The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 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
#4-The Consequences of Fear, by Jacqueline Winspear (9780062868022)
#14-Eternal, by Lisa Scottoline (9780525539766)
Paperback Fiction
#6-The Book of Longings, by Sue Monk Kidd (9780143111399)
#11-The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich (9780062671196)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#14-Doggo and Pupper, by Katherine Applegate, Charlie Alder (Illus.) (9781250620972)
Children’s Illustrated
#2-Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn, by Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.) (9781419750915)
#3-Jungle Night, by Sandra Boynton (9781523513604
#6-What the Road Said, by Cleo Wade, Lucie de Moyencourt (Illus.) (9781250269492)
#12-Someone Builds the Dream, by Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long (Illus.) (9781984814333)
#13-The Tree in Me, by Corinna Luyken (9780593112595)
Children’s Series
New: Dog Man: Mothering Heights, by Dav Pilkey (9781338680454)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
3. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99, 9781250178602
4. The Consequences of Fear- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022
5. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
6. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
7. Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
8. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27, 9780802157065
9. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
10. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665
11. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
12. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837
13. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593296677
14. Eternal- Debut
Lisa Scottoline, Putnam, $28, 9780525539766
15. Win
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29, 9781538748213
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
3. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
4. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593189696
5. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28, 9780525509561
6. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
7. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
8. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133
9. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28, 9781984878106
10. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
11. Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.), One World, $32, 9780593134047
12. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
13. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
14. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
15. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
4. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
5. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491
6. The Book of Longings- Debut
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17, 9780143111399
7. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730
8. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17, 9780802124944
11. The Night Watchman- Debut
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
13. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
14. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
15. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
3. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
5. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
6. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
7. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
8. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
9. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
10. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
11. We Do This ’til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
12. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
13. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
14. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
15. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
4. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
5. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
6. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
10. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
2. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
3. Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body
Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz, Jack Teagle (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780358306634
4. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
5. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
6. Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Michelle Obama, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593303740
7. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
8. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic, $17.99, 9781338245752
9. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
10. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
12. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
13. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
14. Doggo and Pupper- Debut
Katherine Applegate, Charlie Alder (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $9.99, 9781250620972
15. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
YOUNG ADULT
1. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250766564
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
6. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
7. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
8. Yolk
Mary H.K. Choi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534446007
9. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
10. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250618979
11. The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984848697
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
13. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
14. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
15. Game Changer
Neal Shusterman, Quill Tree Books, $17.99, 9780061998676
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
2. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn- Debut
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781419750915
3. Jungle Night- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. What the Road Said- Debut
Cleo Wade, Lucie de Moyencourt (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250269492
7. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090
8. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
9. Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
12. Someone Builds the Dream- Debut
Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9781984814333
13. The Tree in Me- Debut
Corinna Luyken, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593112595
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
15. Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399549083
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
New in Series: Mothering Heights (9781338680454)
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
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. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. Who Was/Is…? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, et al., Penguin Workshop
8. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
