Read This Next! July is the perfect Summer Reading List!

Read This Next! highlights new books that are receiving exceptional, and exceptionally enthusiastic, buzz from Southern indie booksellers. Each of the selected books has several enthusiastic cheerleaders among Southern indie booksellers. SIBA always makes a point of putting the store excitement and buzz around these books in front of their publishers, raising store visibility with the industry.

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What SIBA Booksellers have to say:

The Art Thief : A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
This was not a man who needed to don all black and plan elaborate, barely made it heists. No, all Brietweiser needed was his pocketknife and girlfriend (with the occasional nail clipper).
– Laney Sheehan from Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, NC

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
A miserable, beautifully written swan song to the happy life- to freedom, to creativity. Our heroine descends into black hole darkness while trying to navigate her increasingly insane amount of responsibilities at her Silicon Valley startup. Be careful.
– Aimee Keeble from Main Street Books in Davidson, NC

Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch
I absolutely loved this book! Set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, The glittering glamour of late '30s Hollywood is completely immersive, every character is fully formed and complex, and the writing is truly excellent.
– Chelsea Bauer from Union Ave Books in Knoxville, TN

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
I adored this book! Ama and Elliott have my whole heart. I loved Ama's tenacity and dedication to her career as a wedding planner; she is one of my favorite romance characters I've met this year. This will be one of the big romances of the summer!
– Kate Storhoff from Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC

When Rubin Plays by Gracey Zhang
Beautiful music is in the ear of the beholder and in this stunning picture book from the author/illustrator of LaLa's words, that ear is a chorus of cats!
– Angie Tally from The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, NC

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