We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending August 30, 2015–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #6 in Hardcover Nonfiction) Rising Strong by Brené Brown: “Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.” (August 2015)
(Debuted at #12 in Young Adult) Another Day by David Levithan: “Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin, even established guidelines by which to live: Don’t be too needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up.” (August 2015)
(Debuted at #14 in Hardcover Fiction) The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory: “Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse…Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives—King Henry VIII—commands her to marry him…” (August 2015)