Indie Bestsellers Week of 02.10.16 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. All the Light We Cannot See 1. When Breath Becomes Air Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 2. My Name Is Lucy Barton 2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26 Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99 3. The Girl on the Train 3. Between the World and Me Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95 Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 4. The Nightingale 4. The Road to Little Dribbling Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95 5. The Swans of Fifth Avenue Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $28 5. Spark Joy Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.99 6. Fates and Furies Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.95 6. Dark Money Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.95 7. Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 7. Gratitude Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17 8. All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $25.99 8. Being Mortal ★ 9. The Queen of the Night Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 Alexander Chee, Houghton Mifflin, $28 ★ 9. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move 10. Felicity the World Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95 Adam Grant, Viking, $27 11. Dictator 10. H Is for Hawk Robert Harris, Knopf, $26.95 Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26 ★ 12. The High Mountains of Portugal 11. The Name of God Is Mercy Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $27 Pope Francis, Random House, $26 13. The Guest Room Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95 12. Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95 ★ 14. Opening Belle Maureen Sherry, S&S, $25 13. Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $24.95 15. The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende, Atria, $28 14. Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99 16. NYPD Red 4 James Patterson, Marshall Karp, Little Brown, 15. M Train $28 Patti Smith, Knopf, $25 Other Indie Favorites Be Frank With Me: A Novel, by Julia Claiborne The Flood Girls: A Novel, by Richard Fifield Johnson (William Morrow, $25.99) “When reclusive (Gallery Books, $26) “Rachel Flood moves back home to a novelist Mimi Banning loses her fortune and must quickly write rural anywhere town: Quinn, Montana. In Quinn, dirty bars breed a second novel, her publisher sends a young publicist to oversee dirty people, and Rachel struggles to find kindness in a place that her efforts and make sure their huge investment is secure. Alice kindness seems to have abandoned. These are the ’90s, and these Whitley arrives and is put to work as a caregiver to Mimi’s eccentric are the women—crude and unapologetic—who carry Fifield’s debut nine-year-old son, Frank. Frank is a diamond in the rough, and as Alice gets to know him and the mysterious characters in his life, to its shocking, though perhaps necessary, end with the harsh winds she becomes all-consumed with discovering his paternity. Be Frank that slam across Montana’s eastern prairie. Booze, softball, western With Me is captivating, irresistible, moving, heartbreaking, and utterly wildlife, bar fights—and the clothes! The music!” — Lauren unputdownable.” —Bess Bleyaert, McLean & Eakin Korn, Fact & Fiction, Missoula, MT Booksellers, Petoskey, MI Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut = On the Rise Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 02.10.16 PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION 1. My Brilliant Friend 1. The Big Short Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17 Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95 2. A Little Life 2. The Boys in the Boat Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17 Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 3. The Revenant 3. Missoula Michael Punke, Picador USA, $16 Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $16.95 4. The Buried Giant 4. You Are a Badass Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16 Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 5. Brooklyn 5. Yes Please Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15 Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $16.99 6. The Martian 6. The Mindfulness Coloring Book Andy Weir, Broadway, $15 Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95 7. Me Before You 7. Lost Ocean Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 Johanna Basford, Penguin, $16.95 8. Euphoria 8. 13 Hours Lily King, Grove Press, $16 Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $16.99 9. A Man Called Ove 9. Alexander Hamilton Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20 10. God Help the Child 10. The Happiness Project (Revised Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95 Edition) 11. Descent Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $15.99 Tim Johnston, Algonquin, $15.95 11. In the Heart of the Sea 12. The Story of a New Name Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $17 Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18 12. #Girlboss 13. A God in Ruins Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $16 Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $17.99 13. We Should All Be Feminists 14. The Good Girl Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95 Mary Kubica, Mira, $14.95 14. David and Goliath 15. Those Who Leave and Those Who Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18 Stay 15. How to Love Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18 Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95 MASS MARKET Andy Weir, Broadway, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite 1. The Martian The Unfinished World: And Other Stories, by 2. Gray Mountain John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 Amber Sparks (Liveright, $16.95) “The beautiful 3. The Choice Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99 stories in Sparks’ debut collection have an ephemeral quality that 4. Invisible James Patterson, David Ellis, Vision, $9.99 is difficult to categorize. Comparisons can be made to Haruki ★ 5. 11/22/1963 Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99 Murakami or George Saunders, but the writing is honestly unlike James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Vision, $9.99 anything I have ever read. The otherworldliness of these stories 6. Private Vegas will transport you beyond the minutiae of your everyday life Danielle Steel, Dell, $7.99 7. Prodigal Son and alter the way you look at the world.” —Shawn Donley, Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $9.99 ★ 8. 13 Hours Powell’s Books, Portland, OR 9. The Escape David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99 10. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9 Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers Week of 02.10.16 Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT ★ 1. Pax ★ 1. Salt to the Sea Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Ruta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.99 Bray, $16.99 2. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: 2. Harry Potter Coloring Book The Sword of Summer Scholastic, $15.99 Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99 3. Harry Potter Magical Creatures ★ 3. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Coloring Book Scholastic, $15.99 Paige McKenzie, Weinstein Books, $9.99 4. Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics 4. The Siren Chris Grabenstein, Random House, $16.99 Kiera Cass, HarperTeen, $18.99 5. Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99 5. Looking for Alaska (Special 10th 6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Anniversary Edition) Dictionary John Green, Dutton, $19.99 Pablo Hidalgo, DK Publishing, $19.99 6. Anna and the Swallow Man 7. Sisters Gavriel Savit, Knopf, $17.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 7. Paper Towns 8. Smile John Green, Penguin, $10.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 8. The Book Thief 9. The One and Only Ivan Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99 Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), 9. Nimona Harper, $7.99 Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $12.99 10. Wonder 10. Red Queen R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99 Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $17.99 11. Star Wars: 5-Minute Star Wars 11. The Giver Stories Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99 Disney Lucasfilm Press, $12.99 12. I’ll Give You the Sun 12. The Thing About Jellyfish Jandy Nelson, Speak, $10.99 Ali Benjamin, Little Brown, $17 13. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- 13. Auggie & Me Time Indian R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99 Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, 14. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s $15.99 Library ★ 14. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Chris Grabenstein, Yearling, $6.99 Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young 15. The Story of Diva and Flea Readers, $10.99 Mo Willems, Tony DiTerlizzi (Illus.), Disney/ 15. An Abundance of Katherines Hyperion, $14.99 John Green, Speak, $9.99 Indies Introduce For Ages 9 to 12 For Teen Readers To Catch a Cheat: A Jackson Greene Novel, Underwater, by Marisa Reichardt (FSG Books by Varian Johnson (Arthur A. Levine Books, for Young Readers, $17.99) “Debut author Reichardt $16.99) “Jackson Greene is back, reluctantly coming out of offers a novel about the psychological aftermath of a school retirement again, because he and his crew have been framed shooting that will change your perspective on the issue forever. for pulling a prank. The objective of this long con? To figure out Morgan has become agoraphobic after surviving a shooting at her who is framing them and then get them to turn themselves in. school the year before, but a new neighbor helps her to slowly The result? Another winner of a book from Johnson, this one re-enter the world. Thoughtfully handled and thought-provoking, filled with revenge, action, and just a little bit of romance.” Underwater is a reminder that violence touches us all, but that —Melissa Fox, Watermark Books & Café, Indies there is always room for hope.” —Erin Barker, Hooray Wichita, KS Introduce for Books!, Alexandria, VA Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers Week of 02.10.16 Children’sCHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. Love From the Very Hungry 1. Magic Tree House Caterpillar Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.99 House 2.