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Indie Bestsellers Week of 04.28.21 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Hill We Climb ★ 1. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99 Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35 2. Klara and the Sun ★ 2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95 Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28 3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the 3. The Midnight Library Horse Matt Haig, Viking, $26 Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99 4. The Four Winds 4. Caste Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99 Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32 5. Broken (In the Best Possible Way) 5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99 V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99 ★ 6. Cook This Book: Techniques That 6. The Vanishing Half Teach and Recipes to Repeat Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27 Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50 7. First Person Singular ★ 7. Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28 and Illustrations Jonny Sun, Harper Perennial, $19.99 8. When the Stars Go Dark Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28 8. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28 9. The Lost Apothecary 9. The Code Breaker Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99 Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35 10. Hamnet 10. Empire of Pain Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95 Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50 11. Broken Horses 11. The Paris Library Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28 Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28 12. Dusk, Night, Dawn ★ 12. A Gambling Man Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20 David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 ★ 13. Out of Many, One: Portraits of 13. Libertie America’s Immigrants Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95 George W. Bush, Crown, $38 14. The Sum of Us ★ 14. The Man Who Lived Underground Heather McGhee, One World, $28 Richard Wright, Library of America, $22.95 ★ 15. The Free World: Art and Thought in 15. Of Women and Salt the Cold War Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99 Louis Menand, FSG, $35 Other Indie Favorites The Night Always Comes: A Novel, by Willy The Good Sister: A Novel, by Sally Hepworth Vlautin (Harper, $26.99) “The Night Always Comes is (St. Martin’s Press, $27.99) “Having a title like The Good urgent. For two days and two nights, Lynette’s future rests on a Sister might lead a reader to assume there is also a bad sister. Here tightly plotted race through the gentrified and changing districts we meet twin sisters Rose and Fern, whose mother was a sociopath. of Portland as she tries to secure what she believes to be a better That upbringing affected Fern the most, so Rose cared for her sister life for herself and for her mother and brother. Willy Vlautin writes during most of their childhood. Now adult women, Fern begins to with honesty and generosity about people who are just a step come out of her shell and experience life on her own; she likes the ahead of disaster. He makes us care for lives that are singularly freedom and the adventures. But Rose does not. When Fern makes defined by the challenge of earning a living wage while navigating a huge sacrifice to mollify Rose, the story grows more tense as it the circumstances of society, family, and self. Vlautin is a necessary becomes clear who the good sister is and how bad the bad sister writer for our times.” —Christine Kelly, Sundance can be. Readers might change allegiances during the book, but no Bookstore, Reno, NV one will see the end coming! Highly recommended!” —Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 04.28.21 PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing 1. Braiding Sweetgrass Delia Owens, Putnam, $18 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 2. The Song of Achilles 2. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99 Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95 3. Circe 3. Minor Feelings Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99 Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18 4. The Body Keeps the Score ★ 4. Such a Fun Age Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19 Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17 5. Entangled Life 5. The House in the Cerulean Sea Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18 TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99 6. Hood Feminism 6. The Rose Code Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16 Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99 7. The Body 7. The Book of Longings Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17 Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17 8. My Grandmother’s Hands 8. The Dutch House Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17 $17.95 9. The Night Watchman 9. Nomadland Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18 Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95 10. Deacon King Kong 10. We Do This ’til We Free Us Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95 James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17 11. Hidden Valley Road 11. Interior Chinatown Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17 Charles Yu, Vintage, $16 12. The Undocumented Americans 12. A Long Petal of the Sea Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17 Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17 13. The New York Times Cooking 13. The Overstory No-Recipe Recipes Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28 14. Later 14. Why Fish Don’t Exist Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95 Lulu Miller, S&S, $17 ★ 15. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 15. Sapiens Becky Chambers, Harper Voyager, $16.99 Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99 MASS MARKET Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99 1. Dune Another Indie Favorite George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 2. 1984 Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, by Anonymous 3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99 (Mariner Books, $15.99) “After the collapse of her 4. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn, Avon, marriage and her whole life, the anonymous author of Becoming $8.99 Duchess Goldblatt started a Twitter account, speaking in the 5. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 voice of an imperious, slightly dotty, always caring 81-year-old Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99 writer. The Duchess became the focus of intense adoration 6. The Way of Kings and eventually helped her creator to reconnect with the ‘real 7. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman Julia Quinn, Avon, world’ even as she kept her identity a secret. Becoming Duchess $8.99 Goldblatt is a glorious memoir, a truly 21st-century tale of life 8. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 both online and off.” —David Enyeart, Next Chapter 9. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99 Booksellers, St. Paul, MN 10. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99 Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers Week of 04.28.21 Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly 1. Firekeeper’s Daughter Spooky Stories Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99 Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99 2. They Both Die at the End 2. Cat Kid Comic Club Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99 Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99 3. We Were Liars 3. Allergic Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99 Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99 ★ 4. Kate in Waiting 4. Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99 Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 5. When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller, Random 5. Concrete Rose House Books for Young Readers, $16.99 Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99 6. Amari and the Night Brothers 6. The Gilded Ones B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99 Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99 7. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly 7. One of Us Is Lying Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99 Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99 8. Ground Zero 8. Legendborn Alan Gratz, Scholastic, $17.99 Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99 9. Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99 ★ 9. She Drives Me Crazy Kelly Quindlen, Roaring Brook Press, $17.99 10. When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, 10. Victories Greater Than Death $12.99 Charlie Jane Anders, Tor Teen, $18.99 11. A Wolf Called Wander 11. Last Night at the Telegraph Club Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99 Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99 12. The One and Only Bob 12. The Hate U Give Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 Harper, $18.99 13. Cemetery Boys 13. Skunk and Badger Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99 Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95 14. Yolk Mary H.K. Choi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young 14. The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99 Readers, $19.99 15. New Kid 15. Felix Ever After Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99 Kacen Callender, Balzer + Bray, $10.99 Indies Introduce For Ages 9 to 12 For Teen Readers Thornlight, by Claire Legrand (Greenwillow The Project, by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books, $16.99) “Thornlight is an amazing story of two sisters Books, $18.99) “Courtney Summers is back with another and their quest to prevent their world from being destroyed by an electric gut-punch of a novel, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have evil Gulgot. Woven throughout with magical creatures, witches, and found myself a quivering mass of emotion after turning the last page of unicorns. The mission that Thorn and Brier embark on will keep The Project.