From last week's Indie bestseller lists, available at IndieBound.org, here are the recommended titles, which are also Indie Next picks:

Hardcover

A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd (Morrow, $24.99, 9780061791765/0061791768). "A Duty to the Dead introduces Bess Crawford, a strong-willed young woman in the nursing corps during WWI. To fulfill a promise made to the charismatic dying soldier she fell in love with, Bess will have to uncover family secrets and a web of deception spanning years. Bess Crawford is a character I look forward to spending more time with."--Joni Montover, Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, Tex.

The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed by Judy Shepard (Hudson Street, $25.95, 9781594630576/1594630577). "More than 10 years after her son's murder in Wyoming, Judy Shepard tells Matthew's story with eloquence. Her memoir is both a moving portrayal of a strong family dealing with the grief of their loss and a powerful testimony for human rights and the full inclusion of gay and lesbian people in society."--Blake Hardy, Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Atlanta, Ga.

Paperback

The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor (Penguin, $14, 9780143116257/0143116258). "In this fascinating post-apocalyptic novel, Sam Taylor crafts the story of the last survivors of the Flood: a family of four isolated in the simplicity of their own little Eden. But, from the beginning, we sense something eerie suffusing the idyllic atmosphere, and when the harmony of their world is breached by a stranger, ugliness erupts and relationships begin to disintegrate."--Jennie Turner-Collins, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, Ohio

For Young Adults

Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780375834684/0375834680). "Love Is the Higher Law looks at 9/11, and the days, months, and years following it, through the eyes, hearts, and minds of three New York teenagers. Levithan's story will be eye-opening for today's younger teens--some of whom may have little memory of the actual attack--and for older teens and adults it will help to make it clear that, however one reacted to the tragedy, you were not alone. A powerful book sure to touch all who read it."--Kat Goddard, the Bookloft, Great Barrington, Mass.

[Many thanks to IndieBound and the ABA!]