Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 24, 2023. Based on reporting from the
independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBoundIndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
3. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965
4. The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390
5. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
6. The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29, 9780593299425
7. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138
8. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
9. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
10. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
11. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
13. Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30, 9780593536117
14. Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28, 9781982169695
15. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
3. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
4. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374610326
7. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
8. Up Home: One Girl's Journey
Ruth J. Simmons, Random House, $27, 9780593446003
9. 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution
Katherine Spillar (Ed.), Knopf, $50, 9780593321560
10. The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30, 9781501183157
11. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675
12. Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football
Gary Myers, PublicAffairs, $30, 9781541702394
13. Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
14. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805
15. Bartleby and Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener
Gay Talese, Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358455479
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
4. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18, 9780593446089
5. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
6. The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18, 9780593470596
7. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
8. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
9. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
10. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
11. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
12. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18, 9780593492666
13. Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090
14. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
15. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
5. An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2024
Susan Gail Johnson (Ed.), Abbeville Press, $12.95, 9780789254672
6. The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
8. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
9. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
11. Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
12. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
13. The Young Man
Annie Ernaux, Seven Stories Press, $13.95, 9781644213209
14. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
4. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
5. Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063143241
6. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
7. To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553575385
8. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477116
9. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
10. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
3. Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
4. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
5. Bluey: Sleepytime
Joe Brumm, Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593659588
6. Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
10. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
2. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
3. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
4. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
5. Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
6. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
7. A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
8. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535
9. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
10. Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
2. Hooky Volume 3
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780358693574
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573
5. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
6. We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781416995593
7. Hooky
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358468295
8. The Vanderbeekers Ever After
Karina Yan Glaser, Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780358434580
9. A Super Scary Narwhalloween (A Narwhal and Jelly Book, #8)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $12.99, 9780735266742
10. The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! (The Bad Guys, #17)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338892710
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