The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 14, 2022). 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-I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy (9781982185824)
#6-Shy, by Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green (9780374298623)
#8-Path Lit by Lightning, by David Maraniss (9781476748412)
#10-Life on the Mississippi, by Rinker Buck (9781501106378)
Paperback Fiction
#14-Harlem Shuffle, by Colson Whitehead (9780525567271)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
2. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
3. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
4. The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593538814
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
6. Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $28.99, 9780451495204
7. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
8. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781982155261
9. Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Daniel Silva, Harper, $29.99, 9780062834850
10. Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9780593300268
11. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
12. The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316258678
13. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
Jamie Ford, Atria, $28, 9781982158217
14. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28, 9780593355336
15. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27, 9780593183199
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died- Debut
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers- Debut
Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green, FSG, $35, 9780374298623
7. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
8. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe- Debut
David Maraniss, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781476748412
9. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
10. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure- Debut
Rinker Buck, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781501106378
11. Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac Fitzgerald, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27, 9781635573978
12. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
13. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
14. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
15. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
4. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
7. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
8. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
9. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
10. Every Summer After
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16, 9780593438534
11. November 9
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110344
12. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
14. Harlem Shuffle- Debut
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $17, 9780525567271
15. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
5. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780593296929
6. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
7. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
8. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
9. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
10. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
11. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
12. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18, 9780399588600
14. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9781954118119
15. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz, Workman, $22.95, 9781523514281
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593540350
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
2. Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338194548
3. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
4. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
6. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880
7. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
8. You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth, Triangle Square, $29.95, 9781644210802
9. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
10. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
11. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
12. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140893
13. Minecraft: Guide to Combat
Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team, Random House Worlds, $12.99, 9780593355886
14. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801903
15. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
YOUNG ADULT
1. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
3. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
4. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
6. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
7. Firekeeper’s Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
8. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Shea Ernshaw, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368069601
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
10. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $18.99, 9781682633243
11. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
12. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
13. All of Us Villains
Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman, Tor Teen, $10.99, 9781250789273
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
15. She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534493797
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
4. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
5. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. Llama Llama Back to School
Anna Dewdney, JT Morrow (Illus.), Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593352441
8. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
11. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
12. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
13. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
14. Noodle and the No Bones Day
Jonathan Graziano, Dan Tavis (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781665927109
15. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
4. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
5. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
10. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Berat Pekmezci (Illus.), Scholastic
