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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

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

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. and Chris Grabenstein is a charming novel about the highs lost things. This time, the lost thing she finds is a boy. Very atmospheric and lows of growing up and what it takes to truly shine!” —Marilyn and full of surprises.” —Lisa Wright, Oblong Books and Robbins, BookBar, Denver, CO Music, Millerton, NY

Children’sCHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S SERIES

1. The Crayons’ Christmas 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Jeff Kinney, Amulet Workshop, $19.99 2. Dog Man (hardcover) 2. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Dav Pilkey, Graphix Changed Christmas Forever 3. Harry Potter Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99 J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99 4. Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 4. The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99 5. Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop 5. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion 6. The Dinky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99 7. The Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for 7. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99 Young Readers 8. The Shortest Day Susan Cooper, Carson 8. The Questioneers Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99 Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams 9. I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture 9. Magic Tree House Riddles Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illus.), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random Cartwheel Books, $14.99 House 10. Dinosnores Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95 10. Arc of a Scythe Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young 11. Frozen 2 Little Golden Book Golden Books/Disney, $4.99 Readers 12. The Snowy Nap Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99 13. Sisters First Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Ramona Kaulitzki (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99 ★ 14. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $9.99 15. The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99

For Ages 4 to 8 For Ages 4 to 8 Wild Honey From the Moon, by Kenneth Kraegel (Candlewick, $17.99) “What would a mother do for her child? In this poignant and adventurous tale, Mother Shrew goes beyond the ends of the earth—to the moon—to fetch some wild honey for her son, who is sick at home. With cozy illustrations and just enough suspense for little listeners, this story will enchant children and their parents alike.” —Heather Hebert, Children’s Book World, Haverford, PA

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. The Starless Sea 1. The Overstory Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95 Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 2. The Dutch House 2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99 3. Where the Crawdads Sing 3. Unsheltered Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99 4. Little Fires Everywhere 4. Olive, Again Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17 Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 5. A Gentleman in Moscow 5. The Testaments Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 6. Nine Perfect Strangers 6. The Water Dancer Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99 Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28 7. There There 7. The Guardians Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16 John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 8. Before We Were Yours 8. Blue Moon Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17 Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99 9. Killing Commendatore 9. Agent Running in the Field Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17 John le Carré, Viking, $29 10. The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99 10. Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99 11. The Great Alone Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99 11. The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28 12. The Best American Short Stories 2019 12. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26 $15.99 13. The Topeka School 13. Ghosted Ben Lerner, FSG, $27 Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16 14. A Minute to Midnight 14. Every Breath David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15.99 ★ 15. Under Occupation 15. The Handmaid’s Tale Alan Furst, Random House, $27 Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95

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HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. A Warning 1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Anonymous, Twelve, $30 Difference Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10 2. Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30 2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99 3. The Body 3. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30 4. The Library Book 4. Catch and Kill Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99 Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30 5. Born a Crime 5. Me Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18 Elton John, Holt, $30 6. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15 6. Finding Chika and Risk Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99 7. On Desperate Ground Hampton Sides, Anchor, $17 7. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 8. Upstream: Selected Essays Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17 8. Blowout 9. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30 Yourself 9. How To Harvard Business School Press, $24.95 Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28 10. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18 10. Acid for the Children: A Memoir Flea, Grand Central, $30 11. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness 11. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95 Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28 12. In Pieces ★ 12. The Yellow House: A Memoir Sally Field, Grand Central, $17.99 Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26 13. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A 13. Strange Planet Memoir Sherman Alexie, Back Bay, $16.99 Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $14.99 14. Leadership: In Turbulent Times 14. Letters From an Astrophysicist Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18 Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton, $19.95 ★ 15. Impeach: The Case Against Donald 15. The Beautiful Ones Trump Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30 Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman, Mariner, $14.99

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