Southern indie booksellers have selected five books–their hand-sell favorites for the upcoming month–as November 2022 Read This Next! titles. The chosen books all release in November and have the enthusiastic support of Southern booksellers, Read Different! Read These Next!

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What SIBA Booksellers have to say:

We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
We Are The Light is a book to read slowly, with big inhales, taking in every feeling of every character no matter how painful. It is a book everyone everywhere should be reading – because as we have been reminded all year, what happens in Quick’s book, can happen anywhere.
–Jamie Anderson, Downtown Books in Manteo, NC

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Witty, weird, and wonderful. Now Is Not The Time to Panic covers that wry space between childhood and adulthood–how we want to be seen and how others see us. All against an early 90s world that may as well be a thousand years ago.
– Susan Williams, M Judson, Booksellers in Greenville, SC

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
Rebecca Roanhorse is a fantastic world builder and her skills are razor sharp in her newest fantasy set in an Old West mining town where angels had once battled demons in an ancient war. A gritty but good read!
–Mary Patterson, The Little Bookshop in Midlothian, VA

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
Super passionate slow burn romance with plenty of heart and humor! These two have AMAZING chemistry as well as great friendship and a deep understanding of one another.
–Julia Lewis, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Poignant, moving, and utterly captivating from the first page to the last, We Deserve Monuments is a beautifully rendered love story both to the family we’re born into and the family we choose.
–Mary Louise Callaghan, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC

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