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. |
Download our full-color printable Midwest Indie bestseller list for the week ending 4/15/2018 or download a Word doc with ISBNs.
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For the week ending 4/15/2018
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292 2. The Great Alone Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9780312577230 3. Tangerine Christine Mangan, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062686664 4. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347 5. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $26, 9780735213180 6. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197 7. The Female Persuasion Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $28, 9781594488405 8. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95, 9781616208776 9. After Anna Lisa Scottoline, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250099655 10. The House of Broken Angels Luis Alberto Urrea, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154888 11. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522 12. The Disappeared C.J. Box, Putnam, $27, 9780399176623 13. Varina Charles Frazier, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062405982 14. To Die But Once Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436634 15. Wade in the Water Tracy K. Smith, Graywolf Press, $24, 9781555978136 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Fascism: A Warning Madeleine Albright, Harper, $27.99, 9780062802187 2. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 3. Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer Barbara Ehrenreich, Twelve, $27, 9781455535910 4. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Margareta Magnusson, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173240 5. I'll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara, Harper, $27.99, 9780062319784 6. Dear Madam President Jennifer Palmieri, Grand Central, $20, 9781538713457 7. I've Been Thinking... Maria Shriver, Pamela Dorman Books, $20, 9780525522607 8. See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $29.95, 9781524732486 9. The Recovering Leslie Jamison, Little Brown, $30, 9780316259613 10. Rocket Men Robert Kurson, Random House, $28, 9780812988703 11. Russian Roulette Michael Isikoff, David Corn, Twelve, $30, 9781538728758 12. Make Trouble Cecile Richards, Touchstone, $27, 9781501187599 13. Cake Maira Kalman, Barbara Scott-Goodman, Penguin Press, $25, 9781101981542 14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714 15. Faith: A Journey for All Jimmy Carter, S&S, $25.99, 9781501184413 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $17, 9780812989410 2. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920 3. Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17, 9780345544971 4. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234 5. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $17, 9780812985405 6. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062563675 7. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182 8. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780804190138 9. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk Kathleen Rooney, St. Martin's Press, $16, 9781250151162 10. Celine Peter Heller, Vintage, $16, 9781101973486 11. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219 12. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160776 13. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501156205 14. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957 15. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 2. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550 3. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453 4. Unblinded: One Man's Courageous Journey Through Darkness to Sight Traci Medford-Rosow, Kevin Coughlin, Morgan James Publishing, $16.95, 9781683507826 5. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $15.99, 9781937512651 6. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $17.95, 9781626569768 7. Meaty: Essays Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525436164 8. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229 9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2018 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac Books, $14.99, 9781600572135 10. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16, 9781101911532 11. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114 12. A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking, Bantam, $18, 9780553380163 13. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712 14. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16, 9781849352604 15. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 MASS MARKET 1. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.99, 9780804190145 2. Hyperion Dan Simmons, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553283686 3. The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919 4. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 5. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 6. Foundation Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357 7. Thrawn Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $9.99, 9781101967027 8. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488 9. A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare, Signet, $5.95, 9780451526960 10. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Jill Twiss, EG Keller, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452173801 2. Islandborn Junot Díaz, Leo Espinosa (Illus.), Dial, $17.99, 9780735229860 3. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $19.99, 9780399167898 4. Love You, Baby Stephan Lomp, Workman, $5.95, 9781523501229 5. A Different Pond Bao Phi, Thi Bui (Illus.), Capstone Young Readers, $15.95, 9781623708030 6. She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780525516996 7. Little Blue Truck's Springtime Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544938090 8. Moo, Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018 9. Wolf in the Snow Matthew Cordell, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250076366 10. Dear Girl, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Holly Hatam (Illus.), Paris Rosenthal, Harper, $17.99, 9780062422507 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Confidence Code for Girls Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, Harper, $14.99, 9780062796981 2. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle, Farrar Straus Giroux, $8.99, 9781250153272 3. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524720193 4. I'm Just No Good at Rhyming Chris Harris, Lane Smith (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316266574 5. Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99, 9780062414151 6. Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972 7. Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate, Square Fish, $7.99, 9780312535636 8. Wishtree Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250043221 9. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray, $10.99, 9780062792167 10. Love That Dog Sharon Creech, Harper, $6.99, 9780064409599 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar (I Can Read! Series) James Dean, Harper, $3.99, 9780062675217 2. The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160939 3. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180 4. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883 5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439136365 6. The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, Book 2) Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $21.99, 9780062426956 7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545791342 8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545790352 9. Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250076960 10. Dog Man Unleashed Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203 |
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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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