The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by
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from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association.
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
2. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
4. The Hellfire Club
Jake Tapper, Little Brown, $27, 9780316472319
5. The Female Persuasion
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $28, 9781594488405
6. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522
7. An American Marriage
Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95, 9781616208776
8. The House of Broken Angels
Luis Alberto Urrea, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154888
9. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9780312577230
10. Twisted Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29, 9780735217355
11. Motherhood
Sheila Heti, Holt, $27, 9781627790772
12. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Lee Boudreaux Books, $26, 9780316316125
13. The Fallen
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538761397
14. Adjustment Day
Chuck Palahniuk, Norton, $26.95, 9780393652598
15. Varina
Charles Frazier, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062405982
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper, $27.99, 9780062319784
2. A Higher Loyalty
James Comey, Flatiron, $29.99, 9781250192455
3. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
4. Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $27.99, 9780062802187
5. War on Peace
Ronan Farrow, Norton, $27.95, 9780393652109
6. The Art of the Wasted Day
Patricia Hampl, Viking, $26, 9780525429647
7. Magnolia Table
Joanna Gaines, Marah Stets, Morrow, $29.99, 9780062820150
8. Measure What Matters
John E. Doerr, Portfolio, $27, 9780525536222
9. Natural Causes
Barbara Ehrenreich, Twelve, $27, 9781455535910
10. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
ClemantineWamariya, Elizabeth Weil, Crown, $26, 9780451495327
11. Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
Carl Hiaasen, Roz Chast (Illus.), Knopf, $15.95, 9780525655015
12. The Recovering
Leslie Jamison, Little Brown, $30, 9780316259613
13. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
14. God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520108
15. I've Been Thinking...
Maria Shriver, Pamela Dorman Books, $20, 9780525522607
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
2. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525434818
3. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
4. Glass Houses
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $16.99, 9781250066299
5. The Leavers
Lisa Ko, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616208042
6. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538
7. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $17, 9780812985405
8. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182
9. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See, Scribner, $16.99, 9781501154836
10. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
11. The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062563675
12. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400
13. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
14. In the Distance
HernaanDaiaz, Coffee House Press, $16.95, 9781566894883
15. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
2. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
3. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550
4. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062413512
5. The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron, $12.99, 9781250189998
6. Being Mortal
AtulGawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229
7. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
ChimamandaNgoziAdichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9780525434801
8. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador USA, $18, 9781250141224
9. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780380773381
10. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
11. A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking, Bantam, $18, 9780553380163
12. The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20, 9781101912379
13. Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $12.95, 9781591930402
14. Heart Talk
Cleo Wade, Atria, $17.99, 9781501177347
15. The Last Castle
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $17, 9781476794051
MASS MARKET
1. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.99, 9780804190145
2. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
3. The Midnight Line
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593505
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
7. The Whispering Room
Dean Koontz, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345546821
8. Golden Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101988848
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Jill Twiss, EG Keller, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452173801
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
4. Goodnight Loon
Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $9.95, 9780816697038
5. Dear Girl,
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Holly Hatam (Illus.), Paris Rosenthal, Harper, $17.99, 9780062422507
6. Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780525428886
7. Things That Go!
Amy Pixton, Stephan Lomp (Illus.), Workman, $5.95, 9780761193623
8. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
9. Sometimes You Fly
Katherine Applegate, Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Illus.), Clarion, $17.99, 9780547633909
10. Love
Matt de la Peña, Loren Long (Illus.), Putnam, $17.99, 9781524740917
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Farrar Straus Giroux, $8.99, 9781250153272
2. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
4. Be Prepared
Vera Brosgol, First Second, $12.99, 9781626724457
5. Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $7.99, 9780385370226
6. Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142426425
7. Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316262286
8. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray, $10.99, 9780062792167
9. Positively Izzy
Terri Libenson, Terri Libenson (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $10.99, 9780062484963
10. Wish
Barbara O'Connor, Square Fish, $7.99, 9781250144058
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury, $17.99, 9781681196312
2. The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, Book Three)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484746431
3. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, Book Two)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484746424
4. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (Elephant and Piggie Book)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $16.99, 9781484799673
5. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316382045
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419725456
7. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
8. Dog Man and Cat Kid
DavPilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180
9. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423178286
10. The Alcatraz Escape (Book Scavenger, #3)
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Sarah Watts (Illus.), Henry Holt & Company (BYR), $16.99, 9781627799638