The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, August 9, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 6, 2023). 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-Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett (9780063327528)
#14-Family Lore, by Elizabeth Acevedo (9780063207264)
#15-The Last Ranger, by Peter Heller (9780593535110)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-The Underworld, by Susan Casey (9780385545570)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-Prisoners of the Castle, by Ben Macintyre (9780593136355)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#5-Mexikid, by Pedro Martín (9780593462294)
#12-Scarlet & Violet Handbook (Pokémon), by Scholastic (9781338871371)
Children’s Illustrated
#9-The Crayons Go Back to School, by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.) (9780593621110)
#10-Bluey: Barky Boats, by Penguin Young Readers (9780593750469)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake- Debut
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
5. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
6. Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150
7. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
9. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
10. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
11. Somebody’s Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29, 9780593317891
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
13. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
14. Family Lore- Debut
Elizabeth Acevedo, Ecco, $30, 9780063207264
15. The Last Ranger- Debut
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27, 9780593535110HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
8. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, Alpha, $32, 9780744080049
9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
10. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
11. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
12. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean- Debut
Susan Casey, Doubleday, $32, 9780385545570
13. Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children’s Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14, 9780593580400
14. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316497572
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
7. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
8. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
9. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
10. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
11. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
12. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
14. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
15. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
On the Rise:
17. Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
8. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
9. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
10. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
11. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison- Debut
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18, 9780593136355
12. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
13. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
15. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
On the Rise:
18. Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20, 9781250872821MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
4. No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
5. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
6. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
10. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
3. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
4. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
5. Mexikid- Debut
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
6. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
7. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
8. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
9. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
10. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
11. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
12. Scarlet & Violet Handbook (Pokémon)- Debut
Scholastic, $11.99, 9781338871371
13. Misfit Mansion
Kay Davault, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665903073
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128YOUNG ADULT
1. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
2. Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
3. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
6. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
7. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
8. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
9. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
10. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
11. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
12. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
13. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
14. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
15. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250800800CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
4. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
7. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
9. The Crayons Go Back to School- Debut
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621110
10. Bluey: Barky Boats- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469
11. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
13. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
15. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
3. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
6. One of Us Is Lying (hardcover and paperback)
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
9. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
10. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
The Indie Bestseller List
