The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 7, 2019 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 3, 2019). Based on reporting from many 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 Border, by Don Winslow (9780062664488)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#9-Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe (9780385521314)
#12-The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells (9780525576709)
Paperback Fiction
#10-The Huntress, by Kate Quinn (9780062740373)
Paperback Nonfiction
#1-Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah (9780399588198)
#3-I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara (9780062319791)
#15-Hunting El Chapo, by Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century (9780062663108)
Mass Market
#1-The Fallen, by David Baldacci (9781538761342)
Young Adult
#11-Four Dead Queens, by Astrid Scholte (9780525513926)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Say Something, by Peter H. Reynolds (9780545865036)
Children’s Series
New: The Lost Heir Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire) by Tui T. Sutherland (9780545942201)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171
3. The Border- Debut
Don Winslow, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062664488
4. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
6. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
7. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35, 9781524796280
8. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249
9. More Than Words
Jill Santopolo, Putnam, $25, 9780735218307
10. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522
11. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
12. Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520610
13. The Chef
James Patterson, Max DiLallo, Little Brown, $28, 9780316453301
14. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
15. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
2. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
3. The Threat
Andrew G. McCabe, St. Martin’s, $29.99, 9781250207579
4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
5. Girl, Wash Your Face
Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99, 9781400201655
6. Dreyer’s English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 9780812995701
7. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609
8. Calm the F*ck Down
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316529150
9. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland- Debut
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
10. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
11. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
12. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming- Debut
David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $27, 9780525576709
13. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
14. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
15. Bad Blood
John Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95, 9781524731656
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
2. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
3. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
4. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
5. An American Marriage
Tayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616208684
6. The Power
Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604
7. The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271
8. The Friend
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780735219458
9. The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250130945
10. The Huntress- Debut
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062740373
11. I Was Anastasia
Ariel Lawhon, Anchor, $16, 9781101973318
12. If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin, Vintage, $14.95, 9780525566120
13. The Perfect Couple
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316375252
14. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
15. Milkman
Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Born a Crime- Debut
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
3. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark- Debut
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
4. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
5. Beautiful Boy
David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99, 9781328974716
6. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
7. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
8. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
9. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $17, 9780735210639
10. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20, 9781501135927
11. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
12. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
13. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
14. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
15. Hunting El Chapo- Debut
Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century, Harper, $17.99, 9780062663108
MASS MARKET
1. The Fallen- Debut
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9781538761342
2. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967706
3. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
4. Origin
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9780525563709
5. Fifty Fifty
James Patterson, Candice Fox, Vision, $9.99, 9781538760666
6. The Cuban Affair
Nelson DeMille, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501101731
7. The Cast
Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.99, 9781101884058
8. Overkill
Ted Bell, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062684530
9. Tom Clancy Power and Empire
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215917
10. Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316415859
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton Young Readers, $11.95, 9780393356502
2. Max and the Midknights
Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080
3. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
4. Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Meg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690496
5. Song for a Whale
Lynne Kelly, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524770235
6. Keeping it Awesomer with Emmet
Meredith Rusu, Scholastic, $9.99, 9781338307580
7. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $12.99, 9781419733604
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368013352
10. Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827
11. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
12. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
13. The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147510488
14. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142410370
15. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316522885
YOUNG ADULT
1. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
3. We Are Okay
Nina LaCour, Penguin, $10.99, 9780142422939
4. Orphan Monster Spy
Matt Killeen, Penguin, $10.99, 9780451478757
5. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
6. Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568
7. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781984894861
8. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Imprint, $19.99, 9781250142283
9. Dear Evan Hansen
Val Emmich, et al., Poppy, $18.99, 9780316420235
10. Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9781524714727
11. Four Dead Queens- Debut
Astrid Scholte, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525513926
12. The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang, First Second, $16.99, 9781626723634
13. Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26, 9781984830159
14. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062662804
15. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99, 9780156012195
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
3. The Good Egg
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062866004
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish
Beth Ferry, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781524741549
6. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800011
7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800165
13. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
14. Say Something- Debut
Peter H. Reynolds, Orchard Books, $17.99, 9780545865036
15. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
New in Series: The Lost Heir Graphic Novel (9780545942201)
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. Who Was/Is…? (paperback)
Ann Waldron, et al., Penguin Workshop
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
8. Narwhal and Jelly (hardcover and paperback)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books
9. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
