The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 8, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.______________________________
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#10-Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor (9780593328798)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#15-The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story, by Charlie Mackesy (9780063256194)
Paperback Fiction
#3-The Maid, by Nita Prose (9780593356173)
#13-Loathe to Love You, by Ali Hazelwood (9780593437803)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-The January 6 Report, by The January 6th Committee (9780063315501)
#10-Dopamine Nation, by Dr. Anna Lembke (9781524746742)
#11-The January 6th Report, by Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al. (9781250877529)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#8-When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Keller, Yearling, $8.99, 9781524715731
#10-Captain America: The Ghost Army, by Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.) (9781338775891)
Young Adult
#1-The Stolen Heir, by Holly Black (9780316592703)
#4-Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute, by Talia Hibbert (9780593482353)
Children’s Illustrated
#10-Peekaboo Rex!, by Sandra Boynton (9781665928403)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
2. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
3. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
4. Babel
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
5. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
6. A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $29.99, 9781250145291
7. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
8. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
9. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
10. Age of Vice- Debut
Deepti Kapoor, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593328798
11. Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $26, 9780307269003
12. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
13. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12, 9780063280519
14. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
15. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593420317HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
3. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
4. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
5. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
8. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
9. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351
10. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
11. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Little, Brown, $35, 9780316441117
12. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
13. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
14. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story- Debut
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $32.99, 9780063256194TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Maid- Debut
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
4. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
5. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
6. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
7. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
8. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
10. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
11. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
12. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
13. Loathe to Love You- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593437803
14. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
15. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
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. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
5. The January 6 Report- Debut
The January 6th Committee, Harper Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063315501
6. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
7. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316492928
8. The 2023 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $8.95, 9781571989215
9. The Years
Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Transl.), Seven Stories Press, $19.95, 9781609807870
10. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence- Debut
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
11. The January 6th Report- Debut
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al., Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250877529
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
13. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
14. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
15. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
9. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
10. A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
2. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
3. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
4. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
5. Two Degrees
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338735673
6. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370
7. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
8. When You Trap a Tiger- Debut
Tae Keller, Yearling, $8.99, 9781524715731
9. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
10. Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)- Debut
Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338775891
11. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
12. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
13. A Rover’s Story
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780063113923
14. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
15. Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250259639YOUNG ADULT
1. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame- Debut
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
2. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute- Debut
Talia Hibbert, Joy Revolution, $13.99, 9780593482353
5. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
6. Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534441637
7. Nine Liars
Maureen Johnson, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780063032651
8. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
9. A Thousand Heartbeats
Kiera Cass, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062665782
10. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760860
11. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
12. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
13. Loveless
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338751932
14. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
15. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
3. The Sour Grape
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. Farmhouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316528948
8. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
10. Peekaboo Rex!- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665928403
11. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
12. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
13. Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797213873
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $8.99, 9780399230035
15. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Graphix
4. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
5. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
10. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
