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 6/9/2019
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 2. City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734 3. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023 4. Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178 5. Fall; or, Dodge in Hell Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780062458711 6. Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520412 7. The Guest Book Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250110251 8. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347 9. Mistress of the Ritz Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28, 9780399182242 10. Orange World and Other Stories Karen Russell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656135 11. Resistance Women Jennifer Chiaverini, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062841100 12. Mostly Dead Things Kristen Arnett, Tin House Books, $24.95, 9781947793309 13. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171 14. Lost Roses Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28, 9781524796372 15. My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385544238 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 2. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Forge, $24.99, 9781250178954 3. This America: The Case for the Nation Jill Lepore, Liveright Publishing, $16.95, 9781631496417 4. The Pioneers David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680 5. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 6. Siege: Trump Under Fire Michael Wolff, Holt, $30, 9781250253828 7. Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land Tony Horwitz, Penguin Press, $30, 9781101980286 8. The British Are Coming Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9781627790437 9. Furious Hours Casey Cep, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947869 10. Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America Bill Geist, Grand Central, $26, 9781538729809 11. The Moment of Lift Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577 12. Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money Ken Honda, Gallery, $19.99, 9781501188374 13. Naturally Tan: A Memoir Tan France, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250208668 14. The Second Mountain David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264 15. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future Pete Buttigieg, Liveright Publishing, $27.95, 9781631494369 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439 3. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140 4. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315 5. The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16, 9780735223530 6. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690 7. Washington Black Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242 8. The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423 9. Conversations with Friends Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066 10. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271 11. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092 12. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704 13. Warlight Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16, 9780525562962 14. Ohio Stephen Markley, S&S, $16.99, 9781501174483 15. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616208684 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. The Mueller Report The Washington Post, Scribner, $15, 9781982129736 2. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 3. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426 4. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Kirk Wallace Johnson, Penguin, $17, 9781101981634 5. How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155 6. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 7. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198 8. Pleasure Activism Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20, 9781849353267 9. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 10. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781452174037 11. Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border Porter Fox, Norton, $16.95, 9780393357097 12. Wisconsin Impressions Darryl R. Beers, Farcountry Press, $12.95, 9781560373780 13. Birds of Minnesota Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591938972 14. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $17, 9780525574477 15. No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin, Mariner, $14.99, 9781328507976 MASS MARKET 1. The Mueller Report Robert S. Mueller, et al., Melville House, $9.99, 9781612197814 2. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 3. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 4. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 5. Murder in the Marais Cara Black, Soho Crime, $9.99, 9781616957308 6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964 7. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429 8. His Majesty's Dragon Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345481283 9. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966 10. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED. 1. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274 2. I Wish You More Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $14.99, 9781452126999 3. Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop!: A Celebration of Dads Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781984848123 4. Baby Penguin: Finger Puppet Book Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $6.99, 9781452163758 5. Eric Carle's Book of Many Things Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $16.99, 9781524788674 6. I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536207576 7. Dear Boy, Paris Rosenthal, Jason Rosenthal, Holly Hatam (Illus.).), Harper, $17.99, 9780062422514 8. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 9. Life Cynthia Rylant, Brendan Wenzel (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $17.99, 9781481451628 10. Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 2. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 3. The Iliad Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763696634 4. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl Stacy McAnulty, Yearling, $7.99, 9781524767600 5. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 6. With the Fire on High Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062662835 7. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (Illus.), First Second, $17.99, 9781626722590 8. Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972 9. Fangirl Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $10.99, 9781250042613 10. On the Come Up Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576 2. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 3. Spy School British Invasion Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534424708 4. I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $4.99, 9781338317381 5. Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (Narwhal and Jelly, #2) Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9781101919194 6. Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #5) Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338067118 7. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $12.99, 9781338216660 8. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1) Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781442472433 9. The Crossover (The Crossover Series) Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780544935204 10. Just Jaime (Emmie & Friends) Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $12.99, 9780062851062 |
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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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