The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, August 2, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 30, 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
#9-Somebody’s Fool, by Richard Russo (9780593317891)
#12-Light Bringer, by Pierce Brown (9780425285978)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-Baking Yesteryear, by B. Dylan Hollis (9780744080049)
Mass Market
#4-Oath of Loyalty, by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills (9781982164928)
#9-That Summer, by Jennifer Weiner (9781668020661)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#12-Misfit Mansion, by Kay Davault (9781665903073)
Children’s Series
Series Debut: One of Us Is Lying, by Karen M. McManus
New in Series: One of Us Is Back (9780593485019)
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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. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
4. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
5. Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150
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. Somebody’s Fool- Debut
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29, 9780593317891
10. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
12. Light Bringer- Debut
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $30, 9780425285978
13. The Collector
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32, 9780062834874
14. The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316258777
15. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
On the Rise:
17. The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27, 9780593535110
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. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s- Debut
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32, 9780744080049
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
5. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
6. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
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. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
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. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
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. 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
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. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
7. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
8. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
9. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
10. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
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. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der, Kolk M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
9. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
10. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
11. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
12. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
13. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
14. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
15. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
4. Oath of Loyalty- Debut
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
5. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. The Judge’s List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9. That Summer- Debut
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
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. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
5. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
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. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
9. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
10. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
11. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
12. Misfit Mansion- Debut
Kay Davault, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665903073
13. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
14. Allergic: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
15. Picture Day: A Graphic Novel
Sarah Sax, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593306871
YOUNG ADULT
1. Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
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. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
6. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
8. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725
9. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
10. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
11. Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665918466
12. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
13. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
14. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
15. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
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. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
5. Where’s Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
6. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
7. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
8. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
9. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
11. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
12. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
13. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
15. Bluey: Grannies
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593384169
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
4. One of Us Is Lying (hardcover and paperback)- Series Debut
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press
New in Series: One of Us Is Back (9780593485019)
5. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
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. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
