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Indie Bestsellers Week of 12.04.19 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Starless Sea 1. A Warning Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95 Anonymous, Twelve, $30 2. The Dutch House 2. Talking to Strangers Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30 3. Where the Crawdads Sing 3. The Body Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30 4. Olive, Again 4. Catch and Kill Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30 5. The Testaments 5. Me Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 Elton John, Holt, $30 6. The Water Dancer 6. Finding Chika Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28 Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99 7. The Guardians 7. Educated John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 Tara Westover, Random House, $28 8. Blue Moon 8. Blowout Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99 Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30 9. Agent Running in the Field 9. How To John le Carré, Viking, $29 Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28 10. Nothing to See Here 10. Acid for the Children: A Memoir Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99 Flea, Grand Central, $30 11. The Giver of Stars 11. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28 Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28 12. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous ★ 12. The Yellow House: A Memoir Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26 Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26 13. The Topeka School 13. Strange Planet Ben Lerner, FSG, $27 Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $14.99 14. A Minute to Midnight 14. Letters From an Astrophysicist David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton, $19.95 ★ 15. Under Occupation 15. The Beautiful Ones Alan Furst, Random House, $27 Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30 Indies Introduce Other Indie Favorites Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen: A Novel, The Innocents: A Novel, by Michael Crummey by Dexter Palmer (Pantheon, $27.95) “This is the (Doubleday, $26.95) “Michael Crummey is a master story of Mary Toft, a woman who gave birth to dead rabbits in chronicler of isolation, and The Innocents is a perfect example. 1726. She did this more than 10 times, confounding surgeons and townsfolk alike. Is this a hoax, a curse, a miracle, or something in Following an orphaned brother and sister trying to survive on the between? Based on a true story, we follow surgeon John Howard coast of Newfoundland, this is a spare and elemental novel about and apprentice Zachary as they try to understand what is going the power of family and the act of survival, even in the harshest on with their stunning patient. Extremely readable while still circumstances.” —Tyler Goodson, Avid Bookshop, evoking the language and atmosphere of the time period, the book takes readers from the small village of Godalming, England, Athens, GA to London as John Howard and Zachary recruit the help of the top surgeons of the day. I highly enjoyed this disturbing novel. It is brutal, unexpected, and unputdownable.” —Katrina Bright- Yerges, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 12.04.19 PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Overstory 1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 Difference Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10 2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99 2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99 3. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99 3. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99 4. Little Fires Everywhere 4. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99 Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17 5. Born a Crime 5. A Gentleman in Moscow Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18 Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 6. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness 6. Nine Perfect Strangers and Risk Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15 Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99 7. On Desperate Ground 7. There There Hampton Sides, Anchor, $17 Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16 8. Upstream: Selected Essays 8. Before We Were Yours Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17 Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17 9. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing 9. Killing Commendatore Yourself Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17 Harvard Business School Press, $24.95 10. The Woman in the Window 10. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99 Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18 11. The Great Alone 11. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99 Toughness Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95 12. The Best American Short Stories 12. In Pieces 2019 Sally Field, Grand Central, $17.99 Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99 13. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir 13. Ghosted Sherman Alexie, Back Bay, $16.99 Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16 14. Leadership: In Turbulent Times 14. Every Breath Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18 Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15.99 ★ 15. Impeach: The Case Against Donald 15. The Handmaid’s Tale Trump Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95 Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman, Mariner, $14.99 Indies MASS MARKET Introduce Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99 1. Elevation Another Indie Favorite 2. The Reckoning John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99 NVK: A Novel, by Temple Drake (Other Press, 3. The Couple Next Door $15.99) “A weirdly wonderful tale of love, tragedy, lust, and a 4. Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99 new breed of vampire: the auto-created immortal creature. Set in 5. Tom Clancy Oath of Office Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99 modern-day Shanghai, NVK tells the story of a young businessman 6. Past Tense Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 who falls hard for an aloof foreign beauty. Their torrid affair ★ Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99 transforms into one of mystery as well as unasked and 7. The Lying Game unanswered questions as Drake draws the reader into a world of 8. Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99 secrets and death. Here is a different telling of the lone vampire 9. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans story that will appeal to readers who believe, perhaps, that the Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $9.99 undead do walk amongst us, seeking love and connection, and not 10. You Don’t Own Me Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, necessarily looking for their next meal.” —Helen Gregory, $8.99 Maria’s Bookshop, Durango, CO Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers Week of 12.04.19 Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. Guts 1. The Fountains of Silence Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99 Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99 2. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: 2. The Hate U Give Rowley Jefferson’s Journal Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99 3. Call Down the Hawk 3. Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic Press, $19.99 (Illus.), First Second, $12.99 4. Children of Blood and Bone 4. A Tale of Magic... Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99 Books for Young Readers, $18.99 5. Turtles All the Way Down 5. My Book With No Pictures John Green, Penguin, $14.99 B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99 6. Looking for Alaska 6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book John Green, Penguin, $12.99 Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99 7. One of Us Is Lying 7. White Bird: A Wonder Story R.J. Palacio, Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99 Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99 8. On the Come Up 8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 The Poetry of Mister Rogers Fred 9. The Book Thief Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99 Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 9. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 $14.99 10. Smile 10. Cursed Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 Thomas Wheeler, Frank Miller (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $24.99 11. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 11. American Royals Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young 12. The Complete Baking Book for Young Readers, $18.99 Chefs America’s Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks 12. Blood Heir Explore, $19.99 Amelie Wen Zhao, Delacorte Press, $18.99 13. Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers 13. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Anna James, Paola Escobar (Illus.), Philomel Books, Them All $16.99 Laura Ruby, Balzer + Bray, $17.99 14. The Midwinter Witch 14. The Iliad Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99 Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $16.99 15. Ghosts 15. The Fault in Our Stars Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 John Green, Penguin, $12.99 For Ages 9 to 12 For Teen Readers Shine!, by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein (Random Winterwood, by Shea Ernshaw (Simon Pulse, House Books for Young Readers, $16.99) “Growing up $18.99) “In this spine-tingling young adult novel, Nora Walker is can be tough, especially when your superstar mom died when you were the last in a long line of witches but has never found her magic. She young and you have to figure out how to shine at the private school lives a quiet life across the lake from a camp for wayward boys. With where your dad now teaches. You miss your old friends, especially when the arrival of each full moon (and only at the full moon), she ventures Ainsley seems to be turning everyone against you. Shine! by husband into the darkest, most dangerous part of the woods, where she finds and wife J.J.