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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 8/21/2016 FICTION NONFICTION Midwest Connections Pick Lab Girl . . . compelled me to ponder the astonishing grace and gumption of a seed . . . and it introduced me to a deeply inspiring woman—a scientist so passionate about her work I felt myself vividly with her on every page. This is a smart, enthralling, and winning debut.” —Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild Midwest Connections Pick “Agee’s emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains . . . The story’s several parts—gritty West- ern, family saga, mystery—work together for a memorable tale of heartbreak and redemption.” Publishers Weekly Midwest Indie Bestsellers 1. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95 2. Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95 3. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26 4. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95 5. Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99 6. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 7. Dark Matter Blake Crouch, Crown, $26.99 8. Barkskins Annie Proulx, Scribner, $32 9. The Girls Emma Cline, Random House, $27 10. Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99 11. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99 12. Heroes of the Frontier Dave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95 13. I Will Send Rain Rae Meadows, Holt, $26 14. Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler, Knopf, $25 15. The Excellent Lombards Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $26 1. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28 2. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99 3. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 4. White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28 5. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 6. But What If We’re Wrong? Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider, $26 7. Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99 8. American Heiress Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95 9. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 10. Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45 11. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North Blair Braverman, Ecco, $25.99 12. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $25 13. Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99 14. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28 15. Dear County Agent Guy Jerry Nelson, Workman, $14.95

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Page 1: Indie Bestsellers Midwest Indie Bestsellers Hardcover · Brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores.

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 8/21/2016

Indie Bestsellers

FICTION NONFICTION

Midwest Connections Pick“Lab Girl . . . compelled me to ponder the astonishing grace and gumption of a seed . . . and it introduced me to a deeply inspiring woman—a scientist so passionate about her work I felt myself vividly with her on every page. This is a smart, enthralling, and winning debut.” —Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild

Midwest Connections Pick“Agee’s emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains . . . The story’s several parts—gritty West-ern, family saga, mystery—work together for a memorable tale of heartbreak and redemption.” —Publishers Weekly

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95

2. Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95

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

4. HomegoingYaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95

5. Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99

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

7. Dark MatterBlake Crouch, Crown, $26.99

8. Barkskins Annie Proulx, Scribner, $32

9. The GirlsEmma Cline, Random House, $27

10. Another BrooklynJacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99

11. The NightingaleKristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99

12. Heroes of the FrontierDave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95

13. I Will Send RainRae Meadows, Holt, $26

14. SweetbitterStephanie Danler, Knopf, $25

15. The Excellent Lombards Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $26

1. The Girl With the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer, Gallery, $28

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

3. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24

4. White TrashNancy Isenberg, Viking, $28

5. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25

6. But What If We’re Wrong? Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider, $26

7. Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat HillaryDick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99

8. American HeiressJeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95

9. Being MortalAtul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26

10. Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45

11. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White NorthBlair Braverman, Ecco, $25.99

12. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $25

13. Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99

14. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28

15. Dear County Agent Guy Jerry Nelson, Workman, $14.95

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Paperback

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 8/21/2016

1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.993. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.994. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.995. Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $9.996. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.997. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.998. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.999. The Inferno Dante Alighieri, Signet Classics, $5.9510. The Killer Angels Michael Shaara, Ballantine, $7.99

Mass Market

FICTION

Midwest Connections Pick“An enjoyable and thought-provoking exploration of a modern-day marriage in midlife crisis.”—Kirkus Reviews

NONFICTION1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $163. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $164. After YouJojo Moyes, Penguin, $165. The Little Paris BookshopNina George, Broadway, $166. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $167. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.998. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $169. Kitchens of the Great Midwest J.Ryan Stradal, Penguin, $16

10. The Readers of Broken Wheel RecommendKatarina Bivald, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.9911. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1712. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $1513. The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $1614. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Ed) Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.9915. Circling the Sun Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16

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

2. H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16

3. The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough, S&S, $17

4. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20

5. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95

6. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95

7. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16

8. Chill the F*ck Out: A Swear Word Coloring Book Hannah Caner, St. Martin’s Griffin, $9.99

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

10. The Latehomecomer Kao Kalia Yang, Coffee House Press, $16.95

11. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster, Harper Perennial, $15.99

12. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18

13. Barbarian DaysWilliam Finnegan, Penguin, $17

14. Dead WakeErik Larson, Broadway, $17

15. Harry Potter Coloring Book Scholastic, $15.99

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Children’s

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Children’s Series Titles1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.992. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.993. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.994. The Land of Stories: An Author’s Odyssey Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $19.995. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.996. Hogwarts Classics, 2 Volume Set (Harry Potter) J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $19.997. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.998. The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.999. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.9910. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99

ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

2. The Night Before KindergartenNatasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $4.99

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

4. Little Blue TruckAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99

5. Peek-A-Who? Nina Laden, Chronicle, $6.95

6. Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99

7. Baby Babble Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.95

8. Kindergarten, Here I Come! D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99

9. The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Putnam, $10.99

10. Beach Baby Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.95

Midwest Connections Pick“This is an engaging debut picture book [that] will appeal to a wide age range. Here’s hoping for more adventures with Magnolia!”—School Library Journal

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.99

2. Roller GirlVictoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99

3. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden OracleRick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99

4. PaxSara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99

5. Firefly Hollow Alison McGhee, Christopher Denise (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $8.99

6. Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics Chris Grabenstein, Random House, $16.99

7. The Witches Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99

8. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jesse Andrews, Amulet, $9.959. The BFGRoald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99

10. The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99

Midwest Connections Pick“Root 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

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Fiction

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for the week ending 8/21/2016Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections Pick“Agee’s emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains . . . The story’s several parts—gritty West-ern, family saga, mystery—work 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 PAPERBACK

1. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95

2. Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95

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

4. HomegoingYaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95

5. Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99

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

7. Dark MatterBlake Crouch, Crown, $26.99

8. Barkskins Annie Proulx, Scribner, $32

9. The GirlsEmma Cline, Random House, $27

10. Another BrooklynJacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99

11. The NightingaleKristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99

12. Heroes of the FrontierDave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95

13. I Will Send RainRae Meadows, Holt, $26

14. SweetbitterStephanie Danler, Knopf, $25

15. The Excellent Lombards Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $26

1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $163. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $164. After YouJojo Moyes, Penguin, $165. The Little Paris BookshopNina George, Broadway, $166. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $167. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.998. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $169. Kitchens of the Great Midwest J.Ryan Stradal, Penguin, $16

10. The Readers of Broken Wheel RecommendKatarina Bivald, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.9911. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1712. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $1513. The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $1614. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Ed) Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.9915. Circling the Sun Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16

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Nonfiction

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections Pick“Yang’s evocative, often moving memoir . . . reveals a life of struggle, hardship, deep love, and strong family ties.”--Kirkus Review

for the week ending 8/21/2016

1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.992. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.993. Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.994. The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.996. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.997. The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin Kate Chopin, Pocket, $4.958. Neuromancer William Gibson, Ace, $8.999. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.9910. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99

Mass Market

PAPERBACKHARDCOVER

1. The Girl With the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer, Gallery, $28

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

3. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24

4. White TrashNancy Isenberg, Viking, $28

5. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25

6. But What If We’re Wrong? Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider, $26

7. Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat HillaryDick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99

8. American HeiressJeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95

9. Being MortalAtul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26

10. Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45

11. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White NorthBlair Braverman, Ecco, $25.99

12. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $25

13. Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99

14. Becoming Wise Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28

15. Dear County Agent Guy Jerry Nelson, Workman, $14.95

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

2. H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16

3. The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough, S&S, $17

4. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20

5. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95

6. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95

7. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16

8. Chill the F*ck Out: A Swear Word Coloring Book Hannah Caner, St. Martin’s Griffin, $9.99

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

10. The Latehomecomer Kao Kalia Yang, Coffee House Press, $16.95

11. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster, Harper Perennial, $15.99

12. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18

13. Barbarian DaysWilliam Finnegan, Penguin, $17

14. Dead WakeErik Larson, Broadway, $17

15. Harry Potter Coloring Book Scholastic, $15.99