The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 12, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 9, 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
#12-The Librarianist, by Patrick deWitt (9780063085121)
Mass Market
#3-No Plan B, by Lee Child, Andrew Child (9781984818577)
Children’s Series
New: The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin!, by Aaron Blabey (9781338892710)
New: Karen’s Haircut (Baby-Sitters Little Sister) by Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.) (9781338762624)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
4. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
5. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
7. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
8. The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316258777
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
10. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
11. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28, 9781982117085
12. The Librarianist- Debut
Patrick deWitt, Ecco, $30, 9780063085121
13. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
14. Zero Days
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $29.99, 9781982155292
15. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $27, 9780307594143
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. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
4. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
5. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
6. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
7. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
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. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
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. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781476773926
14. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
15. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
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. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
6. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
7. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
8. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
9. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
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
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $19, 9781250145307
15. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
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. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
9. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
10. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
11. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain, Crown, $18, 9780451499790
12. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
13. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
14. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
15. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. No Plan B- Debut
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
4. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. The Judge’s List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
8. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
9. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
10. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
2. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
3. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
4. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
5. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
6. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
7. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
8. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
9. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
10. Picture Day: A Graphic Novel
Sarah Sax, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593306871
11. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
12. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
13. Tegan and Sara: Junior High
Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $14.99, 9780374313029
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
YOUNG ADULT
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
2. Nimona
Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $18.99, 9780062278227
3. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
4. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
6. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
7. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
8. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
9. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
10. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
11. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
13. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
14. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
15. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
3. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
4. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
5. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
6. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Weather Together
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665916981
9. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
10. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
12. Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Martin Handford, Martin Handford (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210972
13. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
14. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
15. Where’s Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210668
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
New in Series: The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! (9781338892710)
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
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. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. Baby-Sitters Little Sister (paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix
New in Series: Karen’s Haircut (9781338762624)
