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The Midwest Indie Bestseller List demonstrates regional handselling expertise
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.
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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By reporting your weekly sales, you celebrate independent bookstores and prove that our sales channel is strong. Make your voice heard, bring attention to regional authors, stay relevant in the halls of publishers and the minds of authors, and create indie bookstore buzz in-store, in print, and online.
Use our printable, colorful bestseller list for store displays Each week, we create and distribute the beautiful bestseller list you see above. The more bookstores who use this list, the stronger our sales efforts will be.
Download the list as CSV files to create a Bookshop.org list on your store's Bookshop page. The list has been separated into ready-to-upload files.
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Booksellers, we ask you to please report your weekly sales!
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Week ending 6/28/20
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Death in Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9781984879356 2. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 3. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291 4. Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735216723 5. A Burning Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696 6. The Jane Austen Society Natalie Jenner, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250248732 7. Love Roddy Doyle, Viking, $27, 9781984880451 8. Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905 9. The Book of Longings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28, 9780525429760 10. Camino Winds John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938 11. The City We Became N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28, 9780316509848 12. The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930 13. The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597 14. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673 15. 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316420044 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288 2. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034 3. Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807 4. The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713 5. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258 6. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26, 9780812993547 7. I'm Still Here Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25, 9781524760854 8. Breath James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616 9. Countdown 1945 Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781982143343 10. Our Time Is Now Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703 11. Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26, 9780525560548 12. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 13. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484 14. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836 15. The Bird Way Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28, 9780735223011 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17, 9781476749303 2. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780143135166 3. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 4. Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185 5. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925 6. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 7. Evvie Drake Starts Over Linda Holmes, Ballantine, $17, 9780525619260 8. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $17, 9780802147127 9. Beach Read Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734 10. Beloved Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416 11. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062 12. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327 13. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140 14. City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17, 9781594634741 15. Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 2. So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827 3. Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987 4. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932 5. The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888 6. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17, 9780593133934 7. The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 8. My Grandmother's Hands Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470 9. The Fire Next Time James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726 10. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689 11. The End of Policing Alex S. Vitale, Verso, $17.95, 9781784782924 12. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 13. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681340029 14. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Penguin Books, $18, 9780735224957 15. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury, $17, 9781632864130 MASS MARKET 1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 2. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 3. The Stand Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688 4. A Breath of Snow and Ashes Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440225805 5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 6. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 7. Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699 8. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 9. Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543 10. The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440221661 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. The Undefeated Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966 2. Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781534425361 3. Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110416 4. The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 6. A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395 7. Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Kokila, $17.99, 9780525553366 8. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 9. The World Needs More Purple People Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, Daniel Wiseman (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9780593121962 10. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 2. This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 3. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 4. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 5. The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 6. All American Boys Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $11.99, 9781481463348 7. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827 8. Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316262262 9. Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History Vashti Harrison, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316475143 10. Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $27.99, 9781338635171 2. What About Worms!? (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) Ryan T. Higgins, Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $9.99, 9781368045735 3. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157 4. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, #1) Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972 5. Ghost (Track, Book 1) Jason Reynolds, Atheneum, $7.99, 9781481450164 6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427 7. Mercy Watson to the Rescue Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $5.99, 9780763645045 8. A Big Guy Took My Ball! (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423174912 9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780439139601 10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439064873 |
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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