The Midwest Indie Bestseller List demonstrates regional handselling expertise
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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 (sometimes Thursday morning) 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. |
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For the week ending 8/11/2019
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 2. The Lager Queen of Minnesota J.Ryan Stradal, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9780399563058 3. The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070 4. Chances Are . . . Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746 5. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023 6. The Most Fun We Ever Had Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385544252 7. The Turn of the Key Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188770 8. Summer of '69 Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316420013 9. Lady in the Lake Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062390011 10. City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734 11. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347 12. One Good Deed David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538750568 13. The New Girl Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836 14. Evvie Drake Starts Over Linda Holmes, Ballantine, $26, 9780525619246 15. Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 2. Three Women Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292 3. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543 4. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 5. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525521037 6. The Pioneers David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680 7. The Second Mountain David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264 8. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484 9. The Book of Delights: Essays Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922 10. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057 11. The Four Sacred Secrets: For Love and Prosperity, A Guide to Living in a Beautiful State Preethaji, Krishnaji, Atria, $26, 9781501173776 12. The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator Timothy C. Winegard, Dutton, $28, 9781524743413 13. The British Are Coming Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9781627790437 14. Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $28, 9780399592522 15. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140 2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439 3. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 4. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315 5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 6. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690 7. The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913 8. Beloved Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416 9. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704 10. My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201 11. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199 12. Washington Black Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242 13. The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449 14. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092 15. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198 2. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 3. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 4. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110 5. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426 6. I'll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791 7. The Mueller Report The Washington Post, Scribner, $15, 9781982129736 8. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965 9. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 10. How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155 11. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20, 9781849353267 12. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550 13. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Paul Hawken (Ed.), Penguin, $22, 9780143130444 14. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553 15. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062652560 MASS MARKET 1. The Mueller Report Robert S. Mueller, et al., Melville House, $9.99, 9781612197814 2. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 3. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 4. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 5. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 7. The Reckoning John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938 8. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 9. Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732 10. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 3. We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551 4. Peek-A-Bruce Ryan T Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $7.99, 9781368028578 5. The King of Kindergarten Derrick Barnes, Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9781524740740 6. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926 7. Llama Destroys the World Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $17.99, 9781250303172 8. Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763642648 9. Doggies Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671493189 10. Where's Waldo? 30th Anniversary Edition Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763695798 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465 3. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 4. Restart Gordon Korman, Scholastic Press, $6.99, 9781338053807 5. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 6. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 7. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo, Timbuktu Labs, $35, 9780997895827 8. Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972 9. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 10. Refugee Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545880831 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338214512 2. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173 3. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427 5. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576 6. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316003957 7. Dog Man Unleashed Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203 8. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180 9. Narwhal's Otter Friend (Narwhal and Jelly, #4) Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $12.99, 9780735262485 10. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books, $14.99, 9780545139700 |
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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.” Sue Ostfield, former sales and marketing director at Milkweed Editions, commented on the value of bookseller sales reports from the perspective of a publisher.
“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.” Sales reporting stores
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