The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, June 30, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 27, 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
#15-Filthy Animals, by Brandon Taylor (9780525538912)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-Last Best Hope, by George Packer (9780374603663)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-Our Time Is Now, by Stacey Abrams (9781250798466)
Young Adult
#6-Blackout, by Dhonielle Clayton, et al. (9780063088092)
Children’s Illustrated
#4-Time for School, Little Blue Truck, by Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.) (9780358412243)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
3. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
5. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
6. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
7. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
8. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
9. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
10. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27, 9781982160135
11. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
12. The President’s Daughter
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Knopf, $30, 9780316540711
13. Golden Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316420082
14. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99, 9781250178602
15. Filthy Animals- Debut
Brandon Taylor, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780525538912
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
2. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
4. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
5. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
8. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
9. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
10. Somebody’s Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978
11. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
12. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
13. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
14. Noise
Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32, 9780316451406
15. Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal- Debut
George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374603663
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. Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
5. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
10. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
11. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
12. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
13. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
14. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
15. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17, 9780525541912
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. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
4. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
5. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
6. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
7. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18, 9780735223035
8. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
9. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
10. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
11. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
12. Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America- Debut
Stacey Abrams, Picador, $18, 9781250798466
13. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
14. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
15. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
10. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
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. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
4. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
5. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
6. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
8. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
9. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
10. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
11. Just Pretend
Tori Sharp, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316538855
12. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
13. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
14. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
15. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
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. The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
4. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
6. Blackout- Debut
Dhonielle Clayton, et al., Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063088092
7. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
8. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
9. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
11. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
12. Tokyo Ever After
Emiko Jean, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250766601
13. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
15. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
4. Time for School, Little Blue Truck- Debut
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780358412243
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
6. The Bench
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593434512
7. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
10. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
11. Bodies Are Cool
Tyler Feder, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593112625
12. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
13. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
14. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
15. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
6. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
7. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
