The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 20, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 17, 2022). 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
#3-The It Girl, by Ruth Ware (9781982155261)
#4-A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, by Becky Chambers (9781250236234)
#9-Upgrade, by Blake Crouch (9780593157534)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-Thank You for Your Servitude, by Mark Leibovich (9780593296318)
#11-Tanqueray, Brandon Stanton, Stephanie Johnson (9781250278272)
Paperback Fiction
#15-Every Summer After, by Carley Fortune (9780593438534)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. The It Girl- Debut
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781982155261
4. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy- Debut
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236234
5. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
6. The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316258678
7. Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9780593300268
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
9. Upgrade- Debut
Blake Crouch, Ballantine, $28, 9780593157534
10. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
11. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
12. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525539001
13. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, $28, 9780385548229
14. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
15. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27, 9780593183199
On the Rise:
17. The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538719848
In Baldacci’s new thriller, a cryptic murder pulls a former soldier turned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl beneath the opulent world of finance.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
4. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission- Debut
Mark Leibovich, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593296318
7. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $30, 9780385548519
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
10. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
11. Tanqueray- Debut
Brandon Stanton, Stephanie Johnson, St. Martin’s Press, $24.99, 9781250278272
12. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
13. Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9780593489444
14. Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063037328
15. France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb, Norton, $32.50, 9781324002567
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
7. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
8. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
9. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
10. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
11. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
12. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
13. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, Picador, $18, 9781250859044
14. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
15. Every Summer After- Debut
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16, 9780593438534
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
5. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
6. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
7. Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer, Scribner, $20, 9781501154560
8. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9781954118119
9. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
10. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
11. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18, 9780525619345
12. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18, 9780399588600
13. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $18.99, 9781984856036
14. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
15. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
2. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
4. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
6. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
7. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
8. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
10. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
11. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
12. The Fort
Gordon Korman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338629149
13. Minecraft: Guide to Combat
Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team, Random House Worlds, $12.99, 9780593355886
14. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
15. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
YOUNG ADULT
1. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
2. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
3. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
6. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
7. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $18.99, 9781682633243
8. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
10. Our Crooked Hearts
Melissa Albert, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250826367
11. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
12. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
13. She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534493797
14. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
15. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Two Dogs
Ian Falconer, Michael di Capua Books, $18.99, 9780062954473
5. The Pool (Bluey)
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
6. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. Noodle and the No Bones Day
Jonathan Graziano, Dan Tavis (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781665927109
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
10. Where’s Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210668
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
13. Camping (Bluey)
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
14. Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210972
15. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
4. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
5. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Elephant and 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. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
