The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 6, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 3, 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 Nonfiction
#4-Rogues, by Patrick Radden Keefe (9780385548519)
#15-A Life in Light, by Mary Pipher (9781635577587)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-Fox and I, by Catherine Raven (9781954118119)
#15-Cuba, by Dr. Ada Ferrer (9781501154560)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#13-The Fort, by Gordon Korman (9781338629149)
Young Adult
#7-Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert (9781250826367)
Children’s Illustrated
#8-Two Dogs, by Ian Falconer (9780062954473)
#15-The Surprise, by Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, Magenta Fox (Illus.) (9780593525975)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
2. Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9780593300268
3. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
4. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
5. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525539001
6. The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316258678
7. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
8. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
9. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385549325
10. Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley, Knopf, $28, 9780593318935
11. Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24, 9780593300237
12. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
13. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27, 9780593183199
14. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28, 9781476716763
15. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, $28, 9780385548229
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
2. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
4. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks- Debut
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $30, 9780385548519
5. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
10. Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays
Barry Lopez, Random House, $28, 9780593242827
11. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
12. Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063037328
13. Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Jody Rosen, Crown, $28.99, 9780804141499
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
15. A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence- Debut
Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28, 9781635577587
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
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. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
7. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
8. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
9. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
10. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
11. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
12. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, Picador, $18, 9781250859044
13. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
14. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
15. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
4. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
5. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
6. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
7. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
8. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
10. 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
11. 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
12. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18, 9780399588600
13. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship- Debut
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9781954118119
14. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott, Random House, $20, 9780812986952
15. Cuba: An American History- Debut
Dr. Ada Ferrer, Scribner, $20, 9781501154560
On the Rise:
17. On Animals
Susan Orlean, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781982181543
Equal parts delightful and profound, enriched by Orlean’s stylish prose and precise research, these stories celebrate the meaningful cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.
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. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
9. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
2. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
4. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
5. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
6. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
7. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
8. Alone
Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781534467576
9. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
10. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
11. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
12. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
13. The Fort- Debut
Gordon Korman, Scholastic, $17.99, 9781338629149
14. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
Xiran Jay Zhao, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $17.99, 9781665900706
15. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062975171
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. Our Crooked Hearts- Debut
Melissa Albert, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250826367
8. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
9. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
10. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Candlewick, $10.99, 9781536215892
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. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
14. She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534493797
15. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
5. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
6. Noodle and the No Bones Day
Jonathan Graziano, Dan Tavis (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781665927109
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. Two Dogs- Debut
Ian Falconer, Michael di Capua Books, $18.99, 9780062954473
9. Camping (Bluey)
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
10. The Pool (Bluey)
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
11. Goodnight Racism
Ibram X. Kendi, Cbabi Bayoc (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593110515
12. Big Truck Little Island
Chris Van Dusen, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536203936
13. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
14. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341
15. The Surprise- Debut
Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, Magenta Fox (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593525975
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
3. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
4. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
5. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
8. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Berat Pekmezci (Illus.), Scholastic