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Indie Bestsellers Week of 04.29.20

HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION

1. The Glass Hotel 1. The Splendid and the Vile Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95 Erik Larson, Crown, $32 ★ 2. The Book of Longings 2. Untamed Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28 Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28 3. Where the Crawdads Sing 3. Hidden Valley Road Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the ★ 4. If It Bleeds Stephen King, Scribner, $30 Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99 5. Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95 5. What It’s Like to Be a Bird David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35 6. The Dutch House 6. Hell and Other Destinations Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99 7. The Mirror & the Light 7. Educated Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30 Tara Westover, Random House, $28 8. American Dirt 8. The Last Book on the Left Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99 Ben Kissel, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26 9. The Night Watchman 9. Nothing Fancy Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99 Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.50 10. Writers & Lovers 10. Front Row at the Trump Show Lily King, Grove Press, $27 Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $28 11. The City We Became 11. Talking to Strangers N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28 Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30 12. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat 12. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, Slaying Vampires $35 Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $22.99 13. More Myself 13. Valentine Alicia Keys, Flatiron Books, $29.99 Elizabeth Wetmore, Harper, $26.99 14. The Book of Delights ★ 14. Walk the Wire Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95 David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 ★ 15. Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The 15. Such a Fun Age Guide to Being Glorious You Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26 Jen Hatmaker, Thomas Nelson, $24.99 Indies Introduce Other Indie Favorites How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel, Three Hours in Paris: A Novel, by Cara Black by C Pam Zhang (Riverhead Books, $26) “In (Soho Crime, $27.95) “I couldn’t put down this well-written the most inventive and fresh language I’ve seen in a long time, and fast-paced thriller. This is the story of Kate Rees, an American C Pam Zhang’s How Much of These Hills Is Gold, set during the female spy, and her tragedies and triumphs during WWII. Cara American gold rush, tells the story of siblings Lucy and Sam as they wander the western expanse to give their father a proper creates a captivating story around Hitler’s three-hour visit to Paris, burial. Zhang transforms the mythology of the American West and to which he never returned again, and takes you on a wild ride reclaims it through the eyes of first-generation Asian-Americans, through the city that day. Each piece of the timeline is expertly tackling themes of race, immigration, and gender and creating a stitched together, and I found myself completely involved! Cara new narrative of a voice and people often left out of this pivotal Black, you have a new fan!” —Lisa Valentino, Ink Fish Indies historical period. Strange and surreal, this is a novel to read with Introduce Books, Warren, RI care and gratitude.” —Chris Alonso, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL

PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION

1. Little Fires Everywhere 1. Wow, No Thank You. Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17 Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95 2. The Overstory 2. Say Nothing Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95 3. Normal People 3. Braiding Sweetgrass Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 4. The Great Influenza 4. City of Girls John M. Barry, Penguin, $19 Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17 5. Born a Crime 5. Circe Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18 Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99 6. A Woman of No Importance 6. A Gentleman in Moscow Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18 Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 7. Sapiens 7. Disappearing Earth Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99 Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95 8. The Story of More 8. Station Eleven Hope Jahren, Vintage, $15 Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95 9. Midnight in Chernobyl 9. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Adam Higginbotham, S&S, $19 Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99 10. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99 10. The Plague Albert Camus, Vintage, $15 11. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness 11. Girl, Woman, Other Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95 Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17 12. White Fragility 12. Wolf Hall Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18 ★ 13. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, 13. Daisy Jones & The Six and Body in the Healing of Trauma Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17 Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19 14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 14. The Devil in the White City Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 Erik Larson, Vintage, $16 15. Before We Were Yours 15. Man’s Search for Meaning Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17 Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15

MASS MARKET

1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99 Another Indie Favorite 2. The Reckoning John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 The Unseen: A Novel, by Roy Jacobsen; Don 3. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99 Shaw and Don Bartlett (Transl.) (Biblioasis, $16.95) “Never has a novel so utterly simple left me with 4. The Flight Attendant Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99 such deep contemplation. I know Ingrid will linger in the back 5. Camino Island John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 of my mind for a long while, continuing to grow, discover, and 6. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 dig into her island with unique grit. Jacobsen has left me tossing 7. The Stand Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99 in a boat at sea, filled with the determination of the Barrøys 8. Long Road to Mercy David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99 to make their tiny Norwegian island more than is possible and, Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99 at the same time, torn by nagging questions of what else life 9. The Diary of a Young Girl might offer.” 10. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 —Carrie Koepke, Skylark Bookshop, Columbia, MO

Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT

1. The Miraculous Journey of Edward 1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Tulane Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), for Young Readers, $18.99 Candlewick, $6.99 2. One of Us Is Lying 2. The List of Things That Will Not Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99 Change 3. They Went Left Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $16.99 Monica Hesse, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99 3. Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99 4. One of Us Is Next Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99 4. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99 Katherine 5. Dragon Hoops 5. The One and Only Ivan Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99 Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 Markus Zusak, Knopf Books Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99 6. The Book Thief 6. Guts for Young Readers, $14.99 7. When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99 7. The Fountains of Silence Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99 ★ 8. Echo Mountain Lauren Wolk, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99 8. The Outsiders S.E. Hinton, Speak, $10 E.B. White, Harper, $8.99 9. Charlotte’s Web 9. Chain of Gold 10. Pax Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, + Bray, $8.99 $24.99 11. Hatchet 10. Dancing at the Pity Party Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Tyler Feder, Dial Books, $18.99 Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99 11. The Giver 12. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99 Blocks 12. American Royals Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99 Readers, $18.99 13. The Tale of Despereaux 13. Lovely War Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Julie Berry, Penguin, $11.99 Candlewick, $7.99 14. The Hate U Give 14. Raymie Nightingale Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99 15. Five Feet Apart 15. The Phantom Tollbooth Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99 Young Readers, $18.99

