The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, July 26, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 23, 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
#3-Crook Manifesto, by Colson Whitehead (9780385545150)
#9-The Collector, by Daniel Silva (9780062834874)
#12-Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (9780593355367)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-Tabula Rasa, by John McPhee (9780374603601)
#13-The Heat Will Kill You First, by Jeff Goodell (9780316497572)
Young Adult
#8-Divine Rivals, by Rebecca Ross (9781250857439)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. Crook Manifesto- Debut
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150
4. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
5. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
6. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
9. The Collector- Debut
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32, 9780062834874
10. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
12. Silver Nitrate- Debut
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28, 9780593355367
13. The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316258777
14. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28, 9781982117085
15. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
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. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
5. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
6. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
8. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
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. Tabula Rasa: Volume 1- Debut
John McPhee, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374603601
13. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet- Debut
Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316497572
14. Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
BTS, Myeongseok Kang, Anton Hur (Transl.), Slin Jung (Transl.), Clare Richards (Transl.), Flatiron Books, $45, 9781250326751
15. 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
On the Rise:
18. Jackie: Public, Private, Secret
J. Randy Taraborrelli, St. Martin’s Press, $35, 9781250276216
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. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
7. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
8. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
9. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
10. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
11. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
12. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
13. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
14. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
15. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
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. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
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. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
8. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
9. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
10. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
11. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
12. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
13. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
15. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
4. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
5. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. The Judge’s List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
8. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
10. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
3. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
4. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
5. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
7. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
8. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
10. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
11. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
12. Swim Team: A Graphic Novel
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063056763
13. Picture Day: A Graphic Novel
Sarah Sax, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593306871
14. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
15. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
YOUNG ADULT
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
2. Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
3. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
6. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
7. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
8. Divine Rivals- Debut
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
9. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
10. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
11. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
12. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
13. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
14. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9780525707998
15. Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665918466
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. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
5. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
6. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
7. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
8. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
11. Where’s Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210668
12. Where’s Bluey?: A Search-and-Find Book
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593385692
13. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
14. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
15. Weather Together
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665916981
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
3. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
7. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
10. Baby-Sitters Little Sister (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix
