The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, August 16, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 13, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride (9780593422946)
#14-None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell (9781982179007)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton (9780062968791)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store- Debut
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
6. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
9. Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150
10. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
11. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
13. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
14. None of This Is True- Debut
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28, 9781982179007
15. Somebody’s Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29, 9780593317891
On the Rise:
18. Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
4. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
5. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
8. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32, 9780744080049
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
10. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
11. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
12. Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children’s Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14, 9780593580400
13. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
Susan Casey, Doubleday, $32, 9780385545570
14. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30, 9780735225268
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
7. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
8. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
9. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
10. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
11. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
12. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
13. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
14. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
15. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
8. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
9. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
10. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18, 9780593136355
11. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
12. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
13. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir- Debut
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
15. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
On the Rise:
19. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul Newman, Vintage, $18, 9780593467718
MASS MARKET
1. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
5. The Judge’s List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
10. Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
3. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
4. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
5. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
7. Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
8. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
9. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
10. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
11. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
12. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
13. Misfit Mansion
Kay Davault, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665903073
14. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
15. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
YOUNG ADULT
1. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
2. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
3. Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
4. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
5. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
6. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
7. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
8. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
9. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
10. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
11. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
12. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250800800
13. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
15. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. The Crayons Go Back to School
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621110
5. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. Bluey: Barky Boats
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469
8. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
9. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
11. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
12. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
13. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
14. Where’s Bluey?: A Search-and-Find Book
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593385692
15. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
3. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
6. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
7. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
8. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
9. One of Us Is Lying (hardcover and paperback)
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press
10. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
