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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 11/25/2018 FICTION NONFICTION Midwest Connections Pick “Abby Geni is the absolute master of storytelling about the destructive beauty of nature and wildlife, and in The Wildlands she had my heart in my throat as she explores the battle between human and mother nature.” —Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First (Chicago, IL) Midwest Indie Bestsellers Midwest Connections Pick “...Illustrates our present moment through a keen and unflinching look at our past. Thompson’s work centers on the Midwest, what some call ‘fly over’ country, but in her hands, we come to see that it is the center.” — Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99 2. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 3. Fire & Blood George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35 4. The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 5. The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20 6. Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99 7. A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99 8. Past Tense Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99 9. The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28 10. The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26 11. Every Breath Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28 12. Desolation Mountain William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26 13. There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95 14. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26 15. Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29 1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50 2. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Col- bert, S&S, $14.99 3. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28 4. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 5. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22 6. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 7. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99 8. The Good Neighbor Maxwell King, Abrams Press, $30 9. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30 10. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30 11. The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95 12. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 13. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95 14. Dare to Lead Brene Brown, Random House, $28 15. Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $28
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for the week ending 11/25/2018
Indie Bestsellers
FICTION NONFICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“Abby Geni is the absolute master of storytelling about the destructive beauty of nature and wildlife, and in The Wildlands she had my heart in my throat as she explores the battle between human and mother nature.” —Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First (Chicago, IL)
Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick “...Illustrates our present moment through a keen and unflinching look at our past. Thompson’s work centers on the Midwest, what some call ‘fly over’ country, but in her hands, we come to see that it is the center.” — Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage
1. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99
2. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27
3. Fire & BloodGeorge R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35
4. The ReckoningJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95
5. The Travelling Cat ChroniclesHiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20
6. Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99
7. A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99
8. Past TenseLee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99
9. The Witch ElmTana French, Viking, $28
10. The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26
11. Every BreathNicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28
12. Desolation Mountain William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26
13. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95
14. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26
15. Dark Sacred NightMichael Connelly, Little Brown, $29
1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50
2. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Col-bert, S&S, $14.99
3. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28
4. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28
5. Gmorning, Gnight!Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22
6. Almost EverythingAnne Lamott, Riverhead, $20
7. Girl, Wash Your FaceRachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99
8. The Good Neighbor Maxwell King, Abrams Press, $30
9. Shade: A Tale of Two PresidentsPete Souza, Little Brown, $30
10. Leadership: In Turbulent TimesDoris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30
11. The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95
12. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28
13. These TruthsJill Lepore, Norton, $39.95
14. Dare to LeadBrene Brown, Random House, $28
15. Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $28
Paperback
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Midwest Indie Bestsellers
1. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.992. Armada, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.993. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.994. The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. Binti, Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com, $9.996. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.997. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $7.998. Yes Please, Amy Poehler, Dey Street Books, $8.999. The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan, Tor, $9.9910. American Gods, Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99
Mass Market
FICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“Franzen displays his signature precision and deadpan humor.” — Vanity Fair
NONFICTION
for the week ending 11/25/2018
1. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.992. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.993. Hope Never DiesAndrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $14.994. Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $16.995. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $166. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.997. Crazy Rich AsiansKevin Kwan, Anchor, $168. Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $179. Friday BlackNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.9910. Lord of the Butterflies Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, $1611. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1712. The Other Einstein Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.9913. Prague Spring Simon Mawer, Other Press, $17.9514. Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Vintage, $1615. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99
1. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95
2. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99
3. Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22
4. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95
5. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16
6. Beautiful BoyDavid Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99
7. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18
8. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22
9. Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99
10. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
11. Boy Erased Garrard Conley, Riverhead Books, $16
12. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $14.99
13. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17
14. We Were Eight Years in PowerTa-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18
15. Janesville Amy Goldstein, S&S, $16
Children’s
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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 11/25/2018
