FICTION NONFICTION · A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland...
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Hardcover Brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores. = Only on the Midwest list = Midwest Connections pick for the week ending 5/29/2016 Midwest Indie Bestsellers Midwest Connections Pick “The last time I read a literary thriller so profound Cormac McCarthy’s name was on its spine. But Peter Geye is his own man and Wintering is as unique and menacingly beautiful as its Minnesota borderlands setting.” --Richard Russo Midwest Connections Pick “Yang’s evocative, often moving memoir . . . reveals a life of struggle, hardship, deep love, and strong family ties.” --Kirkus Reviews FICTION NONFICTION 1. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95 2. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 3. The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32 4. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 5. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28 6. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 7. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18 8. It’s Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too) Nora McInerny Purmort, Dey Street, $25.99 9. Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40 10. The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks Terry Tempest Williams, Sarah Crichton Books, $27 11. Valiant Ambition Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30 12. Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95 13. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal, Norton, $27.95 14. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35 15. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 1. LaRose Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99 2. The Nest Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99 3. Zero K Don DeLillo, Scribner, $27 4. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95 5. The City of Mirrors Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28 6. Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28 7. Everybody’s Fool Richard Russo, Knopf, $27.95 8. The Fireman Joe Hill, Morrow, $28.99 9. Smoke Dan Vyleta, Doubleday, $27.95 10. Boar Island Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $26.99 11. The Second Life of Nick Mason Steve Hamilton, Putnam, $26 12. Extreme Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $29 13. The Highwayman Craig Johnson, Viking, $20 14. The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $21 15. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
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Hardcover
Brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores.
= Only on the Midwest list= Midwest Connections pick
for the week ending 5/29/2016Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick“The last time I read a literary thriller so profound Cormac McCarthy’s name was on its spine. But Peter Geye is his own man and Wintering is as unique and menacingly beautiful as its Minnesota borderlands setting.” --Richard Russo
Midwest Connections Pick“Yang’s evocative, often moving memoir . . . reveals a life of struggle, hardship, deep love, and strong family ties.” --Kirkus Reviews
FICTION NONFICTION1. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95
2. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24
3. The GeneSiddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32
4. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25
5. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28
6. Being MortalAtul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
7. Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18
8. It’s Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too)Nora McInerny Purmort, Dey Street, $25.99
9. Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40
10. The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks Terry Tempest Williams, Sarah Crichton Books, $27
11. Valiant AmbitionNathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30
12. Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95
13. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal, Norton, $27.95
14. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35
15. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
1. LaRoseLouise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99
2. The NestCynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99
3. Zero KDon DeLillo, Scribner, $27
4. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95
5. The City of MirrorsJustin Cronin, Ballantine, $28
6. EligibleCurtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28
7. Everybody’s FoolRichard Russo, Knopf, $27.95
8. The FiremanJoe Hill, Morrow, $28.99
9. Smoke Dan Vyleta, Doubleday, $27.95
10. Boar Island Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $26.99
11. The Second Life of Nick Mason Steve Hamilton, Putnam, $26
12. Extreme Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $29
13. The Highwayman Craig Johnson, Viking, $20
14. The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $21
15. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
Paperback
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Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick“Bottomland is more than a literary mystery. It’s a trance, a poem, a lamentation, a benediction. And it’s breathtaking. As in: remind yourself to breathe.” -- Rebecca Makkai, author of The Hundred-Year Hoiuse
for the week ending 5/29/2016
1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.992. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.993. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.994. Neuromancer William Gibson, Ace, $7.995. Make Me Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 97808041787926. The Grace of Kings Ken Liu, Saga, $9.99, 97814814518647. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 97804515249358. Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners Ellen Kushner, Spectra, $7.999. Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor, DAW, $7.9910. Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey, Ballantine, $7.99
Mass Market
FICTION1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
2. Me Before YouJojo Moyes, Penguin, $16
3. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16
4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
5. A Spool of Blue ThreadAnne Tyler, Ballantine, $16
6. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17
7. The Little Paris BookshopNina George, Broadway, $16
8. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95
9. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95
10. The Girl in the Spider’s WebDavid Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95
11. In the Unlikely EventJudy Blume, Vintage, $15.95
12. The Story of a New Name Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18
13. BrooklynColm Toibin, Scribner, $15
14. Girl Waits with Gun Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95
15. What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16
NONFICTION1. H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16
2. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20
3. Dead WakeErik Larson, Broadway, $17
4. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
5. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16
6. The Soul of an OctopusSy Montgomery, Atria, $16
7. Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95
8. The 10 Pillars of Wealth Alex Becker, Brown Books, $12.99
9. Birds of Minnesota Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95
10. The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Vintage, $16
11. The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough, S&S, $17
12. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95
13. A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland Cornelia F. Mutel, University of Iowa Press, $16
14. Daring Greatly Brene Brown, Avery, $17
15. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
Children’s
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Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections PickIs the sound Charlie hears from the bridge an echo, or is someone else out there? A lyrical, resonant story by poet Ted Kooser, splendidly illustrated by Barry Root.
