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

NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 12, 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. Normal People

Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178

3. Lost Roses

Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28, 9781524796372

4. The Guest Book

Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250110251

5. The Flight Portfolio

Julie Orringer, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307959409

6. The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

7. Devotions

Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249

8. Women Talking

Miriam Toews, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781635572582

9. Exhalation: Stories

Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883

10. Redemption

David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538761410

11. Machines Like Me

Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385545112

12. Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27, 9781524798628

13. Spring

Ali Smith, Pantheon, $25.95, 9781101870778

14. Circe

Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347

15. Cape May

Chip Cheek, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250297150

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Becoming

Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

2. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680

3. Educated

Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504

4. Nanaville

Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9780812996104

5. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Casey Cep, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947869

6. Working

Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $25, 9780525656340

7. What It Takes: How I Built a $100 Million Business Against the Odds

Raegan Moya-Jones, Portfolio, $28, 9780735214644

8. Save Me the Plums

Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27, 9781400069996

9. The Second Mountain

David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264

10. A Woman of No Importance

Sonia Purnell, Viking, $28, 9780735225299

11. Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions

Patricia Marx, Roz Chast (Illus.), Celadon Books, $20, 9781250301963

12. No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir

Ani DiFranco, Viking, $28, 9780735225176

13. The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577

14. Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis, Doubleday, $22, 9780385543897

15. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Overstory

Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687

2. There There

Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140

3. A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439

4. Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315

5. Washington Black

Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242

6. The Woman in the Window

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

7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

8. The Word Is Murder

Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062676801

9. Transcription

Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316176668

10. Warlight

Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16, 9780525562962

11. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690

12. Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066

13. The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501156250

14. All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219

15. Severance: A Novel

Ling Ma, Picador, $17, 9781250214997

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Mueller Report

The Washington Post, Scribner, $15, 9781982129736

2. Born a Crime

Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198

3. The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion

Robert S. Mueller, III, et al., Skyhorse, $12.99, 9781510750166

4. Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110

5. My Own Words

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254

6. The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

Robert S. Mueller, et al., Melville House, $9.99, 9781612197814

7. The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555978273

8. We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9781101911761

9. White Fragility

Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415

10. Being Mortal

Atul Gawande, Picador, $17, 9781250076229

11. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

Jon Meacham, Random House, $20, 9780399589829

12. Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062464347

13. Fly Girls

Keith O'Brien, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $15.99, 9781328592798

14. The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18, 9780143127741

15. Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22, 9781501139161

 

MASS MARKET

1. To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966

2. A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

3. A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429

4. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

5. The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

6. Hiroshima

John Hersey, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679721031

7. The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

8. Two Kinds of Truth

Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538700013

9. Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398

10. In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190476

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274

2. Dragons Love Tacos

Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801

3. High Five

Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $19.99, 9780525428893

4. Goodnight Moon

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

5. The Good Egg

Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062866004

6. Don't Let Them Disappear

Chelsea Clinton, Gianna Marino (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514329

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

8. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926

9. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $19.99, 9780399167898

10. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

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

Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $13.99, 9781419740275

2. New Kid

Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194

3. Drama

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995

4. The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350

5. Ghosts

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629

6. The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062662804

7. Smile

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060

8. Sisters

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605

9. Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568

10. With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062662835

 

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576

2. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210

3. Spy School British Invasion

Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534424708

4. Just Jaime (Emmie & Friends)

Terri Libenson, Terri Libenson (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $12.99, 9780062851062

5. Dog Man Unleashed

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203

6. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173

7. Dog Man

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608

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

Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402

9. Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #6)

Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338067613

10. Endling #1: The Last

Katherine Applegate, Harper, $7.99, 9780062335548

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