The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 3, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 28, 2021). 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
#14-Send for Me, by Lauren Fox (9781101947807)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-Hood Feminism, by Mikki Kendall (9780525560562)
#5-Nomadland, by Jessica Bruder (9780393356311)
#8-We Do This ’til We Free Us, by Mariame Kaba (9781642595253)
#13-All About Love, by bell hooks (9780060959470)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#11-Living the Confidence Code, by Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, JillEllyn Riley (9780062954114)
Children’s Series
New: Off the Hook (InvestiGators) by John Patrick Green (9781250220004)
New: The Desolations of Devil’s Acre (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) by Ransom Riggs (9780735231535)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99, 9781250178602
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
3. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
4. Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
6. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
7. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593296677
8. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28, 9781681196282
9. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837
10. No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood, Riverhead Books, $25, 9780593189580
11. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
12. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
13. My Year Abroad
Chang-rae Lee, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634574
14. Send for Me- Debut
Lauren Fox, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947807
15. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133
3. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
4. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28, 9780525509561
5. Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.), One World, $32, 9780593134047
6. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
7. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
8. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
9. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
10. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28, 9781984878106
11. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23, 9780593318485
12. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
13. Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $28, 9780399588587
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
15. Just as I Am
Cicely Tyson, Harper, $28.99, 9780062931061
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730
4. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
5. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
6. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148544
7. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
8. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
9. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
10. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
11. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
12. A Children’s Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381
13. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
14. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
15. Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99, 9781250787972
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor Books, $17, 9780804172721
3. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot- Debut
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
4. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century- Debut
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
6. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
7. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
8. We Do This ’til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice- Debut
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
9. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
10. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
11. My Grandmother’s Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
12. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552
13. All About Love- Debut
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
14. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
15. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
MASS MARKET
1. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
2. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
5. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
6. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
7. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
8. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788
9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
10. Bridgerton: It’s in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
2. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
3. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
4. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
5. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
7. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
8. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
9. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
10. Katie the Catsitter
Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984895639
11. Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls. Real Stories. Real Confidence.- Debut
Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, JillEllyn Riley, Harper, $14.99, 9780062954114
12. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
13. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763687649
14. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
15. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
YOUNG ADULT
1. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
2. The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984848697
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
5. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
6. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
8. Game Changer
Neal Shusterman, Quill Tree Books, $17.99, 9780061998676
9. The Electric Kingdom
David Arnold, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593202227
10. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
11. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
12. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
13. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
14. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
15. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250618979
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons (BYR), $18.99, 9780399549083
3. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (BYR), $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Ambitious Girl
Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316229692
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
9. If You Come to Earth
Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797
10. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (BYR), $7.99, 9780399230035
15. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
5. Who Was/Is…? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, et al., Penguin Workshop
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
New in Series: Off the Hook (9781250220004)
10. Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children (hardcover and paperback)
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
New in Series: The Desolations of Devil’s Acre (9780735231535)
