The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 27, 2019 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 24, 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-Run Away, by Harlan Coben (9781538748466)
#11-Gingerbread, by Helen Oyeyemi (9781594634659)
#15-The Parade, by Dave Eggers (9780525655305)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#11-Doing Justice, by Preet Bharara (9780525521129)
#13-Eat to Beat Disease, by William W. Li (9781538714621)
Paperback Fiction
#13-The First Lady, by James Patterson (9781538714911)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#5-A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, by Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.) (9781683691136)
Young Adult
#8-Internment, by Samira Ahmed (9780316522694)
#14-The Iliad, by Gareth Hinds (9780763696634)
Children’s Series
New: Big Nate: Payback Time!, by Lincoln Peirce (9781449497743)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27, 9781524798628
3. Run Away- Debut
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29, 9781538748466
4. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
6. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
7. Cemetery Road
Greg Iles, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062824615
8. The River
Peter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525521877
9. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $27, 9781501154850
10. The Border
Don Winslow, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062664488
11. Gingerbread- Debut
Helen Oyeyemi, Riverhead Books, $27, 9781594634659
12. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249
13. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
14. The Last Romantics
Tara Conklin, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062358202
15. The Parade- Debut
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525655305
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
2. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
4. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
5. Dreyer’s English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 9780812995701
6. Bad Blood
John Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95, 9781524731656
7. Girl, Stop Apologizing
Rachel Hollis, HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99, 9781400209606
8. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609
9. The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $27, 9780525576709
10. Calm the F*ck Down
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316529150
11. Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law- Debut
Preet Bharara, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525521129
12. Girl, Wash Your Face
Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99, 9781400201655
13. Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself- Debut
William W. Li, Grand Central, $30, 9781538714621
14. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
15. Mama’s Last Hug
Frans de Waal, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635065
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
2. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
3. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
5. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
6. An American Marriage
Tayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616208684
7. The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271
8. The Power
Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604
9. The Huntress
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062740373
10. A Place for Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza, SJP for Hogarth, $17, 9781524763565
11. The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250130945
12. The Friend
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780735219458
13. The First Lady- Debut
James Patterson, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538714911
14. The Other Woman
Daniel Silva, Harper, $16.99, 9780062834942
15. I Was Anastasia
Ariel Lawhon, Anchor, $16, 9781101973318
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
3. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
4. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
5. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
6. Fly Girls
Keith O’Brien, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $15.99, 9781328592798
7. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
8. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
9. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
10. The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555978273
11. Beautiful Boy
David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99, 9781328974716
12. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20, 9781501135927
13. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
14. Hunting El Chapo
Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century, Harper, $17.99, 9780062663108
15. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
MASS MARKET
1. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
2. The Fallen
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9781538761342
3. Tom Clancy Line of Sight
Mike Maden, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215948
4. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967706
5. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
6. I’ve Got My Eyes on You
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $8.99, 9781501171765
7. Origin
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9780525563709
8. The Pharaoh Key
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $8.99, 9781455525812
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
10. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin’s, $9.99, 9781250122155
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton Young Readers, $11.95, 9780393356502
2. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
3. Max and the Midknights
Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080
4. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
5. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers- Debut
Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683691136
6. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
7. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
8. A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader
Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick (Eds.), Enchanted Lion Books, $34.95, 9781592702282
9. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316522885
10. Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Meg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690496
11. The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147510488
12. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
13. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $12.99, 9781419733604
14. The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062342461
15. Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368013352
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. SHOUT
Laurie Halse Anderson, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780670012107
4. We Are Okay
Nina LaCour, Penguin, $10.99, 9780142422939
5. Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568
6. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9780553496710
7. Orphan Monster Spy
Matt Killeen, Penguin, $10.99, 9780451478757
8. Internment- Debut
Samira Ahmed, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316522694
9. Lovely War
Julie Berry, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780451469939
10. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
11. Four Dead Queens
Astrid Scholte, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525513926
12. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781984894861
13. Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9781524714727
14. The Iliad- Debut
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick Press, $16.99, 9780763696634
15. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780142424179
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 Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382
5. You Are My Happy
Hoda Kotb, Suzie Mason (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062887894
6. The Good Egg
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062866004
7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
8. Because
Mo Willems, Amber Ren (Illus.), Hyperion Books for Children, $17.99, 9781368019019
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press, $8.99, 9781536207576
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544938090
15. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. Who Was/Is…? (paperback)
Ann Waldron, et al., Penguin Workshop
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel
New in Series: Big Nate: Payback Time! (9781449497743)
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
9. The Treehouse Books (hardcover and paperback)
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
