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FICTIONNONFICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“A story told in turns by a rich and real cast of charac-ters, brought to life by an author with an acute eye for what makes us all so very human. . . . At times laugh-out-loud funny, We’re All In This Together deftly taps into the fears and failures of all of us.” -- Toronto Star
Midwest Indie Bestsellers
Midwest Connections Pick“Readers will have a hard time putting this story down, even as it pulls them deeper into the rabbit hole that is Limetown.” --Publishers Weekly
1. Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James, Riverhead Books, $30
2. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26
3. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95
4. DevotionsMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30
5. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27
6. Love Poems for Married People John Kenney, Putnam, $15
7. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27
8. An Anonymous GirlGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s, $27.99
9. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95
10. Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken, Ecco, $27.99
11. The Current Tim Johnston, Algonquin Books, $27.95
12. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27
13. The Dreamers Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $27
14. The New Iberia Blues James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99
15. The Black Ascot Charles Todd, Morrow, $26.99
1. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28
2. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99
4. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $28
5. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27
6. Salt, Fat, Acid, HeatSamin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35
7. Dreyer’s EnglishBenjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25
8. MaidStephanie Land, Hachette Books, $27
9. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28
10. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20
11. Shameless Nadia Bolz-Weber, Convergent Books, $25
12. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95
13. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22
14. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26
15. The Unwinding of the Miracle Julie Yip-Williams, Random House, $27
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Midwest Indie Bestsellers
1. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.992. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.993. Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $7.994. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. The Disappeared, C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.996. Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.997. A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, Ballantine, $7.998. Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.999. Spider Woman’s Daughter, Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.9910. Burning Bright, Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.99
Mass Market
FICTION
Midwest Connections Pick“Franzen displays his signature precision and deadpan humor.” — Vanity Fair
NONFICTION
for the week ending 2/10/2019
1. An American MarriageTayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.952. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $163. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.994. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.995. The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.996. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.997. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.998. The FriendSigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $169. The Wife Between UsGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.9910. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.9911. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1712. A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James, Riverhead, $1713. Milkman Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $1614. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $1715. AsymmetryLisa Halliday, S&S, $16
1. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16
2. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95
3. This Blessed Earth Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95
4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17
5. No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin, Mariner, $14.99
6. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18
7. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99
8. The Great Halifax Explosion John U. Bacon, Morrow, $17.99
9. Go Ahead in the RainHanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95
10. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18
11. The Collected SchizophreniasEsme Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16
12. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16
13. Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99
14. The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee, William Collins, $15.99
15. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $16.99
Children’s
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Children’s Series Titles1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.992. The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.993. A Map of Days, Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $22.994. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Jessica Townsend, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.995. Dog Man, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.996. CatStronauts: Mission Moon, Drew Brockington, LBYR, $7.997. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.958. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.999. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, Book One), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.9910. Dog Man and Cat Kid, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99
ILLUSTRATED1. We Don’t Eat Our ClassmatesRyan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99
2. Pop-up Peekaboo! I Love YouDK Children, $9.99
3. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99
4. Good Night, GorillaPeggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99
5. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
6. Barnyard Dance! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95
7. I Am Enough Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99
8. Hello LighthouseSophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99
9. Peppa’s Valentine’s Day Courtney Carbone, Eone (Illus.), Scholastic, $4.99
10. Llama Llama Be My Valentine!Anna Dewdney, Penguin Young Readers, $3.99
Midwest Connections Pick
YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. On the Come UpAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99
2. The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99
3. Merci Suárez Changes GearsMeg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99
4. The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $19.95
5. The Poet XElizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99
6. The Fork, the Witch, and the WormChristopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99
7. A Blade So Black L.L. McKinney, Imprint, $18.99
8. Hatchet: 30th Anniversary Edition Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99
9. The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger’s Guide Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99
10. Max and the MidknightsLincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Read-ers, $13.99
Midwest Connections Pick“Brilliant, breathtaking, insightful and absolutely impos-sible to put down, Speechless is Jimmy’s story, Patrick’s story, Sophia’s story. Is everyone’s story who has been asked to do the impossible.” -- Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
"There’s lots of hugging and happiness in this book that will make readers of all ages smile." -- Pioneer Press
Fiction
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PAPERBACK
Midwest Connections Pick Midwest Connections Pick “A Key to Treehouse Living is revelatory, a literary lighthouse that forges new routes of understanding. Every life is uncharted terrain, but Elliot Reed gives us a roadmap so that we might understand in more clearer terms how to transverse our terrifying, wonderful world.” – Rachel Kaplan, Avid Bookshop
“The Great Believers kept me up reading late into the night, and I’d wake up thinking about Makkai’s vibrant, complex, and deeply human characters. This is an immersive, heartbreaking novel—I loved it.” —Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me
HARDCOVER
1. Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James, Riverhead Books, $30
2. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26
3. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95
4. DevotionsMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30
5. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27
6. Love Poems for Married People John Kenney, Putnam, $15
7. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27
8. An Anonymous GirlGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s, $27.99
9. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95
10. Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken, Ecco, $27.99
11. The Current Tim Johnston, Algonquin Books, $27.95
12. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27
13. The Dreamers Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $27
14. The New Iberia Blues James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99
15. The Black Ascot Charles Todd, Morrow, $26.99
1. An American MarriageTayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.952. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $163. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.994. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.995. The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.996. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.997. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.998. The FriendSigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $169. The Wife Between UsGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.9910. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.9911. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $1712. A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James, Riverhead, $1713. Milkman Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $1614. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $1715. AsymmetryLisa Halliday, S&S, $16
Nonfiction
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HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
Midwest Connections Pick“A fantastic essay collection... Blending personal reflec-tion with historical analysis and cultural and literary crit-icism, these essays are a sharp, illuminating response to the nation’s continuing racial conflicts.”--Ron Charles, The Washington Post
1. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28
2. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99
4. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $28
5. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27
6. Salt, Fat, Acid, HeatSamin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35
7. Dreyer’s EnglishBenjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25
8. MaidStephanie Land, Hachette Books, $27
9. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28
10. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20
11. Shameless Nadia Bolz-Weber, Convergent Books, $25
12. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95
13. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22
14. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26
15. The Unwinding of the Miracle Julie Yip-Williams, Random House, $27
1. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16
2. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95
3. This Blessed Earth Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95
4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17
5. No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin, Mariner, $14.99
6. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18
7. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99
8. The Great Halifax Explosion John U. Bacon, Morrow, $17.99
9. Go Ahead in the RainHanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95
10. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18
11. The Collected SchizophreniasEsme Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16
12. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16
13. Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99
14. The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee, William Collins, $15.99
15. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $16.99
1. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.992. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.993. Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $7.994. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. The Disappeared, C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.996. Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.997. A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, Ballantine, $7.998. Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.999. Spider Woman’s Daughter, Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.9910. Burning Bright, Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.99