The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, January 25, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 22, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.______________________________
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-How to Sell a Haunted House, by Grady Hendrix (9780593201268)
#8-The Shards, by Bret Easton Ellis (9780593535608)
#14-Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stevenson (9780063279025)
#15-Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (9781335430991)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin (9780593652886)
#9-Rough Sleepers, by Tracy Kidder (9781984801432)
Young Adult
#9-Mysteries of Thorn Manor, by Margaret Rogerson (9781665935616)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. How to Sell a Haunted House- Debut
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $28, 9780593201268
5. Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250313102
6. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
7. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
8. The Shards- Debut
Bret Easton Ellis, Knopf, $30, 9780593535608
9. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593420317
10. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
11. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
12. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
13. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
14. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone- Debut
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063279025
15. Before the Coffee Gets Cold- Debut
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being- Debut
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
4. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
7. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People- Debut
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $30, 9781984801432
10. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
11. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
12. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
13. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.5, 9781982117351
14. The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Robert Waldinger, M.D., Marc Schulz, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982166694
15. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
On the Rise:
17. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593420256TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
3. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
4. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
5. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
8. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
9. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
10. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
11. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
12. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
13. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
14. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
15. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
On the Rise:
19. A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $17.99, 9781250803849TRADE 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. The January 6th Report
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al., Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250877529
5. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
6. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
8. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
10. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
11. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316492928
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
15. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220MASS 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. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
8. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110EARLY & 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. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Yearling, $8.99, 9781524715731
4. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
7. Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)
Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338775891
8. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880
9. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
10. Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends (A Graphic Novel)
Francine Pascal, Claudia Aguirre (Illus.), Nicole Adelfinger (Adapt.), Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593376461
11. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
12. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370
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. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500YOUNG ADULT
1. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
2. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
3. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
6. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
7. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Talia Hibbert, Joy Revolution, $13.99, 9780593482353
8. Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534441637
9. Mysteries of Thorn Manor- Debut
Margaret Rogerson, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $14.99, 9781665935616
10. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
11. Lore
Alexandra Bracken, Disney-Hyperion, $12.99, 9781484799925
12. Nine Liars
Maureen Johnson, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780063032651
13. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
14. Loveless
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338751932
15. I Was Born for This
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338830934CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Very Good Hats
Emma Straub, Blanca Gómez (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593529430
3. Construction Site: You’re Just Right: A Valentine Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204307
4. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Little Blue Truck’s Valentine: A Valentine’s Day Book For Kids
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
7. The Sour Grape
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415
8. Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486924
9. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845
10. Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
11. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
12. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
13. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
14. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
15. Peekaboo Rex!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665928403CHILDREN’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.), Scholastic
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic,
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
8. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
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