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 this week, download an excel spreadsheet with ISBNs, or view a collection in Edelweiss.
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For the week ending 2/10/2019
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171 2. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 3. There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375 4. Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249 5. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292 6. Love Poems for Married People John Kenney, Putnam, $15, 9780525540007 7. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197 8. An Anonymous Girl Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250133731 9. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522 10. Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062862853 11. The Current Tim Johnston, Algonquin Books, $27.95, 9781616206772 12. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347 13. The Dreamers Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $27, 9780812994162 14. The New Iberia Blues James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781501176876 15. The Black Ascot Charles Todd, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062678744 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 2. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307 4. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594633157 5. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609 6. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836 7. Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 9780812995701 8. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive Stephanie Land, Hachette Books, $27, 9780316505116 9. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188 10. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780525537441 11. Shameless Nadia Bolz-Weber, Convergent Books, $25, 9781601427588 12. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95, 9780393635249 13. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9781984854278 14. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045 15. The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After Julie Yip-Williams, Random House, $27, 9780525511359 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616208684 2. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092 3. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132 4. The Power Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604 5. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271 6. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199 7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 8. The Friend Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780735219458 9. The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250130945 10. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920 11. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160776 12. A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James, Riverhead, $17, 9781594633942 13. Milkman Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000 14. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219 15. Asymmetry Lisa Halliday, S&S, $16, 9781501166785 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 2. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 3. This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356458 4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453 5. No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin, Mariner, $14.99, 9781328507976 6. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 7. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110 8. The Great Halifax Explosion John U. Bacon, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062666543 9. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest Hanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95, 9781477316481 10. My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254 11. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays Esme Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555978273 12. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16, 9781101911532 13. Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99, 9780316352543 14. The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee, William Collins, $15.99, 9780007554850 15. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $16.99, 9781937512651 MASS MARKET 1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 2. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 3. Still Life Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736 4. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 5. The Disappeared C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399573590 6. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983 7. A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345345059 8. Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743485043 9. Spider Woman's Daughter Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498 10. Burning Bright Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217386 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551 2. Pop-up Peekaboo! I Love You DK Children, $9.99, 9781465465269 3. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 4. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 5. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 6. Barnyard Dance! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426 7. I Am Enough Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062667120 8. Hello Lighthouse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382 9. Peppa's Valentine's Day Courtney Carbone, Eone (Illus.), Scholastic, $4.99, 9781338158977 10. Llama Llama Be My Valentine! Anna Dewdney, Penguin Young Readers, $3.99, 9781524789190 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. On the Come Up Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564 2. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 3. Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690496 4. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523503544 5. The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062662804 6. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781984894861 7. A Blade So Black L.L. McKinney, Imprint, $18.99, 9781250153906 8. Hatchet: 30th Anniversary Edition Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 9. The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523301 10. Max and the Midknights Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576 2. The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763688271 3. A Map of Days (The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780735232143 4. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Jessica Townsend, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316508896 5. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608 6. CatStronauts: Mission Moon Drew Brockington, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316307451 7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419711329 8. To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781442426719 9. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, Book One) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781484746417 10. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180 |
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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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