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 4/14/2019
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 2. The American Agent Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436665 3. Women Talking Miriam Toews, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781635572582 4. Metropolis Philip Kerr, Putnam, $28, 9780735218895 5. There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375 6. The River Peter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525521877 7. Someone Knows Lisa Scottoline, Putnam, $27, 9780525539643 8. Lost and Wanted Nell Freudenberger, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385352680 9. My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385544238 10. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561 11. Outside Looking In T.C. Boyle, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062882981 12. Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249 13. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171 14. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347 15. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 2. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 3. Working Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $25, 9780525656340 4. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27, 9781400069996 5. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty Susan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 9781538713648 6. Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314 7. Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen Mary Norris, Norton, $25.95, 9781324001270 8. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250307507 9. Dreyer's English Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 9780812995701 10. The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $27, 9780525576709 11. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WorldWar II Sonia Purnell, Viking, $28, 9780735225299 12. Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End MassIncarceration Emily Bazelon, Random House, $28, 9780399590016 13. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609 14. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95, 9780393635249 15. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439 2. Washington Black Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242 3. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690 4. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132 5. Warlight Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16, 9780525562962 6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 7. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $17.95, 9780393356687 8. The Power Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604 9. The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423 10. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271 11. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199 12. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092 13. The Tradition Jericho Brown, Copper Canyon Press, $17, 9781556594861 14. The Huntress Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062740373 15. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 2. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198 3. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110 4. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 5. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 6. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20, 9781849353267 7. Fly Girls Keith O'Brien, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $15.99, 9781328592798 8. Daring Greatly Brene Brown, Avery, $17, 9781592408412 9. The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood Kate T. Parker, Workman, $17.95, 9781523505517 10. Heavy: An American Memoir Kiese Laymon, Scribner, $16, 9781501125669 11. This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356458 12. Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad Austin Kleon, Workman, $12.95, 9781523506644 13. We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590573 14. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781452174037 15. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965 MASS MARKET 1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 2. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 3. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 4. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 6. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 7. The Fallen David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9781538761342 8. Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743485043 9. A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Joseph Plumb Martin, Signet, $6.95, 9780451531582 10. The Innocent Man John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345532015 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Hello Lighthouse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382 2. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241 3. Don't Let Them Disappear Chelsea Clinton, Gianna Marino (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514329 4. Little Blue Truck's Springtime Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544938090 5. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 6. Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox, Judy Horacek, HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780152067045 7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 8. We Are the Gardeners Joanna Gaines, Julianna Swaney (Illus.), Thomas Nelson, $19.99, 9781400314225 9. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274 10. The Good Egg Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062866004 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $13.99, 9781419740275 2. Pax Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029 3. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 4. Merci Suárez Changes Gears Meg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690496 5. It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525582168 6. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272 7. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 8. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 9. Lemons Melissa Savage, Yearling, $7.99, 9781524700157 10. Max and the Midknights Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 2. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883 3. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576 4. The Lost Heir Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942201 5. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098 6. The Crossover (The Crossover Series) Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780544935204 7. The Terrible Two Mac Barnett, Jory John, Kevin Cornell (Illus.), Amulet, $7.99, 9781419727375 8. The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763690892 9. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1) Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781442472433 10. Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3) Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781481430494 |
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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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