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Hardcover
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for the week ending 10/9/2016
Indie Bestsellers
FICTION NONFICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“Michael Perry is a treasure. His memoirs, essays, and fiction all use his hard-earned perceptiveness and gift for colorful clarity in chronicling modern midwestern life, with its messes and chaos, but its quiet reflections as well.” —John Christensen, Arcadia Books (Spring Green,WI)
Midwest Connections Pick“I Will Send Rain is meticulously researched, deeply felt, and beautifully written, and I loved immersing myself in its harsh and elegant world.” —Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife
Midwest Indie Bestsellers
1. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99
2. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95
3. The TrespasserTana French, Viking, $27
4. Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99
5. Two by TwoNicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27
6. Today Will Be DifferentMaria Semple, Little Brown, $27
7. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27
8. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99
9. A Great ReckoningLouise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99
10. Razor GirlCarl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95
11. The Nix Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95
12. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26
13. Here I AmJonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28
14. News of the WorldPaulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99
15. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $26
1. Born to RunBruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50
2. Hero of the EmpireCandice Millard, Doubleday, $30
3. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99
4. Is This the End?: Signs of God’s Providence in a Disturbing New WorldDavid Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $24.99
5. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $30
6. Atlas ObscuraJoshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35
7. Killing the Rising SunBill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30
8. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
9. Alton Brown: EveryDayCook Alton Brown, Ballantine, $35
10. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25
11. The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95
12. The Girl With the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer, Gallery, $28
13. Armageddon Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99
14. Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Book-stores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers Bob Eckstein, Clarkson Potter, $22
15. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25
Paperback
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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 10/9/2016
1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.992. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.993. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.994. The Guilty David Baldacci, Vision, $9.995. Blue Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.996. The Survivor Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.997. It’s Your Party, Die If You Want To Vickie Fee, Kensington, $7.998. Hamlet William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.999. Breaking Creed Alex Kava, Berkley, $9.9910. Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99
Mass Market
FICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“Masterful... Intelligent... Thought-provoking. If there’s such a thing as a ‘thoughtful thriller,’ Missing Pieces is it.”—Sandra Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author
NONFICTION
1. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $162. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $163. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $164. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $155. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $166. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.997. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $168. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $169. The Queen’s Accomplice Susan Elia MacNeal, Bantam, $1610. The Heavens May Fall Allen Eskens, Seventh Street, $15.9511. Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $1612. The Light Between OceansM.L. Stedman, Scribner, $1713. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1714. Slade House David Mitchell, Random House, $1615. Iron Lake William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16
1. My Life on the RoadGloria Steinem, Random House, $18
2. Yuge!G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99
3. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16
4. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
5. Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty Michael Perry, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $18.95
6. H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16
7. The Road to CharacterDavid Brooks, Random House, $18
8. The Invention of NatureAndrea Wulf, Vintage, $17
9. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient RomeMary Beard, Liveright, $17.95
10. M TrainPatti Smith, Vintage, $16
11. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20
12. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
13. You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain Phoebe Robinson, Plume, $16
14. Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16
15. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $16
Children’s
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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 10/9/2016
Children’s Series Titles1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.992. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.993. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.994. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.995. Tales of the Peculiar (Companion to Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $24.996. Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 97815947473597. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.998. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.959. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition (2015) J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99
ILLUSTRATED
1. Eek! Halloween!Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95
2. Little Blue Truck’s HalloweenAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99
3. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
4. Room on the BroomJulia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puf-fin, $6.99
5. Otis and the KittensLoren Long, Philomel, $17.99
6. Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99
7. Ada Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty, Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95
8. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95