for the week ending 5/29/2016
Children’s Series Titles1. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.992. The Last Star: The Final Book of the 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.993. The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.994. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.995. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $8.996. Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel Melissa de la Cruz, Disney/Hyperion, $17.997. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Marissa Meyer, Square Fish, $9.998. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.959. The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, #2) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $4.9910. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95
ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99
2. Thunder Boy Jr.Sherman Alexie, Yuyi Morales (Illus.), Little Brown, $17.99
3. The Bear and the Piano David Litchfield, Clarion, $16.99
4. A is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99
5. The Book With No PicturesB.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99, 9780803741713
6. The Wonderful Things You Will Be Emily Winfield Martin, Random House, $17.99
7. Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99
8. Little Blue Truck Leads the WayAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99
9. The Day the Crayons Came HomeDrew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philo-mel, $18.99
10. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden OracleRick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99
2. Raymie NightingaleKate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99
3. Roller GirlVictoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99
4. The BFGRoald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99
5. The Wild RobotPeter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99
6. Charlotte’s Web E.B. White, HarperTrophy, $7.99
7. Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.99
8. PaxSara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99
9. DramaRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
10. Me and Earl and the Dying GirlJesse Andrews, Amulet, $9.95
Midwest Connections Pick“This is the kind of book that will stick with readers, a meditation that they may not understand now but that, if digested, could have magical results.” -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Fiction
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for the week ending 5/29/2016Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick“Everything you could ask for in a coming-of-age nov-el--funny, insightful, observant, saturated with hope and melancholy.”— Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Leftovers
Midwest Connections Pick“An exhilarating adventure.”—Candace Savage, author of Prairie: a Natural History and A Geography of Blood
PAPERBACKHARDCOVER
1. LaRoseLouise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99
2. The NestCynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99
3. Zero KDon DeLillo, Scribner, $27
4. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95
5. The City of MirrorsJustin Cronin, Ballantine, $28
6. EligibleCurtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28
7. Everybody’s FoolRichard Russo, Knopf, $27.95
8. The FiremanJoe Hill, Morrow, $28.99
9. Smoke Dan Vyleta, Doubleday, $27.95
10. Boar Island Nevada Barr, Minotaur, $26.99
11. The Second Life of Nick Mason Steve Hamilton, Putnam, $26
12. Extreme Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $29
13. The Highwayman Craig Johnson, Viking, $20
14. The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $21
15. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
2. Me Before YouJojo Moyes, Penguin, $16
3. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16
4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
5. A Spool of Blue ThreadAnne Tyler, Ballantine, $16
6. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17
7. The Little Paris BookshopNina George, Broadway, $16
8. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95
9. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95
10. The Girl in the Spider’s WebDavid Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95
11. In the Unlikely EventJudy Blume, Vintage, $15.95
12. The Story of a New Name Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18
13. BrooklynColm Toibin, Scribner, $15
14. Girl Waits with Gun Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95
15. What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16
Nonfiction
Brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores.
= Only on the Midwest list= Midwest Connections pick
Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick“Bottomland is more than a literary mystery. It’s a trance, a poem, a lamentation, a benediction. And it’s breathtaking. As in: remind yourself to breathe.” -- Rebecca Makkai, author of The Hundred-Year Hoiuse
for the week ending 5/29/2016
1. American Gods Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.992. The Night Manager John le Carre, Ballantine, $9.993. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.994. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.995. 11/22/63 Stephen King, Pocket, $9.996. Make Me Lee Child, Dell, $9.997. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.998. Killer Gourmet G.A. McKevett, Kensington, $7.999. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.9910. The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99
Mass Market
HARDCOVER1. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95
2. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24
3. The GeneSiddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32
4. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25
5. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28
6. Being MortalAtul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
7. Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18
8. It’s Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too)Nora McInerny Purmort, Dey Street, $25.99
9. Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40
10. The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks Terry Tempest Williams, Sarah Crichton Books, $27
11. Valiant AmbitionNathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30
12. Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95
13. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal, Norton, $27.95
14. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Simon Sebag Montefiore, Knopf, $35
15. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
1. H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16
2. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20
3. Dead WakeErik Larson, Broadway, $17
4. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
5. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16
6. The Soul of an OctopusSy Montgomery, Atria, $16
7. Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95
8. The 10 Pillars of Wealth Alex Becker, Brown Books, $12.99
9. Birds of Minnesota Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95
10. The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Vintage, $16
11. The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough, S&S, $17
12. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95
13. A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland Cornelia F. Mutel, University of Iowa Press, $16
14. Daring Greatly Brene Brown, Avery, $17
15. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
PAPERBACK
