Read This Next! July is now available, featuring the perfect collection of independent reads for "Independents Month!"

Southern indie booksellers have selected five books, their hand-sell favorites for the upcoming month, as July 2022 Read This Next titles. The chosen books all release in July and represent the full range of reader interests of the southern bookselling community. Each of the selected titles has the enthusiastic support of southern booksellers, making Read This Next! the ultimate "You've got to read this!" reading list for avid readers looking to discover great new books.

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Here are what booksellers are saying about this month's list:

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
This was the perfect sweet, feel good and easy summer read! I fell in love with Hannah and Jack. Watching Hannah grow as a person was real life. It shows real is so much better than fake. --Mandy Harris from Angel Wings Bookstore in Stem, NC

The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green
I loved The Kingdoms of Savannah. It read like a dark, gothic Conroy novel, concerned as much with the grit of the city as the moonlight and magnolias. The Musgrove family are some rare birds. --Ashley Warlick from M Judson, Booksellers in Greenville, SC

Berry Song by Michaela Goade
This beautiful ode to family and land and the indelible connection between them is a delight to read. Rhythmic text and soft, bright illustrations bring the foraging Tlingit family's love for each other and the land they inhabit to vivid life. --Hannah DeCamp from Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Once again, Becky Chambers has crafted a book that is just as philosophically resonant and wonderfully generous as its predecessor. Dex and Mosscap have become two of my favorite characters in all literature and I will love them till my dying day. --Caleb Masters from Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC

The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
This book! I loved it! Hauser made me feel less alone in the world, with her wit and frank yet conversational tone, she lets the reader know that life is messy and doesn't always go as planned, and not only is that ok, it can be wonderful. --Jessica Osborne from E. Shaver, bookseller in Savannah, GA

Current Read This Next! books and what SIBA booksellers have to say about them can always be found at The Southern Bookseller Review