The Indie Bestsellers List

Published Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 15, 2024). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.

 

Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune (9781250881205)
#2-Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout (9780593446096)
#6-Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty (9780593798607)
#13-The House in the Cerulean Sea (Special Edition), by TJ Klune (9781250357243)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari (9780593734223)
#10-Who Could Ever Love You, by Mary L. Trump, PhD (9781250278470)
#15-Confronting the Presidents, by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard (9781250346414)
Paperback Fiction
#8-The Best Short Stories 2024, by Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.) (9780593470619)
Paperback Nonfiction
#8-Doppelganger, by Naomi Klein (9781250338143)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#1-Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.) (9780593809860)
#3-The Leadership Journey, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Amy June Bates (Illus.) (9781665925723)
#10-A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, by Jasmine Warga (9780062956705)
#13-The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night, by Steven Banbury (9780316572996)
Children’s Illustrated
#10-The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween, by Eric Carle (9780593751084)
#11-The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals, by Deborah Underwood, LeUyen Pham (Illus.) (9780358567134)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Somewhere Beyond the Sea- Debut
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
2. Tell Me Everything- Debut
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
3. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
5. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
6. Here One Moment- Debut
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30, 9780593798607
7. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
8. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
9. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
10. By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593497210
11. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
12. Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723760
13. The House in the Cerulean Sea (Special Edition)- Debut
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250357243
14. Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385547994
15. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI- Debut
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
3. Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35, 9780593729908
4. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
9. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30, 9780593299920
10. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir- Debut
Mary L. Trump, PhD, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250278470
11. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
12. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27, 9780385549936
13. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
Daniel J. Levitin, W. W. Norton & Company, $32.50, 9781324036180
14. The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
15. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden- Debut
Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin’s Press, $35, 9781250346414

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
3. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
4. The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
6. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
7. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943
8. The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners- Debut
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593470619
9. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
10. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
11. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
12. Daydream
Hannah Grace, Atria, $19.99, 9781668026250
13. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
14. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
15. The Pairing
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250862747
On the Rise:
17. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $19, 9780525558989

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
3. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
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. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World- Debut
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
9. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
10. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553
13. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
15. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
6. Invisible Girl
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668033593
7. The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
8. Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Impossible Creatures- Debut
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
3. The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President- Debut
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Amy June Bates (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665925723
4. Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545
5. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
6. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
7. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel
Christopher Lincoln, Dial Books, $13.99, 9780593617663
8. Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622
9. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
10. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall- Debut
Jasmine Warga, Harper, $19.99, 9780062956705
11. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
12. The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
13. The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night- Debut
Steven Banbury, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316572996
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. Unico: Awakening (Volume 1): An Original Manga
Tezuka Osamu, Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339036335

YOUNG ADULT

1. Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381
2. Compound Fracture
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. Celestial Monsters
Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250822086
5. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
6. Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
7. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780142407332
8. The Grandest Game
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014
9. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
10. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
11. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
12. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
13. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
14. Such Charming Liars
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593485057
15. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Bluey’s Halloween Mix-and-Match
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593752838
5. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
6. Room on the Broom (Special Edition)
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926
7. 5 More Sleeps ’til Halloween
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250857798
8. How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween- Debut
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593751084
11. The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals- Debut
Deborah Underwood, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780358567134
12. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
13. Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden
Christy Mandin, Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781339023274
14. The Dictionary Story
Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536235500
15. Dragon’s First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178

CHILDREN’S SERIES

1. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
7. Who Was/Is…? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
10. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic