Southern indie booksellers have selected five books, their hand-sell favorites for the upcoming month, as August 2022 Read This Next! titles. The chosen books all release in August and have the enthusiastic support of southern booksellers, Ratchet up your summer reading list and Read These Next!

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What SIBA Booksellers have to say:

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
A series of connected stories written from the perspectives of the tenants of a residential building in Harlem. Each person tells their story in different, unique ways. This book shines a light on the exhausting, funny, desperate, and hopeful human experience.
–Rachel Watkins at Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Badass woman in science, CHECK. STEM setting with real life issues, CHECK. Huge, hot, *secretly pining* fellow scientist with off-the-charts chemistry with said badass woman in science, CHECK. We have all the components of another supremely satisfying steamy STEM romance by Ali Hazelwood.
–Megan Bell at Underground Books in Carrollton, GA

My Pet Feet by Josh Funk, Billy Yong (illus.)
Giggle. Tee-hee. Scrabblers, grab a pencil, puzzlers, get your puz-mug on, My Pet Feet is a feat of genius, Inspired by Letterman, a 1970s PBS educational show called The Electric Company, this book follows a child through the day as the world goes topsy-turvy, letter by letter.
–Jilleen Moore in Square Books in Oxford, MS

Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
A poignant tale of wounded souls and their accompanying ghosts fi nding each other. Tinged with magic, interlaced with loss and longing, each character’s story unfolds in layers creating an intricate puzzle that teases and delights. A must read for fans of magical realism.
–Jan Blodgett in Main Street Books in Davidson, NC

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
This book is a tiny surprise of literary magic. A kafkaesque yet simple premise: our main man Anders wakes up no longer white, but a deep brown color. His mind is the same but his body is new. Mohsin Hamid knows how to do fiction that creeps up on you and just takes your breath away completely.
– Grace Sullivan in Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA

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