The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 5, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 2, 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 Nonfiction
#4-The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel (9780525657323)
Paperback Fiction
#9-Too Late, by Colleen Hoover (9781538756591)
#14-A World of Curiosities, by Louise Penny (9781250145307)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman (9781250849359)
Mass Market
#4-The Hotel Nantucket, by Elin Hilderbrand (9780316258937)
#6-Billy Summers, by Stephen King (9781668010129)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#12-Picture Day, by Sarah Sax (9780593306871)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
2. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
3. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
7. The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316258777
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
10. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
11. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28, 9781982117085
12. Zero Days
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $29.99, 9781982155292
13. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $27, 9780307594143
14. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
15. The Wind Knows My Name
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28, 9780593598108
On the Rise:
17. The First Ladies
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $28, 9780593440285
HARDCOVER 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. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession- Debut
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
5. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
6. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
7. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
8. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
10. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
11. Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children’s Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14, 9780593580400
12. 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
13. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Christian Cooper, Random House, $28, 9780593242384
14. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781476773926
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
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. Too Late- Debut
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
10. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
11. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
12. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9780593158708
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
14. A World of Curiosities- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $19, 9781250145307
15. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20, 9781668002193
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, $18.99, 9780316392433
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
8. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
9. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals- Debut
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
10. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain, Crown, $18, 9780451499790
11. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
12. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18, 9780593467732
13. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
15. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18, 9780525555247
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Judge’s List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
4. The Hotel Nantucket- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
6. Billy Summers- Debut
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
8. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
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. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
7. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
8. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
9. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. Tegan and Sara: Junior High
Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $14.99, 9780374313029
12. Picture Day: A Graphic Novel- Debut
Sarah Sax, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593306871
13. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781524764203
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. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
4. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
5. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
6. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
7. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
8. Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665918466
9. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
10. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
11. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
12. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
13. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
15. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
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. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
5. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
6. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
9. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
10. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
11. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
13. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
14. Weather Together
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665916981
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
6. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
7. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
8. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
