The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 21, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 18, 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
#2-The Cellist, by Daniel Silva (9780062834867)
#8-The Final Girl Support Group (9780593201237)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-American Marxism, by Mark R. Levin (9781501135972)
#8-Landslide, by Michael Wolff (9781250830012)
Paperback Nonfiction
#10-Vesper Flights, by Helen MacDonald (9780802158673)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. The Cellist- Debut
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
3. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
5. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
6. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
7. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
8. The Final Girl Support Group- Debut
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237
9. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
10. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
11. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28, 9781982177881
12. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
14. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
15. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99, 9781250178602
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
4. American Marxism- Debut
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
5. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
6. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
7. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
8. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency- Debut
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
9. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
10. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
11. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
12. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
13. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
14. The Comfort Book
Matt Haig, Penguin Life, $22, 9780143136668
15. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
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. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
5. Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
7. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
8. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
9. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
10. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
11. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
13. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
14. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
15. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
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. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
5. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
6. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
7. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
9. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
10. Vesper Flights- Debut
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $17, 9780802158673
11. Why Fish Don’t Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17, 9781501160349
12. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18, 9780735223035
13. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
14. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
15. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
MASS MARKET
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
5. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
6. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
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. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
4. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
5. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
6. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
7. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
8. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
9. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
10. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
11. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
12. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
13. Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel
Jennifer L. Holm, Savanna Ganucheau, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593126301
14. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
15. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
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. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
5. The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
7. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
9. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
12. Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593300916
13. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
14. Blackout
Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063088092
15. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
4. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
9. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
10. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
11. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341
13. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
14. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
15. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
9. Simon Snow (hardcover)
Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
