The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 18, 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
#7-The Five-Star Weekend, by Elin Hilderbrand (9780316258777)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-What an Owl Knows, by Jennifer Ackerman (9780593298886)
#11-Better Living Through Birding, by Christian Cooper (9780593242384)
#14-1964, by Paul McCartney (9781324093060)
Paperback Fiction
#1-Love, Theoretically, by Ali Hazelwood (9780593336861)
#14-Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy (9780679728757)
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-Path Lit by Lightning, by David Maraniss (9781476748429)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
4. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
6. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
7. The Five-Star Weekend- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316258777
8. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
9. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28, 9781982117085
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
11. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.), Knopf, $32.50, 9780525655596
12. The Wind Knows My Name
Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $28, 9780593598108
13. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
14. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
15. All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250831910
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
4. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
6. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds- Debut
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
7. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
8. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
10. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781476773926
11. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World- Debut
Christian Cooper, Random House, $28, 9780593242384
12. King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 9780374279295
13. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30, 9780735225268
14. 1964: Eyes of the Storm- Debut
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $75, 9781324093060
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Love, Theoretically- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
2. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
6. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
7. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
8. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
9. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $18, 9780593158708
10. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
11. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
12. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20, 9781668002193
13. This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
14. Blood Meridian- Debut
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $17, 9780679728757
15. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9780593598429
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay Books, $18.99, 9780316392433
5. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
10. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
11. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
12. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
13. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18, 9780525555247
14. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18, 9780593467732
15. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe- Debut
David Maraniss, Simon & Schuster, $21.99, 9781476748429
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
9. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
2. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
3. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
4. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
5. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
6. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
7. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
8. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
9. Tegan and Sara: Junior High
Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $14.99, 9780374313029
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
12. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
13. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781524764203
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063056763
YOUNG ADULT
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
2. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
3. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
4. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
5. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
6. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
7. Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665918466
8. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
9. Girls Like Girls
Hayley Kiyoko, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250817631
10. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
11. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
12. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
13. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
15. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
CHILDREN’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. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
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. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
8. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
9. My Dad Is Awesome by Bluey and Bingo
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593519653
10. Weather Together
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665916981
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
12. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
15. I Love Dad With the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9781524785895
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
7. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
8. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
9. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
10. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
