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We’ve collected the hardcover books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending July 3, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #10) Warriors: Crookedstar’s Promise by Erin Hunter: “When tragedy befalls Stormkit and he is permanently disfigured, his mother renames him Crookedkit and casts him aside. As the young cat grows in strength, he dreams of becoming Clan leader. Then a mysterious cat appears in his dreams, whispering of prophecies untold and destinies undiscovered. She proclaims that Crookedkit will have all that he desires—but he must pledge his undying loyalty to RiverClan. No cat could ever have imagined the terror and destruction that would lie in one hastily made, seemingly harmless, promise.” (July 2011)
(Debuted at #11) A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black: “On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick—is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin’s elite.” (July 2011)
(Debuted at #12) Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden: “In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, close friends from childhood and graduates of Smith College, left home in Auburn, New York, for the wilds of northwestern Colorado. Bored by their soci-ety luncheons, charity work, and the effete young men who courted them, they learned that two teach-ing jobs were available in a remote mountaintop schoolhouse and applied—shocking their families and friends.” (June 2011)