Indie Bestsellers Week of 01.01.20 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing 1. Talking to Strangers Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30 2. The Dutch House 2. The Body Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30 3. The Testaments 3. Educated Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 Tara Westover, Random House, $28 4. The Water Dancer 4. Becoming Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28 Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50 5. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 5. Catch and Kill Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26 Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30 6. The Starless Sea 6. Me Elton John, Holt, $30 Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95 7. A Warning 7. Olive, Again Anonymous, Twelve, $30 Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 8. Blowout 8. The Guardians Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30 John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 9. Say Nothing 9. Nothing to See Here Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95 Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99 10. How To 10. The Institute Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28 Stephen King, Scribner, $30 11. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat 11. The Nickel Boys Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95 $35 12. Blue Moon 12. Acid for the Children Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99 Flea, Grand Central, $30 13. Agent Running in the Field 13. The Yellow House John le Carré, Viking, $29 Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26 14. The Giver of Stars 14. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28 John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95 15. Circe 15. The Book of Gutsy Women Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27 Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, S&S, $35 Indies Introduce Other Indie Favorites The German House: A Novel, by Annette The Second Sleep: A Novel, by Robert Harris Hess, Elisabeth Lauffer (Trans.) (HarperVia, (Knopf, $26.95) “The year: 1468. The place: a remote English $26.99) “The German House captured my imagination. The village. Christopher Fairfax, a young cleric, has come to bury a priest author expertly unfolds the story of Eva Bruhns, a translator for whose interest in old, heretical artifacts may have led to his death. the 1963 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, with such believability that Robert Harris, master of the historical novel, has written a corker—I the reader feels complicit in the denial of the past. As she hears won’t say anything to spoil the twist!” —Susan Taylor, Book testimonies, Eva discovers that anyone can be guilty of some horrific role in the war, however unaware they were of inhumane House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY acts, or however prey to propaganda. The reader’s nausea will build as Eva gets closer to the truth. This historical novel seethes with life and feels authentic at every turn.” —Diane McGuire, Valley Bookseller, Stillwater, MN Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 01.01.20 PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Overstory 1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95 Difference 2. Little Fires Everywhere Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10 Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17 2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99 3. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99 3. The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95 4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99 4. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17 5. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17 5. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99 6. There There 6. Born a Crime Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16 Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18 7. The Woman in the Window 7. The Library Book A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99 Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99 8. Nine Perfect Strangers 8. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99 Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18 9. Before We Were Yours 9. Braiding Sweetgrass Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 10. The Best American Short Stories 10. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness 2019 and Risk Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15 $15.99 11. The Mueller Report Illustrated: The 11. Killing Commendatore Obstruction Investigation The Washington Post, Jan Feindt (Illus.), Scribner, $20 Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17 12. How to Change Your Mind 12. The Great Alone Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18 Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99 13. The Order of Time 13. Girl, Woman, Other Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $15 Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17 14. Upstream: Selected Essays 14. The Handmaid’s Tale Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17 Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95 15. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental 15. Ghosted Toughness Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16 Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95 Indies MASS MARKET Introduce 1. Elevation Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite 2. The Reckoning John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 The Water Cure: A Novel, by Sophie 3. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99 Mackintosh (Anchor, $16) “Here’s what they know: 4. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99 men hurt women, even if they don’t mean to. And the island is Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99 the only safe place in a world corrupted by pollution—at least 5. The Couple Next Door that’s what they’ve been told. So, sisters Grace, Lia, and Sky 6. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, occupy themselves with the painful rituals their parents have Penguin, $9.99 devised, exercises that will make them stronger and immune to 7. The First Lady James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99 love’s sickness. Every day is the same until their father disappears 8. Tom Clancy Oath of Office Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99 and three strange men appear in his place. Violence is inevitable, 9. The 13-Minute Murder James Patterson, Vision, $9.99 but who will be the perpetrator? The Water Cure luxuriates in an 10. Past Tense Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 atmosphere of haunting, Atwoodian strangeness.” —Lauren Peugh, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Indie Bestsellers Week of 01.01.20 Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. Guts 1. The Hate U Give Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99 Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 2. Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham 2. The Fountains of Silence (Illus.), First Second, $12.99 Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99 3. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 3. On the Come Up 4. Little Women Louisa May Alcott, Puffin, $8.99 Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 5. A Tale of Magic... Chris Colfer, Little, Brown 4. One of Us Is Lying Books for Young Readers, $18.99 Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99 6. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: 5. Call Down the Hawk Rowley Jefferson’s Journal Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic Press, $19.99 Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99 6. Turtles All the Way Down 7. Drama John Green, Penguin, $14.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 7. Salt to the Sea 8. My Book with No Pictures Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $10.99 B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99 8. Looking for Alaska 9. Sisters John Green, Penguin, $12.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 9. The Book Thief 10. White Bird: A Wonder Story Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99 $14.99 11. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten 10. Frankly in Love Blocks David Yoon, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Readers, $18.99 Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99 11. American Royals 12. Allies Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99 Readers, $18.99 13. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: 12. The Little Prince The Poetry of Mister Rogers Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99 Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99 13. The Iliad Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $16.99 14. Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 14. The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99 15. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 15. Wilder Girls Kwame Mbalia, Rick Riordan Presents, $17.99 Rory Power, Delacorte Press, $18.99 Indies Introduce For Ages 9 to 12 For Teen Readers The Fowl Twins, by Eoin Colfer (Disney- Where the World Ends, by Geraldine McCaughrean Hyperion, $18.99) “Eoin Colfer’s spinoff to his wildly popular (Flatiron Books, $18.99) “This is a book about stories as Artemis Fowl series will grab readers and make them sit up straight much as it is about survival. Eight boys find themselves trapped on a and pay attention. The writing is both witty and informative, the plot sea stack four miles from home when their return boat fails to come never slows down, and the characters—both good and bad—are for them. As the boys struggle to survive, narrator Quill begins to tell the boys stories in order to get them through the long months. at the top of their games. Fans of the exploits of the Fowl family An amazing story itself, Where the World Ends is chilling and beautiful. will most assuredly gobble this up and beg for more.” —Tanya I was captivated to the last page.” —Katherine Nazzaro, Parker Mills, The Book Bungalow, St. George, UT Trident Booksellers & Café, Boston, MA Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.