The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 7, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 4, 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
#10-The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray (9780593101537)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-Reborn in the USA, by Roger Bennett (9780062958693)
#15-The Cruelty Is the Point, by Adam Serwer (9780593230800)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-The Beauty in Breaking, by Michele Harper (9780525537397)
Mass Market
#1-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, by Quentin Tarantino (9780063112520)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#11-Long Distance, by Whitney Gardner (9781534455658)
#12-Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm, Savanna Ganucheau (9780593126301)
Young Adult
#11-This Poison Heart, by Kalynn Bayron (9781547603909)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Raya and the Last Dragon Little Golden Book, by Golden Books/Disney (9780736441070)
Children’s Series
New: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive (The Land of Stories) by Chris Colfer (9780316355957)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
3. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
5. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
6. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
7. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
8. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
9. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27, 9781982160135
10. The Personal Librarian- Debut
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
11. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
12. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
13. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99, 9781250178602
14. Golden Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316420082
15. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
2. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
4. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
5. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
6. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
7. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
10. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
11. Reborn in the USA: An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home- Debut
Roger Bennett, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780062958693
12. Somebody’s Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978
13. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
14. Noise
Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32, 9780316451406
15. The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America- Debut
Adam Serwer, One World, $28, 9780593230800
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
7. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
10. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
11. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
12. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
13. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
14. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
15. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
4. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
5. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
6. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
8. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
9. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18, 9780735223035
10. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
11. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
13. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
14. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir- Debut
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780525537397
15. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
MASS MARKET
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood- Debut
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
6. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
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. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
4. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
5. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
6. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
7. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
8. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
9. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
10. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
11. Long Distance- Debut
Whitney Gardner, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781534455658
12. Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel- Debut
Jennifer L. Holm, Savanna Ganucheau, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593126301
13. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
14. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
15. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
YOUNG ADULT
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
5. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
6. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
7. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
8. Blackout
Dhonielle Clayton, et al., Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063088092
9. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
10. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
11. This Poison Heart- Debut
Kalynn Bayron, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547603909
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
13. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
15. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780358412243
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
5. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
10. Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature
Nathan W. Pyle, HarperFestival, $14.99, 9780063049741
11. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
12. Bodies Are Cool
Tyler Feder, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593112625
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Raya and the Last Dragon Little Golden Book- Debut
Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736441070
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
7. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
9. The Land of Stories (hardcover and paperback)
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive (9780316355957)
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