9. Hooray for Halloween, Curious GeorgeH.A. Rey, Margret Rey, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99
10. Penguin ProblemsJory John, Lane Smith (Illus.), Random
Midwest Connections Pick “This simply perfect book is a must-have piece of portable poetry and art for all collections.” —School Library Journal, starred review
YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. GhostsRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
2. Dog ManDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99
3. SistersRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
4. Ice-Out Mary Casanova, University of Minnesota Press, $16.95
5. Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. WhiteMelissa Sweet, HMH Books for Young Read-ers, $18.99
6. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99
7. Holding Up the UniverseJennifer Niven, Knopf Books for Young Read-ers, $17.99
8. The Great Shelby Holmes Elizabeth Eulberg, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Chil-dren’s Books, $16.99
9. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick, Scholastic, $9.99
10. Falling Over Sideways Jordan Sonnenblick, Scholastic, $17.99
Midwest Connections Pick“Root has created a rural landscape in watercol-or-and-gouache paintings in a palette of avocado and ochre that captures a feeling of heat and stillness… A bucolic story with more adult than child appeal.” — Kirkus Reviews
Fiction
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for the week ending 10/9/2016Midwest Indie Bestsellers
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK1. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99
2. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95
3. The TrespasserTana French, Viking, $27
4. Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99
5. Two by TwoNicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27
6. Today Will Be DifferentMaria Semple, Little Brown, $27
7. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27
8. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99
9. A Great ReckoningLouise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99
10. Razor GirlCarl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95
11. The Nix Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95
12. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26
13. Here I AmJonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28
14. News of the WorldPaulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99
15. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $26
1. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $162. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $163. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $164. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $155. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $166. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.997. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $168. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $169. The Queen’s Accomplice Susan Elia MacNeal, Bantam, $1610. The Heavens May Fall Allen Eskens, Seventh Street, $15.9511. Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $1612. The Light Between OceansM.L. Stedman, Scribner, $1713. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1714. Slade House David Mitchell, Random House, $1615. Iron Lake William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16
Midwest Connections Pick“I Will Send Rain is meticulously researched, deeply felt, and beautifully written, and I loved immersing myself in its harsh and elegant world.” —Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife
Midwest Connections Pick“Masterful... Intelligent... Thought-provoking. If there’s such a thing as a ‘thoughtful thriller,’ Missing Pieces is it.”—Sandra Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Nonfiction
Brought to you by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound based on reporting from MIBA’s member bookstores.
= Only on the Midwest list= Midwest Connections pick
Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 10/9/2016
1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.992. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.993. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.994. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.995. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.996. The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.997. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $118. Women Who Run With the Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $7.999. X Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.9910. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99
Mass Market
PAPERBACKHARDCOVER1. Born to RunBruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50
2. Hero of the EmpireCandice Millard, Doubleday, $30
3. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99
4. Is This the End?: Signs of God’s Providence in a Disturbing New WorldDavid Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $24.99
5. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $30
6. Atlas ObscuraJoshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35
7. Killing the Rising SunBill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30
8. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
9. Alton Brown: EveryDayCook Alton Brown, Ballantine, $35
10. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $25
11. The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95
12. The Girl With the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer, Gallery, $28
13. Armageddon Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99
14. Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Book-stores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers Bob Eckstein, Clarkson Potter, $22
15. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25
1. My Life on the RoadGloria Steinem, Random House, $18
2. Yuge!G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99
3. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16
4. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
5. Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty Michael Perry, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $18.95
6. H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16
7. The Road to CharacterDavid Brooks, Random House, $18
8. The Invention of NatureAndrea Wulf, Vintage, $17
9. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient RomeMary Beard, Liveright, $17.95
10. M TrainPatti Smith, Vintage, $16
11. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20
12. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95
13. You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain Phoebe Robinson, Plume, $16
14. Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16
15. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $16
Midwest Connections Pick“Michael Perry is a treasure. His memoirs, essays, and fiction all use his hard-earned perceptiveness and gift for colorful clarity in chronicling modern midwestern life, with its messes and chaos, but its quiet reflections as well.” —John Christensen, Arcadia Books (Spring Green,WI)