Everybody's New Year's resolution should be to read more books and discover great new authors! Avid readers can start here, with the five new books on Read This Next! for January, 2023.

Read This Next! books are featured in The Southern Bookseller Review and SIBA newsletter, and on SIBA's social media accounts, highlighting the bookseller reviews for each title. Each month's list showcases not only the books receiving the most interesting buzz, but also the wide range of reading championed by SIBA booksellers.

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What SIBA Booksellers have to say:

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Epic in scope, but intimate in its presentation of its characters. It’s a master-class in addressing the best and worst aspects of human nature and it does so through the growth and disintegration of the Wadia family and those in service to them. Kapoor’s writing is sharp, quick, and intense… and it makes this full-on saga an addictively dynamic read.
– Stuart McCommon from Novel in Memphis, TN

Begin Again by Emma Lord
Hands down one of my favorite YA authors, Emma Lord delivers a story with equal emphasis on family relationships, friendships, and new romances. I will read anything Emma Lord writes!
–Kate Storhoff, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC

Drinking Games by Sarah Levy
I loved Sarah’s very frank and honest recount of her relationship with alcohol. Her self aware and candid writing will be a much needed voice for many who are re-considering the way we look at drinking as a culture. It is also a fantastic memoir about making hard changes for a better life.
–Laura Taylor from Oxford Exchange in Tampa, FL

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
This was a “can’t put down” book for me. Nothing scares me more than creepy dolls. Hendrix always does a fantastic job of writing about the dynamics of southern families. Can’t live with ‘em, Can’t live without ‘em!
–Kathy Clemmons from Sundog Books in Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks
Romantic love, familial love, and the love of place play out against the background of late 1950s - early 1960s civil rights era. A beautifully written exploration of just some of the variety of opinions within the civil rights era Black community on freedom, equality, and safety.
–Ginger Kautz from Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC

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