For Ages 9 to 12 For Teen Readers The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, by Kate Ruthless Gods, by Emily A. Duncan (Wednesday O’Shaughnessy (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Books, $18.99) “Wicked Saints was a tour de force, and Ruthless “The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy Gods takes up its mantle with no trace of second book syndrome or $16.99) lagging energy. Emily Duncan’s carefully crafted sequel takes both familiar is a sweet, tender story for those of us who have not yet found our favorite characters and new faces from the Tranavian court to thrilling voice and those of us who have lost it. Eleven-year-old Maybelle new locales—to mines and monasteries, into Kalyazi forests, and far Lane is looking for her perfect happy ending, but oftentimes the one away to the holy seat of the gods. This brilliant, brutal fever dream you are looking for and the one you find are completely different, peopled with gods and eldritch things, limned with magic and horror, will leave readers breathless for the trilogy’s third installment.” and that’s okay.” —Anna —Jenny Siegel, Anderson’s Book Bright, One More Page Books, Arlington, VA Shop, Larchmont, NY

Children’sCHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S SERIES

1. A Book for Escargot 1. Harry Potter Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illus.), Farrar, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books Straus and Giroux, $16.99 2. Wings of Fire 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 3. Dog Man (hardcover) 3. Dragons Love Tacos Dav Pilkey, Graphix Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar 4. Magic Tree House Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99 Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 5. The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson, Puffin, $7.99 6. Where the Wild Things Are 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95 Jeff Kinney, Amulet 7. Little Blue Truck 6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books Mo Willems, Hyperion for Young Readers, $7.99 7. Mercy Watson 8. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99 8. The Bad Guys 9. Pat the Bunny Aaron Blabey, Scholastic Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99 10. Barnyard Dance! 9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95 Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop 11. In a Jar Deborah Marcero, G.P. Putnam’s Sons 10. The Last Kids on Earth Books for Young Readers, $17.99 Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers 12. The Undefeated Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99 13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99 14. The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99 All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. 15. How to Be a Pirate Isaac Fitzgerald, Brigette Barrager (Illus.), Bloomsbury Children's Books, $17.99

For Ages 4 to 8 Little Monster Trucks GO!, by Doug Cenko (blue manatee press, $17.99) “Little Monster Trucks GO! teaches even the youngest of readers the importance of teamwork. Little people can do big things, especially if they work together, and each of the book’s little trucks has special skills. This book is a bright, colorful, fun race where everyone is a winner.” —Sally Sue Lavigne, The Storybook Shoppe, Bluffton, SC

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. The Glass Hotel 1. Little Fires Everywhere Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95 Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17 ★ 2. The Book of Longings 2. The Overstory Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28 Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 3. Where the Crawdads Sing 3. Normal People Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17 ★ 4. If It Bleeds 4. City of Girls Stephen King, Scribner, $30 Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17 5. Redhead by the Side of the Road 5. Circe Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95 Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99 6. The Dutch House 6. A Gentleman in Moscow Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 7. The Mirror & the Light Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30 7. Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95 8. American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99 8. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95 9. The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99 9. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99 10. Writers & Lovers Lily King, Grove Press, $27 10. The Plague Albert Camus, Vintage, $15 11. The City We Became N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28 11. Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17 12. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires 12. Wolf Hall Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $22.99 Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18 13. Valentine 13. Daisy Jones & The Six Elizabeth Wetmore, Harper, $26.99 Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17 ★ 14. Walk the Wire 14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 15. Such a Fun Age 15. Before We Were Yours Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26 Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17 Indies Introduce

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. The Splendid and the Vile 1. Wow, No Thank You. Erik Larson, Crown, $32 Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95 2. Untamed 2. Say Nothing Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28 Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95 3. Hidden Valley Road 3. Braiding Sweetgrass Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the 4. The Great Influenza Horse John M. Barry, Penguin, $19 Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99 5. Born a Crime 5. What It’s Like to Be a Bird Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18 David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35 6. A Woman of No Importance 6. Hell and Other Destinations Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18 Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99 7. Sapiens 7. Educated Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99 Tara Westover, Random House, $28 8. The Story of More 8. The Last Book on the Left Hope Jahren, Vintage, $15 Ben Kissel, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26 9. Midnight in Chernobyl 9. Nothing Fancy Adam Higginbotham, S&S, $19 Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.50 10. The Library Book 10. Front Row at the Trump Show Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99 Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $28 11. Talking to Strangers 11. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30 Toughness Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95 12. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, 12. White Fragility $35 Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 13. More Myself ★ 13. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Alicia Keys, Flatiron Books, $29.99 and Body in the Healing of Trauma 14. The Book of Delights Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19 Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95 14. The Devil in the White City ★ 15. Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Erik Larson, Vintage, $16 Guide to Being Glorious You 15. Man’s Search for Meaning Jen Hatmaker, Thomas Nelson, $24.99 Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15

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