskavaara (Transl. by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson)
(Grove Press, 9780802169242, HC, Fiction, $25.00) On Sale: 2/23/2027
Such Stuff by Hannah Morrish
(Spiegel & Grau, 9781966302445, HC, Fiction, $24.00) On Sale: 3/9/2027
This Is My Idea of Fun by Georgia Elander
(Grove Press, 9780802169327, HC, Fiction, $29.00) On Sale: 4/13/2027
The Younger by Daniel J. O'Malley
(Hub City Press, 9798885740906, HC, Short Stories, $24.00) On Sale: 4/13/2027
Weeb by Lin King
(Henry Holt and Co., 9781250443922, HC, Fiction, $28.99) On Sale: 4/20/2027
In August by Celeste Perri
(Crown, 9798217090396, HC, Fiction) On Sale: 6/29/2027
Kids’ Debuts
Wildlands by Brogen Murphy
(Dutton Books for Young Readers, 9798217242177, PB, MG Survival, $9.99) On Sale: 1/26/2027
Pearl Beach by Beth Steiner
(Pushkin Children's Books, 9781782695585, PB, MG Novel in Verse, $13.95) On Sale: 4/6/2027
Feast Of Hearts by Teri Dederer
(Scholastic, 9798225038359, HC, YA / Fantasy, $21.99) On Sale: 04/06/2027
To Her Own Beat by Brinda Shah
(Chronicle Books, 9781797241463, HC, MG / Fiction, $18.99) On Sale: 4/13/2027
About A Girl: A Graphic Novel by Veronica Casson
(Bloomsbury YA, 9781547613816 / 9781547613830, HC/PB, YA Graphic Novel, $34.99 / $19.99) On Sale: 4/13/2027
I Don't Belong To You by Alexandra Fallgren
(Norton Young Readers, 9781324125471, HC, YA Fiction, $18.99) On Sale: 04/13/2027
Not Your Typical Love Story by C. R. Averett
(Wednesday Books, 9781250423993, PB, YA / Romance, $14.00) On Sale: 4/20/2027
Limitlessly, Mina by Gianna Lakenauth
(Sarah Barley Books, 9798347119776, HC, MG Novel in Verse, $17.99) On Sale: 5/4/2027
Mission's Guide To Time Travel by Andrew Geha
(Peachtree, 9781682638743, HC, MG Science Fiction, $18.99) On Sale: 6/15/2027
White Trash Witchcraft by Rowan Brighton Brown
(Holiday House, 9780823465637, HC, YA Fiction, $19.99) On Sale: 6/15/2027
Bookseller panelists who served on the adult and kids’ panels include:
Adult Panelists
Chair: Revati Kilaparti, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
Drew Broussard, Rough Draft Bar & Books, Kingston, NY
Erin Chervenock, Village Books and Paper Dreams, Bellingham, WA
Darwin Ellis, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT
Gillette Kempf, Chapter2 Books, Hudson, WI
Stephanie Kitchen, City Lit Books, Chicago, IL
Michelle Pierce, Lido Village Books, Newport Beach, CA
Miranda Sanchez, Epilogue: Books, Chocolate, Brews, Chapel Hill, NC
Kids’ Panelists
Chair: Amy Andrews, East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
Leah Atlee, Bright Side Bookshop, Flagstaff, AZ
Naomi Chamblin, Napa Bookmine, Napa, CA
Betsy Haberl, Booked, Evantson, IL
Miracle Lucketti, Ballast Book Company, Bremerton, WA
Karen Riester, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN
Maggie Robe, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Emily Stevenson, Belmont Books, Belmont, MA