The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, June 22, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 19, 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-Horse, by Geraldine Brooks (9780399562969)
#2-The Hotel Nantucket, by Elin Hilderbrand (9780316258678)
#9-Flying Solo, by Linda Holmes (9780525619277)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-How to Raise an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi (9780593242537)
#13-Rough Draft, by Katy Tur (9781982118181)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-Travels with George, by Nathaniel Philbrick (9780525562191)
Young Adult
#13-Welcome to St. Hell, by Lewis Hancox (9781338824438)
Children’s Illustrated
#7-Camping (Bluey), by Penguin Young Readers (9780593519103)
#8-My Dad Is Awesome by Bluey and Bingo, by Penguin Young Readers (9780593519653)
#11-Goodnight Racism, by Ibram X. Kendi, Cbabi Bayoc (Illus.) (9780593110515)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Horse- Debut
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
2. The Hotel Nantucket- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316258678
3. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385549325
4. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525539001
5. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
6. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
7. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
9. Flying Solo- Debut
Linda Holmes, Ballantine, $28, 9780525619277
10. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
11. Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley, Knopf, $28, 9780593318935
12. Either/Or
Elif Batuman, Penguin Press, $27, 9780525557593
13. Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24, 9780593300237
14. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28, 9781476716763
15. Ordinary Monsters
J.M. Miro, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250833662
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
2. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
4. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
8. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
9. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath
Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982153281
10. How to Raise an Antiracist- Debut
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $28, 9780593242537
11. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
12. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
13. Rough Draft: A Memoir- Debut
Katy Tur, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982118181
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
15. Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays
Barry Lopez, Random House, $28, 9780593242827
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
7. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
8. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
9. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
10. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, Picador, $18, 9781250859044
11. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
12. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
13. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
14. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
15. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
On the Rise:
19. Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818430
A deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
5. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
6. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
8. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $18.99, 9781984856036
9. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
10. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18, 9780399588600
11. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott, Random House, $20, 9780812986952
12. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18, 9780525619345
13. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $19, 9781400032808
15. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy- Debut
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780525562191
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. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
3. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
4. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
5. Alone
Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781534467576
6. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
7. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
8. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140893
12. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
13. The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95, 9781643750743
14. The Marvellers (Marvellerverse #1)
Dhonielle Clayton, Khadijah Khatib (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $16.99, 9781250174949
15. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
YOUNG ADULT
1. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
4. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
7. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $18.99, 9781682633243
8. She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534493797
9. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
10. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
12. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
13. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure: A Graphic Novel- Debut
Lewis Hancox, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338824438
14. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Candlewick, $10.99, 9781536215892
15. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Noodle and the No Bones Day
Jonathan Graziano, Dan Tavis (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781665927109
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. I Love Dad With the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $8.99, 9781524785895
7. Camping (Bluey)- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
8. My Dad Is Awesome by Bluey and Bingo- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593519653
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
11. Goodnight Racism- Debut
Ibram X. Kendi, Cbabi Bayoc (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593110515
12. Lizzy and the Cloud
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534483170
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Big Truck Little Island
Chris Van Dusen, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536203936
15. Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750939
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
3. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
4. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
7. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix,
10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Scholastic
