(Columbia, SC) – The 2016 Fall Okra Picks have been selected – a flavor-filled collection of new Southern books hand-picked by Southern indie booksellers – people with impeccable taste in books..
All the picks have a strong Southern focus and are publishing between October and December, 2016, and all have fans among Southern indie booksellers; people who are always looking out for the next great writer who should be on your plate and in your TBR stack. So the next time you visit your local Southern indie bookstore, expect someone to hand you one and say, “You’ve got to read this!” Take them at their word. Great books are always good for you!
The 2016 Fall Okra Picks
Robert Walker
by Corey Mesler
Livingston Press, September 2016
Fiction, 9781604891720
The King of the Birds
by Acree Graham Macam
Groundwood Books, September 2016
Juvenile, 9781554988518
The Forgetting
by Sharon Cameron
Scholastic Press, September 2016
Juvenile, 9780545945219
Hungry is a Mighty Fine Sauce
by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Shiloh Run Press, October 2016
Cooking, 9781634097826
Two By Two
by Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, October 2016
Fiction, 9781455520695
The Home Place
by J. Drew Lanham
Milkweed Editions, October 2016
Nonfiction, 9781571313157
Gertie’s Leap to Greatness
by Kate Beasley
Farrar Straus and Giroux for Young Readers, October 2016
Juvenile, 9780374302610
The Book of Isaias: A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America
by Daniel Connolly
St. Martin’s Press, October 2016
Nonfiction, 9781250083067
Among the Living
by Jonathan Rabb
Other Press, October 2016
Fiction, 9781590518038
A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
by Pat Conroy
Nan A. Talese, October 2016
Nonfiction, 9780385530866
Virgin and Other Stories
by April Ayers Lawson
Farrar Straus and Giroux, November 2016
Fiction, 9780865478695
Love, Alice
by Barbara Davis
Berkley Books, December 2016
Fiction, 9780451474810
A Question of Mercy
by Elizabeth Cox
Story River Books, December 2016
Fiction, 9781611177220
Okra Picks are chosen every season by Southern Independent Bookstores. For more information visit authorsroundthesouth.com/okra.