The Midwest Indie Bestseller List

What books are selling in the Midwest? You've come to the right place. Our weekly Midwest Indie Bestseller List is a collection of the top-selling adult and children's titles for both hardcover and paperback releases. The list is an excellent reflection of the regional tastes and handselling expertise of bookstores and readers throughout our region.

We release the list via email to 1,500 members throughout the industry every Wednesday afternoon and also post it here. We thank the American Booksellers Association for their generous work of compiling the data from indie bookstores across the country every week. 
Download our full-color printable Midwest Indie bestseller list for the week ending 9/18/2016 or download a Word doc with ISBNs.
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List for the week ending Sunday, September 18, 2016.  
 
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Manitou Canyon
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $24.99, 9781476749266
2. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
3. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
4. A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250022134
5. The Nix
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101946619
6. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741
7. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933
8. Nutshell
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $24.95, 9780385542074
9. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
10. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28, 9780374280024
11. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
12. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
13. An Obvious Fact
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28, 9780525426943
14. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
15. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250069795
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
3. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
4. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class
Edward Conard, Portfolio, $29, 9781595231239
5. Love Warrior: A Memoir
Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250075727
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
7. A Perfect Score: The Art, Soul, and Business of a 21st-Century Winery
Kathryn Hall, Craig Hall, Center Street, $26, 9781455535767
8. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28, 9780670785971
9. Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum
Neil Patel, et al., Rodale, $26.99, 9781623367169
10. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28, 9781501139888
11. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
12. The Pigeon Tunnel
John le Carre, Viking, $28, 9780735220775
13. The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics
Maureen Dowd, Twelve, $30, 9781455539260
14. Guinness World Records 2017
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781910561331
15. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
Carol Burnett, Crown Archetype, $28, 9781101904657
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
3. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
4. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
5. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859
6. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $15.99, 9780312541538
7. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17, 9781501106484
8. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16, 9780345534200
9. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15, 9781101911921
10. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
11. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501112331
12. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
13. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
14. Last Bus to Wisdom
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $16, 9781101982563
15. Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
Max Porter, Graywolf Press, $14, 9781555977412
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
2. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
3. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
4. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
Sun Yung Shin, Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681340029
5. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
6. The Light of the World: A Memoir
Elizabeth Alexander, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455599868
7. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177
8. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
9. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
10. How to Relax
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089
11. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20, 9781555976903
12. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
13. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
14. The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062223074
15. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Shonda Rhimes, S&S, $16, 9781476777122
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
2. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
3. American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
5. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
8. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345409874
9. Stalking Susan
Julie Kramer, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307388513
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761193005
2. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
3. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
4. Click, Clack, Surprise!
Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481470315
5. Goodnight Loon
Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $9.95, 9780816697038
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780547248288
8. The Little Grumpy Cat That Wouldn't
Steph Laberis (Illus.), Golden Books, $4.99, 9780399553547
9. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
10. Finding Winnie
Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316324908
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
3. Moo
Sharon Creech, Harper, $16.99, 9780062415240
4. Furthermore
Tahereh Mafi, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781101994764
5. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
6. Nickel Bay Nick
Dean Pitchford, Puffin, $7.99, 9780147512277
7. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
8. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316381994
9. El Deafo
Cece Bell, Amulet, $10.95, 9781419712173
10. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484732748
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.99, 9781594749025
3. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423178286
4. Tales of the Peculiar (Companion to Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780399538537
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
6. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
7. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury, $10.99, 9781619630345
8. Fall of Hades (Michael Vey, #6)
Richard Paul Evans, Simon Pulse, $18.99, 9781481469821
9. Dory and the Real True Friend (Dory Fantasmagory, Book 2)
Abby Hanlon, Puffin, $7.99, 9780147510686
10. Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, $18.99, 9781619636071
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Bookseller Karin Kimble of Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, MN, says the following about the Heartland List:
“We have a section in the store where the top 15 fiction and nonfiction, hardcover, and trade paper titles from the Heartland Indie Bestseller List are featured as Notable books. In the trade paper section, both fiction and nonfiction especially, this generates terrific sales for us. Customers see that display as they enter the front door. It’s almost a daily task to refill those shelves. The Heartland list reflects the interests of our customers better than the New York Times or West Coast lists.”
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“It’s incredibly gratifying to see sales pop on Bookscan following a successful event or a great review. Bookscan sales help build recognition for an author and for a publisher’s program. I highly recommend that MIBA booksellers participate in sales reporting, especially for a house like Milkweed Editions, when so many of our authors and favorite hand-selling bookstores are located in the Midwest.”

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