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

NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, January 6, 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. Kingdom of the Blind

Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066206

3. The Reckoning

John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153

4. There There

Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375

5. Unsheltered

Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561

6. The Friend

Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead, $25, 9780735219441

7. The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $27, 9780735223523

8. Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292

9. Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825

10. An American Marriage

Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95, 9781616208776

11. Once Upon a River

Diane Setterfield, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28, 9780743298070

12. Transcription

Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316176637

13. The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20, 9780451491336

14. Washington Black

Esi Edugyan, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521426

15. Fire & Blood

George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35, 9781524796280

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Becoming

Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

2. Educated

Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504

3. The Library Book

Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188

4. How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9781594204227

5. These Truths

Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95, 9780393635249

6. Ninja Future: Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation

Gary Shapiro, William Morrow, $25.99, 9780062890511

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

Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714

8. Ninth Street Women

Mary Gabriel, Little Brown, $35, 9780316226189

9. Girl, Wash Your Face

Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99, 9781400201655

10. The Point of It All

Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9781984825483

11. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780525512172

12. Cook Like a Pro

Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187046

13. Gmorning, Gnight!

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9781984854278

14. Ottolenghi Simple

Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607749165

15. Guinness World Records 2019

Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286430

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

2. Less

Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132

3. Pachinko

Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920

4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690

5. My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064

6. Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday, S&S, $16, 9781501166785

7. All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219

8. Milkman

Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000

9. The Best American Short Stories 2018

Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9780544582941

10. Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.99, 9781328911247

11. The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486792

12. Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925

13. The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400

14. Improvement

Joan Silber, Counterpoint, $16.95, 9781640091139

15. Manhattan Beach

Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $17, 9781476716749

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

2. Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062464347

3. Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110

4. Beautiful Boy

David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99, 9781328974716

5. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2019

Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572227

6. White Fragility

Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415

7. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9780525434801

8. Grit

Angela Duckworth, Scribner, $17.99, 9781501111112

9. The Color of Law

Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019

Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987730

11. We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9781101911761

12. The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609

13. My Own Words

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

14. Prairie Fires

Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22, 9781250182487

15. Wreck This Journal

Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940

 

MASS MARKET

1. To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966

2. Origin

Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9780525563709

3. A Game of Thrones

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

4. Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

5. Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553212181

6. Nine Stories

J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8, 9780316769501

7. In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190476

8. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

9. Animal Farm

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

10. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon

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

2. Julián Is a Mermaid

Jessica Love, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690458

3. The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373

4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790

5. The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701

6. We Don't Eat Our Classmates

Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

8. Hello Lighthouse

Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382

9. The Wonky Donkey

Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241

10. The Day the Crayons Came Home

Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $18.99, 9780399172755

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350

2. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia

Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781984894861

3. Dear Evan Hansen

Val Emmich, et al., Poppy, $18.99, 9780316420235

4. Refugee

Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545880831

5. Bridge of Clay

Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26, 9781984830159

6. Girls of Paper and Fire

Natasha Ngan, jimmy patterson, $18.99, 9780316561365

7. Mary Poppins (Illustrated Gift Edition)

P.L. Travers, Julia Sarda (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9781328498847

8. A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272

9. Ghosts

Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629

10. A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader

Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick (Eds.), Enchanted Lion Books, $34.95, 9781592702282

 

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576

2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown

Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.95, 9781419727436

3. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173

4. Dog Man Unleashed

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203

5. Dog Man

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608

6. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210

7. The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire, Book 12)

Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338214482

8. Big Nate Goes Bananas!

Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449489953

9. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)

J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338263893

10. Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180

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