Book Picks: Gaiman Tops July Indie Next List; Maslin's Summer Reads

Publishers Lunch

Neil Gaiman's THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE leads off the July Indie Next List of bookseller-chosen titles:

#1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
The Illusion of Separateness: A Novel, by Simon Van Booy
Letters From Skye: A Novel, by Jessica Brockmole
Lexicon: A Novel, by Max Barry
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells: A Novel, by Andrew Sean Greer
Whistling Past the Graveyard: A Novel, by Susan Crandall
Amy Falls Down: A Novel, by Jincy Willett
Crime of Privilege: A Novel, by Walter Walker
The Curiosity: A Novel, by Stephen Kiernan
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods: A Novel, by Matt Bell
Sweet Salt Air: A Novel, by Barbara Delinsky
Children of the Jacaranda Tree: A Novel, by Sahar Delijani
Sisterland: A Novel, by Curtis Sittenfeld
Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel, by Eli Brown
Loyalty: A Novel, by Ingrid Thoft
The Resurrectionist: A Novel, by Matthew Guinn
Fin and Lady: A Novel, by Cathleen Schine
Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing With Others, by Stacy Horn
Instructions for a Heat Wave: A Novel, by Maggie O'Farrell

Max Barry and Daniel James Brown's books also appear on Janet Maslin's annual summer reads list, who also recommends the already-published NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (which appeared in our spring/summer Buzz Books 2013 sampler), his father Stephen King's JOYLAND, and just-published THE ENGAGEMENTS by J. Courtney Sullivan, CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan ("the Bergdorf Blondes of this summer") and Rebecca Lee's BOBCAT AND OTHER STORIES, among others.