The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 30, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 27, 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
#1-French Braid, by Anne Tyler (9780593321096)
#3-A Sunlit Weapon, by Jacqueline Winspear (9780063142268)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-Every Good Boy Does Fine, by Jeremy Denk (9780812995985)
#15-We Don’t Know Ourselves, by Fintan O’Toole (9781631496530)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#5-Troublemaker, by John Cho (9780759554474)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Disney Encanto Little Golden Book, by Alejandro Mesa (Illus.) (9780736442350)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. French Braid- Debut
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27, 9780593321096
2. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
3. A Sunlit Weapon- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780063142268
4. Run, Rose, Run
James Patterson, Dolly Parton, Little, Brown, $30, 9780759554344
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
6. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
7. One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $27, 9781982166793
8. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
9. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $27, 9780593356159
10. The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake, Tor, $25.99, 9781250854513
11. Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $24.99, 9780593465066
12. Violeta
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28, 9780593496206
13. Give unto Others
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $27, 9780802159403
14. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671127
15. The Swimmers
Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $23, 9780593321331
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
5. Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir
Marie Yovanovitch, Mariner Books, $30, 9780358457541
6. The Wok: Recipes and Techniques
J. Kenji López-Alt, Norton, $50, 9780393541212
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
8. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $28, 9780735217959
9. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy Bloom, Random House, $27, 9780593243947
10. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
11. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
12. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons- Debut
Jeremy Denk, Random House, $28.99, 9780812995985
13. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780063092785
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
15. We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland- Debut
Fintan O’Toole, Liveright, $32, 9781631496530
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
8. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
9. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $17.99, 9781982134204
10. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778311973
11. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
12. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780525536963
13. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
15. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $17.99, 9781455563920
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
6. Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780679729778
7. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18, 9780399588600
8. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
9. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
10. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles, Random House, $18.99, 9781984855015
11. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
12. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy, Basic Books, $19.99, 9781541675643
13. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
14. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
15. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
8. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95, 9781643750743
2. Wingbearer
Marjorie Liu, Teny Issakhanian (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062741158
3. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $17.99, 9781646140893
4. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
5. Troublemaker- Debut
John Cho, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780759554474
6. New from Here
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534488304
7. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545497619
8. Once Upon a Tim
Stuart Gibbs, Stacy Curtis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534499256
9. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
10. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
11. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
12. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
13. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660425
YOUNG ADULT
1. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
3. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen, $17.99, 9780735269934
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
5. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
6. All My Rage
Sabaa Tahir, Razorbill, $19.99, 9780593202340
7. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
9. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
10. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
11. Anatomy: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250774156
12. Squire
Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062945846
13. Ain’t Burned All the Bright
Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781534439467
14. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
15. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared!
Seth Meyers, Rob Sayegh, Jr. (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593352373
2. Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750939
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Construction Site: Spring Delight
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204314
5. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
8. The Great Big Easter Egg Hunt (Peter Rabbit)
Beatrix Potter, Warne, $8.99, 9780241544709
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
11. Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419753961
12. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Disney Encanto Little Golden Book- Debut
Alejandro Mesa (Illus.), Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736442350
15. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
5. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Scholastic
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
