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September 10th, 2025
ABA is proud to announce the titles selected for the Winter/Spring 2026 Indies Introduce program.
Each year, the Indies Introduce program brings booksellers together from across the US for conversation and connection centered around exciting upcoming debut adult, middle grade, and young adult titles.
“This is a challenging, fun, and satisfying panel! Not only do you get early access to great books, you get to help shape a debut author’s success while uplifting diverse titles. It’s an honor to promote books that might otherwise get buried in a frontlist catalog,” said kid’s panelist Sydne Conant of Ink Cap Books in Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Once again this year, publishers are offering specials on all titles appearing on the lists.
For stores that have taken part in past Indies Introduce promotions, there’s no need to sign up to take advantage of publishers’ Winter/Spring 2026 offers. However, stores that are new to Indies Introduce must complete the Indies Introduce sign-up form by October 20 in order to participate in the program.
This list is available as a collection on Edelweiss. And marketing assets for the Winter/Spring 2026 list are available now on BookWeb.org.
The Indies Introduce titles will be presented at Winter Institute 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Indies Introduce bookseller and author interviews will be posted on ABA’s BookED podcast!
Here are the Winter/Spring 2026 Indies Introduce Kids’ and Adult Debuts:
Adult Debuts
A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon by Eric King
PM Press, 9798887441597, PB, Memoir, $22.95, On Sale: 01/20/26
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang
William Morrow, 9780063419292, HC, Fiction, $30.00, On Sale: 01/27/26
Every Happiness by Reena Shah
Bloomsbury Publishing, 9781639733002, HC, Fiction, $28.99, On Sale: 02/03/26
Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity
Del Rey, 9780593982570, HC, Fantasy, $30.00, On Sale: 2/24/26
A Wheelie Awkward Romance: The Love Story of a Girl Who Is Definitely Not Touchy-Feely and a Quadriplegic Guy Who Most Assuredly Is by Tess Campbell with Corby Campbell
Shadow Mountain, 9781639934690, HC, Memoir, $27.99, On Sale: 03/03/26
Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui
Orbit, 9780316582018, PB, Fantasy, $18.99, On Sale: 03/24/26
Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell
Bloomsbury Publishing, 9781639736737, HC, Fiction, $28.99, On Sale: 03/24/26
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Knopf, 9780593804216, HC, Fiction, $30.00, On Sale: 04/07/26
Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola
Pamela Dorman Books, 9780593834190, HC, Fiction, $29.00, On Sale: 04/14/26
Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl by Lauren E. Osborn
Dzanc Books, 9781938603709, PB, Short Stories, $17.95, On Sale: 05/12/26
Kids’ Debuts
Oh Brother by Georgina Chadderton
Random House Graphic, 9780593488270/9780593488263, HC/PB, MG Graphic Memoir, $21.99/$14.99, On Sale: 02/10/2026
Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 9781665960694, HC, YA Fiction, $21.99, On Sale: 03/03/26
Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller
Viking Books for Young Readers, 9798217038923, PB, YA Romance, $13.99, On Sale: 03/03/2026
Her Hidden Fire by Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Viking Books for Young Readers, 9798217040506, HC, YA Romantasy, $22.99, On Sale: 03/03/2026
The Free Verse Society by Delali Adjoa
Peachtree Teen, 9781682638408/9781682638781, HC/PB, YA Fiction, $19.99/$14.99, On Sale: 03/10/26
Little Bones by Sandy Bigna
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 9781665985086, HC, MG Fiction, $17.99, On Sale: 04/07/26
Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai
Wednesday Books, 9781250378927, HC, YA Romantasy, $20.00, On Sale: 04/14/2026
Until We Meet Again by Lily Kim Qian
First Second, 9781250884237/9781250884220, HC/PB, YA Graphic Memoir, $25.99/$17.99, On Sale: 04/21/2026
Goldenborn by Ama Ofosua Lieb
Scholastic, 9781546147466, HC, YA Fantasy, $19.99, On Sale: 05/05/2026
The Last Dragon House by Liv Mae Morris
Amulet Books, 9781419784613, HC, MG Fantasy, $19.99, On Sale: 05/12/2026
Bookseller panelists who served on the adult and kids’ panels include:
Adult Panelists
Chair: Emily Russo, PRINT: A Bookstore, Portland, ME
Claire Bone, Wild Sisters Book Company, Sacramento, CA
Cassie Goodwin, Loudmouth Books, Indianapolis, IN
Haley Calvin, The Novel Neighbor, St. Louis, MO
Ambir Moore, The Book Lovers Era, Hill Air Force Base, UT
Kristin Pidgeon, Riverstone Books, Pittsburgh, PA
Rafe Posey, Third Place Books (Ravenna), Seattle, WA
Annastasia Williams, Bookshop at the Bottom, Knoxville, TN
Kids’ Panelists
Chair: Sydne Conant, Ink Cap Books, Stoughton, WI
Katie Orphan, Orphan Books, Los Angeles, CA
Jenny Chou, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bettina Dirks, Magic City Books, Tulsa, OK
Elisa McIntosh, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY
Andrea Iriarte, Molly’s Bookstore, Melrose, MA
Britney Harker, Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID
Fisher Nash, Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY
