Published Wednesday, December 11, 2024 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 8, 2024). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson (9781250319180)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-CABIN, by Patrick Hutchison (9781250285706)
Paperback Fiction
#11-The Hunter, by Tana French (9780593493458)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-All the Beauty in the World, by Patrick Bringley (9781982163310)
Children’s Series
New: Dog Man: Big Jim Begins, by Dav Pilkey (9781338896459)
New: Unraveled Book 9.5 (Keeper of the Lost Cities), by Shannon Messenger (9781665967419)
New: Haunting of the Ghost Dragon (Dragon Masters), by Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.) (9781339022406)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Wind and Truth- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
3. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
4. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
5. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
6. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
7. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
8. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
9. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
10. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
11. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
12. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
13. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
14. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
15. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
3. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
6. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
7. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
9. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
10. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
11. Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
12. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
13. CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman- Debut
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250285706
14. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
15. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
4. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
5. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
6. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
7. Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
8. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
10. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
11. The Hunter- Debut
Tana French, Penguin, $19, 9780593493458
12. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
13. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
15. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
7. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
8. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
9. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
11. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me- Debut
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
12. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
13. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
14. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
15. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
8. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
9. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
10. Never Too Late
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498422
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
3. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
4. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
5. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
6. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475
7. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
8. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
9. Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet
Geo Rutherford, Abrams Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9781419770531
10. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
11. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
12. Let It Glow
Marissa Meyer, Joanne Levy, Feiwel & Friends, $9.99, 9781250360816
13. The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
14. Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
15. Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
YOUNG ADULT
1. Darkly
Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558
2. Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
5. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
6. Not for the Faint of Heart
Lex Croucher, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250847232
7. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
8. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
9. A Study in Drowning (Collector’s Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
10. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
11. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
12. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
13. Where the Library Hides
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250822994
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
15. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
2. Santa’s First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
4. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
5. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
8. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
9. Where’s Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
10. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
11. Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761
12. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
13. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
14. Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
15. Christmas at Hogwarts
J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao (Illus.), Scholastic, $19.99, 9781546129950
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
New in Series: Big Jim Begins (9781338896459)
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
3. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
4. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
New in Series: Unraveled Book 9.5 (9781665967419)
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
10. Dragon Masters (paperback)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic
New in Series: Haunting of the Ghost Dragon (9781339022406)
