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Indie Bestsellers

FICTION NONFICTION

Midwest Connections PickA fantastic novel about love, betrayal, politics and pop cultureas good as the best Michael Chabon or Jonathan Franzen. People

Midwest Connections PickValentes beautiful, elegiac novel about a community in mourning, and the unseen forces that unravel and consume us after a tragedy, is a work of heartbreaking timeliness.J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Midwest Indie Bestsellers1. The WhistlerJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

2. Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99

3. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99

4. The Wrong Side of GoodbyeMichael Connelly, Little Brown, $29

5. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95

6. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $27

7. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella Fredrik Backman, Atria, $18

8. The TrespasserTana French, Viking, $27

9. The MothersBrit Bennett, Riverhead, $26

10. Today Will Be DifferentMaria Semple, Little Brown, $27

11. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95

12. The Nix Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95

13. The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories P.D. James, Knopf, $24

14. Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99

15. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26

1. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99

2. Born to RunBruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50

3. Upstream Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26

4. AppetitesAnthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $37.50

5. Cooking for JeffreyIna Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35

6. The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95

7. Killing the Rising SunBill OReilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30

8. Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre Jeff Pearlman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28

9. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25

10. Strangers in Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild, New Press, $27.95

11. Hero of the Empire Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30

12. Heyday: 35 Years of Music in Minneapolis Daniel Corrigan, Danny Sigelman, Minnesota His-torical Society Press, $34.95, 9781681340210

13. American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White, Random House, $35

14. The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West Peter Cozzens, Knopf, $35

15. A Life Well Played: My StoriesArnold Palmer, St. Martins, $22.99

Paperback

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.992. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $113. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.994. The Wise Mans Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King, Pocket, $9.996. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.997. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $7.998. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.999. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.9910. Twice Told Tail Ali Brandon, Berkley, $7.99

Mass Market

FICTION

Midwest Connections PickAn enjoyable and thought-provoking exploration of a modern-day marriage in midlife crisis.Kirkus Reviews

NONFICTION

1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. The SelloutPaul Beatty, Picador USA, $163. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $164. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You Shes SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $165. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $166. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $167. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.998. The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $169. The Best American Short Stories 2016Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.9510. The Life We Bury Allen Eskens, Seventh Street Books, $15.9511. My Name Is Lucy BartonElizabeth Strout, Random House, $1612. EileenOttessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $1613. A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $1714. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1715. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16

1. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20

2. Living With a Seal: 31 Days Training With the Toughest Man on the PlanetJesse Itzler, Center Street, $15.99

3. The Road to Little DribblingBill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95

4. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient RomeMary Beard, Liveright, $17.95

5. Roughneck Grace Michael Perry, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $18.95

6. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17

7. Yuge! G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

8. The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99

9. H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16

10. The Soul of an Octopus Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16

11. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), MN Historical Society Press, $18.95

12. Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $1613. Johannas Christmas Johanna Basford, Penguin, $15

14. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $16

15. Custers Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America T.J. Stiles, Vintage, $19.95

for the week ending 11/6/2016

Childrens

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 11/6/2016

Childrens Series Titles1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.952. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.993. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.994. Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.995. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.996. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.997. The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.998. Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry Potter) Kennilworthy Whisp, Arthur A. Levine Books, $9.999. Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.9910. The Last Star: The Final Book of the 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99

ILLUSTRATED

1. We Found a HatJon Klassen, Candlewick Press, $17.99

2. The Day the Crayons QuitDrew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philo-mel, $17.99

3. The Day the Crayons Came Home Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philo-mel, $18.99

4. A Charlie Brown ThanksgivingCharles M. Schulz, Simon Spotlight, $7.99

5. Otis and the Kittens Loren Long, Loren Long (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99

6. Goodnight Loon Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), Uni-versity of Minnesota Press, $9.95

7. Gingerbread Christmas Jan Brett, Putnam, $18.99

8. Ada Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95

9. Mother Bruce Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99

10. If You Give a Mouse a BrownieLaura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Harper, $17.99

Midwest Connections PickThis is an engaging debut picture book [that] will appeal to a wide age range. Heres hoping for more adventures with Magnolia!School Library Journal

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE

1. GhostsRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

2. Dog ManDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99

3. DramaRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

4. Raymie Nightingale Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99

5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95

6. The Secret KeepersTrenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illus.), Little Brown, $18.99

7. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99

8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99

9. Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects Jack Challoner, DK Publishing, $19.99

10. 365 Things to Do with Lego Bricks Simon Hugo, DK Publishing, $24.99

Midwest Connections PickRoot has created a rural landscape in watercol-or-and-gouache paintings in a palette of avocado and ochre that captures a feeling of heat and stillness A bucolic story with more adult than child appeal. Kirkus Reviews

Fiction

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for the week ending 11/6/2016Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections PickAgees emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains . . . The storys several partsgritty West-ern, family saga, mysterywork together for a memorable tale of heartbreak and redemption. Publishers Weekly

Midwest Connections Pick[A] stellar debut. Filled with charming pop-culture references, this deft caper novel is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and poignant. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK1. The WhistlerJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

2. Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99

3. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99

4. The Wrong Side of GoodbyeMichael Connelly, Little Brown, $29

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