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FICTION 1. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27 2. Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28 3. The Prophets Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27 4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99 5. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26 6. Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95 7. Black Buck Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26 8. Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28 9. Outlawed Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26 10. The Children’s Blizzard Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28 11. Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27 12. A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95 13. Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95 14. The Cold Millions Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99 15. The Liar’s Dictionary Eley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95 1. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32 2. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders, Random House, $28 3. A Promised Land Barack Obama, Crown, $45 4. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28 5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99 6. Wintering Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24 7. You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28 8. The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32 9. How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27 10. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35 11. Evil Geniuses Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30 12. Dessert Person Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35 13. Mediocre Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28 14. Saving Freedom Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99 15. A Wealth of Pigeons Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28 “A constant, thrilling reminder of the magic and power that resides in the people—and the animals—that surround us every day.” —Whitney Terrell, The Good Lieutenant Midwest Indie Bestseller List NONFICTION the ardcover H for the week ending 1/17/2021 Title Alert M idwest “A novel that demands to be read and savored many times over!” —Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise This list is brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores. = Only on the Midwest list
Transcript of the Bestseller List · 2021. 1. 20. · Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99 14. When No One Is Watching...
FICTION1. The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27
2. Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman, Atria, $28
3. The ProphetsRobert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99
5. The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig, Viking, $26
6. HamnetMaggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95
7. Black Buck Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26
8. Deacon King KongJames McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
9. OutlawedAnna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26
10. The Children’s Blizzard Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28
11. Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27
12. A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95
13. Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95
14. The Cold Millions Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99
15. The Liar’s DictionaryEley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95
1. CasteIsabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32
2. A Swim in a Pond in the RainGeorge Saunders, Random House, $28
3. A Promised LandBarack Obama, Crown, $45
4. UntamedGlennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99
6. WinteringKatherine May, Riverhead Books, $24
7. You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28
8. The Splendid and the VileErik Larson, Crown, $32
9. How to Be an AntiracistIbram X. Kendi, One World, $27
10. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35
11. Evil GeniusesKurt Andersen, Random House, $30
12. Dessert Person Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35
13. MediocreIjeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28
14. Saving Freedom Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99
15. A Wealth of Pigeons Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28
“A constant, thrilling reminder of the magic and power that resides in the people—and the animals—that surround us every day.”
—Whitney Terrell, The Good Lieutenant
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“A novel that demands to be read and savored many times over!”
—Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise
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1. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.993. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.994. Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.995. Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.996. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, Penguin, $127. Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $7.998. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.999. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.9910. Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99
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FICTION1. CirceMadeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99
2. The Dutch HouseAnn Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17
3. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95
4. The Water DancerTa-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18
5. Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99
6. Interior ChinatownCharles Yu, Vintage, $16
7. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $18.95
8. Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17
9. The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99
10. The Queen’s GambitWalter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95
11. This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17
12. Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99
13. Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99
14. When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99
15. News of the WorldPaulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99
1. Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18
2. On TyrannyTimothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99
3. So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99
4. The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95
5. My Grandmother’s HandsResmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95
6. The Art of Gathering Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $17
7. The Truths We HoldKamala Harris, Penguin, $18
8. The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19
9. The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99
10. Quit Like a WomanHolly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18
11. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99
12. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $18
13. Somewhere in the Unknown World Kao Kalia Yang, Metropolitan Books, $17.99
14. Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17
15. In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16
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Title AlertMidwest
“A constant, thrilling reminder of the magic and power that resides in the people—and the animals—that surround us every day.”
—Whitney Terrell, The Good Lieutenant
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1. Concrete RoseAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99
2. Cat Kid Comic ClubDav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99
3. New KidJerry Craft, Harper, $12.99
4. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly AdventureJeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99
5. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White PersonFrederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99
6. The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs America’s Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99
7. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost ChildhoodGary Paulsen, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99
8. Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99
9. A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99
10. The One and Only BobKatherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99
1. Eyes That Kiss in the CornersJoanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99
2. The Undefeated Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99
3. Antiracist BabyIbram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99
4. The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99
5. And the People Stayed Home Kitty O’Meara, Tra Publishing, $18.99
6. Little Blue Truck’s ValentineAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99
7. Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95
8. Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox, Judy Horacek, HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99
9. The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99
10. Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95
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1. The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.992. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.993. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.994. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End, Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.995. The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.996. The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.997. Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.998. The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.999. Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury, $11.9910. Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99
CHILDREN’S SERIES
Title AlertMidwest
Mix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn’t exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series start-er brimming with humor, heart, and family.
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“A constant, thrilling reminder of the magic and power that resides in the people—and the animals—that surround us every day.”
—Whitney Terrell, The Good
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Title AlertMidwest
“A novel that demands to be read and savored many times over!”
—Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise
This list is brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores.
= Only on the Midwest list
1. The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27
2. Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman, Atria, $28
3. The ProphetsRobert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99
5. The Midnight LibraryMatt Haig, Viking, $26
6. HamnetMaggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95
7. Black Buck Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26
8. Deacon King KongJames McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
9. OutlawedAnna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26
10. The Children’s Blizzard Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28
11. Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27
12. A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95
13. Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95
14. The Cold Millions Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99
15. The Liar’s DictionaryEley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95
1. CirceMadeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99
2. The Dutch HouseAnn Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17
3. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95
4. The Water DancerTa-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18
5. Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99
6. Interior ChinatownCharles Yu, Vintage, $16
7. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $18.95
8. Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17
9. The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99
10. The Queen’s GambitWalter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95
11. This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17
12. Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99
13. Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99
14. When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99
15. News of the WorldPaulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99
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1. CasteIsabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32
2. A Swim in a Pond in the RainGeorge Saunders, Random House, $28
3. A Promised LandBarack Obama, Crown, $45
4. UntamedGlennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99
6. WinteringKatherine May, Riverhead Books, $24
7. You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28
8. The Splendid and the VileErik Larson, Crown, $32
9. How to Be an AntiracistIbram X. Kendi, One World, $27
10. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton, S&S, $35
11. Evil GeniusesKurt Andersen, Random House, $30
12. Dessert Person Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35
13. MediocreIjeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28
14. Saving Freedom Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99
15. A Wealth of Pigeons Steve Martin, Harry Bliss, Celadon Books, $28
1. Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18
2. On TyrannyTimothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99
3. So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99
4. The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95
5. My Grandmother’s HandsResmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95
6. The Art of Gathering Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $17
7. The Truths We HoldKamala Harris, Penguin, $18
8. The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19
9. The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99
10. Quit Like a WomanHolly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18
11. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99
12. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $18
13. Somewhere in the Unknown World Kao Kalia Yang, Metropolitan Books, $17.99
14. Burnout Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17
15. In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16
“A novel that demands to be read and savored many times over!”
—Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise
1. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.993. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.994. Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.995. Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.996. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, Penguin, $127. Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $7.998. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.999. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.9910. Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99
