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for the week ending 5/20/2018

Indie Bestsellers

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Midwest Connections Pick“Few books in recent memory have mastered the Mid-western uncanny as well as John Darnielle’s strange and lyrical Universal Harvester...Like Midwestern cornfields, this book haunts in many ways.” —Chicago Review of Books

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections Pick“An astounding triumph. Profound. Achingly wise. A recovery memoir like no other.” —Entertainment Weekly

1. WarlightMichael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26.95

2. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

3. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95

4. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

5. Little Fires EverywhereCeleste Ng, Penguin Press, $27

6. Varina Charles Frazier, Ecco, $27.99

7. The Female PersuasionMeg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $28

8. Love and RuinPaula McLain, Ballantine, $28

9. You Think It, I’ll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $27

10. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95

11. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26

12. Wade in the Water Tracy K. Smith, Graywolf Press, $24

13. The Mars RoomRachel Kushner, Scribner, $27

14. Before We Were YoursLisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26

15. Last Stories William Trevor, Viking, $26

1. How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan, Penguin Press, $282. The Soul of AmericaJon Meacham, Random House, $303. BarracoonZora Neale Hurston, Amistad Press, $24.994. Magnolia TableJoanna Gaines, Marah Stets, Morrow, $29.995. I’ll Be Gone in the DarkMichelle McNamara, Harper, $27.996. I Love Capitalism!: An American StoryKen Langone, Portfolio, $287. Fascism: A WarningMadeleine Albright, Harper, $27.998. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ckMark Manson, Harper, $24.999. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $2810. A Higher LoyaltyJames Comey, Flatiron, $29.9911. Pick Three: You Can Have It All (Just Not Every Day) Randi Zuckerberg, Dey Street, $26.9912. Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America James M. Fallows, Deborah Fallows, Pantheon, $28.9513. Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Metropolitan Books, $3514. 12 Rules for LifeJordan B. Peterson, Random House, $25.9515. The Art of the Wasted Day Patricia Hampl, Viking, $26

Paperback

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. The Midnight Line Lee Child, Dell, $9.992. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.993. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.994. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.995. Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $9.996. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.997. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.998. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.999. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie, Morrow, $7.9910. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $7.99

Mass Market

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Midwest Connections Pick“Fridlund shines a spotlight on what gets hidden and un-reported, and the result can be overwhelming—cutting and funny and filled with difficult truth.” —Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet

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for the week ending 5/20/2018

1. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.992. Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward, Scribner, $173. Norse MythologyNeil Gaiman, Norton, $15.954. Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders, Random House, $175. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $176. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $167. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.958. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $169. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.9910. Anything Is PossibleElizabeth Strout, Random House, $1711. The Ministry of Utmost HappinessArundhati Roy, Vintage, $16.9512. Into the WaterPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $1613. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1614. We Were the Lucky OnesGeorgia Hunter, Penguin, $1615. Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $16

1. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.952. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.953. EvictedMatthew Desmond, Broadway, $174. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $16.995. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $166. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $16.997. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated AmericaRichard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.958. Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.999. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $1810. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.9511. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Agate B2, $11.9512. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $1013. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.9914. Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change Tao Lin, Vintage, $1615. The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99

Children’s

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 5/20/2018

Children’s Series Titles1. War Storm (Red Queen, #4) Victoria Aveyard, HaperTeen, $19.992. The Penderwicks at Last Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.993. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.994. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.995. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.996. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.997. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, $7.998. Mercy Watson to the Rescue Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $5.999. Dog Man Unleashed Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.9910. The 65-Story Treehouse (Treehouse Books, #5) Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $7.99

ILLUSTRATED1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.992. SquareMac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $15.993. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon BundoJill Twiss, EG Keller, Chronicle Books, $18.994. Llama Llama Loves to ReadAnna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.995. The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Putnam, $10.996. She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed HistoryChelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philo-mel, $17.997. A Different Pond Bao Phi, Thi Bui (Illus.), Capstone Young Read-ers, $15.958. Hello Hello Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle Books, $17.999. Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, Harper, $18.9510. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

Midwest Connections Pick

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE1. The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99

2. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99

3. Children of Blood and BoneTomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99

4. The Girl Who Drank the MoonKelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95

5. Hello, UniverseErin Entrada Kelly, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99

6. It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get In-spired & Get Going!Chelsea Clinton, Puffin, $9.99

7. Be Prepared Vera Brosgol, First Second, $12.99

8. Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth Sheila O’Connor, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $16.99

9. The Outsiders S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $9.99

10. For Every One Jason Reynolds, Atheneum, $14.99

Midwest Connections Pick“Abundantly necessary. Holly Hatam’s simple, stark style and limited palette reflect the essential and basic nature of equality, conveying that Dear Girl can be any girl. Dear Girl ends with love. Scary times call for extra love.” —New York Times Book Review

"Prose and poetry can become indistinguishable on the page just as beauty and tragedy are often indistinguishable in our lives. This is a punchy, finely written novel." —Wiley Cash, author of The

Fiction

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for the week ending 5/20/2018Midwest Indie Bestsellers

PAPERBACK

for the week ending 2/19/2017

HARDCOVER

Midwest Connections Pick“This charming and poignant novel made me fall in love with Paris and all things French. Oh, to own a bookstore in any arrondissement! ”—Jane Hamilton, author of The Excellent Lombards and A Map of the World

Midwest Connections Pick“Few books in recent memory have mastered the Mid-western uncanny as well as John Darnielle’s strange and lyrical Universal Harvester...Like Midwestern cornfields, this book haunts in many ways.” —Chicago Review of Books

1. WarlightMichael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26.95

2. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

3. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95

4. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

5. Little Fires EverywhereCeleste Ng, Penguin Press, $27

6. Varina Charles Frazier, Ecco, $27.99

7. The Female PersuasionMeg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $28

8. Love and RuinPaula McLain, Ballantine, $28

9. You Think It, I’ll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $27

10. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95

11. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26

12. Wade in the Water Tracy K. Smith, Graywolf Press, $24

13. The Mars RoomRachel Kushner, Scribner, $27

14. Before We Were YoursLisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26

15. Last Stories William Trevor, Viking, $26

1. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.992. Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward, Scribner, $173. Norse MythologyNeil Gaiman, Norton, $15.954. Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders, Random House, $175. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $176. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $167. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.958. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $169. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.9910. Anything Is PossibleElizabeth Strout, Random House, $1711. The Ministry of Utmost HappinessArundhati Roy, Vintage, $16.9512. Into the WaterPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $1613. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1614. We Were the Lucky OnesGeorgia Hunter, Penguin, $1615. Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $16

Nonfiction

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 5/20/2018

Mass Market

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

Midwest Connections Pick“An astounding triumph. Profound. Achingly wise. A recovery memoir like no other.” —Entertainment Weekly

1. The Midnight Line Lee Child, Dell, $9.992. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.993. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.994. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.995. Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $9.996. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.997. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.998. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.999. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie, Morrow, $7.9910. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $7.99

1. How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan, Penguin Press, $282. The Soul of AmericaJon Meacham, Random House, $303. BarracoonZora Neale Hurston, Amistad Press, $24.994. Magnolia TableJoanna Gaines, Marah Stets, Morrow, $29.995. I’ll Be Gone in the DarkMichelle McNamara, Harper, $27.996. I Love Capitalism!: An American StoryKen Langone, Portfolio, $287. Fascism: A WarningMadeleine Albright, Harper, $27.998. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ckMark Manson, Harper, $24.999. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $2810. A Higher LoyaltyJames Comey, Flatiron, $29.9911. Pick Three: You Can Have It All (Just Not Every Day) Randi Zuckerberg, Dey Street, $26.9912. Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America James M. Fallows, Deborah Fallows, Pantheon, $28.9513. Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Metropolitan Books, $3514. 12 Rules for LifeJordan B. Peterson, Random House, $25.9515. The Art of the Wasted Day Patricia Hampl, Viking, $26

1. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.952. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.953. EvictedMatthew Desmond, Broadway, $174. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $16.995. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $166. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $16.997. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated AmericaRichard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.958. Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.999. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $1810. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.9511. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Agate B2, $11.9512. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $1013. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.9914. Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change Tao Lin, Vintage, $1615. The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99