Indie Booksellers’ Favorite New Books
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The Best New Books Out in June, According to Indie Booksellers
If you want to keep up to date with the biggest, buzziest, and best books out every month, you have to consult the experts: indie booksellers. They are passionate readers who are always looking for the new releases that deserve to be stocked and promoted.
Luckily for us, the American Booksellers Association puts out a monthly list of their top 25 new book releases in the Indie Next List Preview. These are books that were nominated by booksellers at independent bookstores across the country, and they cover all genres and categories. Each book has a quote from a bookseller about why they recommend it.
Historical Nonfiction for Readers Who Crave Adventure
For the average reader, nothing is more satisfying than opening up a book and disappearing into another time and place. For the adventure seeker, historical nonfiction offers the satisfaction in dissecting the details of a real time, place, and event of history. The events that might be a single line in a history textbook are brought to life through meticulous research and planning by authors/historians dedicated to their craft. Journals, documents, and firsthand accounts of legendary journeys become the unputdownable adventurous nonfiction stories. Adventurous nonfiction isn’t all shipwrecks and disasters, either. There is discovery, excitement, courage, and endurance that is sure to reignite your adventurous spirit!
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in May 2025
The most read books on Goodreads in May has some overlap with April, but there are also a couple new titles—though they’re both by authors you’ll be very familiar with if you keep up with popular books. May was a little less romantasy-heavy than April: is that a sign of things or come, or just a temporary blip? Only time will tell.
Three Libraries With Unique Non-Book Collections
Unlike museums or archives, where specimens and objects of significance are often not directly accessible to the public, these libraries have interesting items that are routinely available to non-researchers. Read on to learn more about the university library where patrons used to check out ravens for Edgar Allen Poe presentations, the forestry lab with a card catalog filled with wood, and the seed library dedicated to preserving and planting rare varieties of plants.
5 Graphic Novels to Take Along on Your Next Beach Day
Are you packing up for the beach or making plans to this summer? Be sure to take a good comic along with you! Sure, graphic novels aren’t traditionally considered beach reads, unlike most featured in our recent Best Beach Reads roundup, burounduplet that stop you. Be a beach rebel!