Children’s Series Titles1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.952. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.993. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter), J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.994. The Princess in Black, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.995. The Magic Misfits: The Second Story, Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin (Illus.), Kyle Hilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.996. Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $5.997. A Map of Days (The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children), Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $22.998. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1), Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.999. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (Narwhal and Jelly), Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.9910. Dog Man, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99
ILLUSTRATED1. The Wonky DonkeyCraig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99
2. The Snowy NapJan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99
3. Santa BruceRyan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99
4. Red and Lulu Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99
5. Construction Site on Christmas NightSherri Duskey Rinker, A.G. Ford (Illus.), Chron-icle Books, $16.99
6. Merry Christmas, Little Pookie Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99
7. Little Blue Truck’s ChristmasAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99
8. Hush Hush, Forest Mary Casanova, Nick Wroblewski (Illus.), Uni-versity of Minnesota Press, $16.95
9. The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99
10. We Don’t Eat Our ClassmatesRyan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99
Midwest Connections Pick
YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. Louisiana’s Way HomeKate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99
2. The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99
3. Bridge of ClayMarkus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26
4. The Complete Cookbook for Young ChefsAmerica’s Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Jab-berwocky, $19.99
5. Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be DifferentBen Brooks, Quinton Wintor (Illus.), Running Press Kids, $16.99
6. Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99
7. SquirmCarl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99
8. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
9. Monstrous Devices Damien Love, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99
10. Seeing Stars: A Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations Sara Gillingham, Phaidon Press, $24.95
Midwest Connections Pick“Hilarious...a laugh on each spread. And readers will cheer on Leopold as he opts to take the high road--and ends up on top.” --Publishers Weekly
"There’s lots of hugging and happiness in this book that will make readers of all ages smile." --Pioneer Press
Fiction
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Midwest Connections Pick Midwest Connections Pick “A Key to Treehouse Living is revelatory, a literary lighthouse that forges new routes of understanding. Every life is uncharted terrain, but Elliot Reed gives us a roadmap so that we might understand in more clearer terms how to transverse our terrifying, wonderful world.” – Rachel Kaplan, Avid Bookshop
“The Great Believers kept me up reading late into the night, and I’d wake up thinking about Makkai’s vibrant, complex, and deeply human characters. This is an immersive, heartbreaking novel—I loved it.” —Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me
HARDCOVER
1. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99
2. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27
3. Fire & BloodGeorge R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35
4. The ReckoningJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95
5. The Travelling Cat ChroniclesHiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20
6. Nine Perfect StrangersLiane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99
7. A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99
8. Past TenseLee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99
9. The Witch ElmTana French, Viking, $28
10. The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26
11. Every BreathNicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28
12. Desolation Mountain William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26
13. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95
14. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26
15. Dark Sacred NightMichael Connelly, Little Brown, $29
1. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.992. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.993. Hope Never DiesAndrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $14.994. Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $16.995. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $166. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.997. Crazy Rich AsiansKevin Kwan, Anchor, $168. Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $179. Friday BlackNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.9910. Lord of the Butterflies Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, $1611. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1712. The Other Einstein Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.9913. Prague Spring Simon Mawer, Other Press, $17.9514. Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Vintage, $1615. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99
Nonfiction
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Mass Market
HARDCOVERPAPERBACK
Midwest Connections Pick“Mejia’s thrilling tale works both as an engaging mys-tery and a haunting meditation on grief, abandonment, and the lost places within ourselves. Brutal, devastating, and utterly riveting.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50
2. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show, S&S, $14.99
3. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28
4. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28
5. Gmorning, Gnight!Lin-Manuel Miranda, Random House, $22
6. Almost EverythingAnne Lamott, Riverhead, $20
7. Girl, Wash Your FaceRachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99
8. The Good Neighbor Maxwell King, Abrams Press, $30
9. Shade: A Tale of Two PresidentsPete Souza, Little Brown, $30
10. Leadership: In Turbulent TimesDoris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30
11. The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Lee Svitak Dean, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95
12. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28
13. These TruthsJill Lepore, Norton, $39.95
14. Dare to LeadBrene Brown, Random House, $28
15. Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $28
1. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95
2. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99
3. Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22
4. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95
5. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16
6. Beautiful BoyDavid Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99
7. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18
8. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22
9. Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99
10. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
11. Boy Erased Garrard Conley, Riverhead Books, $16
12. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $14.99
13. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17
14. We Were Eight Years in PowerTa-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18
15. Janesville Amy Goldstein, S&S, $16
1. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.992. Armada, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.993. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.994. The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. Binti, Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com, $9.996. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.997. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $7.998. Yes Please, Amy Poehler, Dey Street Books, $8.999. The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan, Tor, $9.9910. American Gods, Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99
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