The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and

NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 8, 2019. Based on reporting from the

independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090

2. The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070

3. A Better Man

Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213

4. The Secrets We Kept

Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159

5. Normal People

Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178

6. Chances Are . . .

Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746

7. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023

8. The Grammarians

Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books, $27, 9780374280116

9. Quichotte

Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593132982

10. Inland

Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861

11. The Girl Who Lived Twice

David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494344

12. City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734

13. Lady in the Lake

Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062390011

14. The New Girl

Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836

15. Evvie Drake Starts Over

Linda Holmes, Ballantine, $26, 9780525619246

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Educated

Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504

2. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090

3. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Jim Mattis, Bing West, Random House, $28, 9780812996838

4. Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543

5. Becoming

Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

6. Three Women

Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292

7. How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288

8. How to Raise a Reader

Pamela Paul, Maria Russo, Dan Yaccarino (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523505302

9. The Pioneers

David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680

10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck

Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714

11. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057

12. The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577

13. Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography

The New York Times, Clarkson Potter, $65, 9781524763503

14. The Yellow House: A Memoir

Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088

15. This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals That Will Make You Feel Better

Smith Street Books (Ed.), Smith Street Books, $14.95, 9781925811186

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439

2. The Overstory

Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687

3. Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315

4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

5. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690

6. The Woman in the Window

A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423

7. There There

Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140

8. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913

9. The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092

10. The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

11. Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704

12. The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

13. The Witch Elm

Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643

14. Washington Black

Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242

15. The Silence of the Girls

Pat Barker, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564102

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Born a Crime

Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198

2. How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155

3. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196

4. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020

Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102

5. Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965

6. Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview

Melville House, $16.99, 9781612198248

7. White Fragility

Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415

8. The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18, 9780143127741

9. Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110

10. Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

11. Calypso

David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426

12. The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213

13. Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

14. Dopesick

Beth Macy, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316551304

15. David and Goliath

Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18, 9780316204378

 

MASS MARKET

1. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719

2. Good Omens

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

3. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

4. The Reckoning

John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

5. Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398

6. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348

7. The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488

8. Macbeth

William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743477109

9. A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry, Signet, $7.99, 9780451183880

10. The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!

Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459

2. Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum

Dr. Seuss, Andrew Joyner (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399559129

3. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514121

4. Room on the Broom

Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142501122

5. Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617

6. Dinosnores

Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136

7. The Scarecrow

Beth Ferry, The Fan Brothers (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062475763

8. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007

9. If I Built a School

Chris Van Dusen, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780525552918

10. Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess

Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780670016440

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Best Friends

Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469

2. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275

3. Camp

Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781328530820

4. A Wolf Called Wander

Rosanne Parry, Monica Armino (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99, 9780062895936

5. One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680

6. Pumpkinheads

Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks (Illus.), First Second, $17.99, 9781626721623

7. Sisters

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605

8. Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9781524714727

9. The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9781984849397

10. Ghosts

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629

 

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590

2. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #7)

Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338304510

3. Dog Man

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608

4. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576

5. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210

6. Dog Man Unleashed

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203

7. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173

8. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $5.99, 9780679824114

9. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)

Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427

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