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Kristin Hannah talks about her new book, The Nightingale, which booksellers chose as their top Indie Next List pick for February. The novel, set in Nazi-occupied France, follows two estranged sisters who reconnect during the war as each demonstrates bravery, sacrifice, and compassion in her own way.

On Monday, February 2, at its Midwinter Meeting in Chicago, the American Library Association announced its 2015 Youth Media Award winners and honorees in print, video, and audio books for children and young adults.

Here are the titles on the March Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 18, 2015.

Rep. Steve Israel’s first novel, The Global War on Morris, is a comical story about the sometimes absurd, but very real, responses of our government to terror threats, “real and perceived, serious and imagined.”

Here is a preview of the Winter 2014–2015 Indie Next List for Reading Groups, which ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement will be receiving in the January Red Box.

Christopher Scotton, the debut author of The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, talks about what inspired him to write a novel, the real-life experiences he brought to the story, and how he learned about the people and places of the book’s setting, the Appalachian Mountains.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 4, 2015.

“S.M. Hulse has written a wonderful novel that weaves together classic Western themes of family, obligation, love, anger, forgiveness, and music,” said Luisa Smith of Book Passage. Here, Hulse talks about the inspiration for her debut novel, her research, learning to fiddle, and more.

Here are the titles on the February Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

The January Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 14, 2014.

As 2014 draws to a close, the many favorite titles that independent booksellers enthusiastically hand-sold and helped book buyers discover during the year are appearing across the year-end Indie Bestseller Lists.

Brookline Booksmith customer wins A.J. Fikry sweepstakes; NPR’s Morning Edition announces first book club pick; BookCon grows partnership with We Need Diverse Books; Kobo launches “buy more, save more” program; Consumers look to shop local this holiday season; Scholastic report details kids’ reading habits; Chronicle Books to distribute Quadrille Publishing

The 2014 Indie Bestseller Lists, featuring the year’s top-selling titles at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, are now available in PDF, DOC, and HTML formats.