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 7/16/2017 or download a Word doc with ISBNs.
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For the week ending Sunday, July 16, 2017
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197 2. Camino Island John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385543026 3. House of Spies Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062354341 4. The Essex Serpent Sarah Perry, Custom House, $26.99, 9780062666376 5. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733155 6. Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28, 9780735211209 7. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364 8. The Little French Bistro Nina George, Crown, $26, 9780451495587 9. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $26.99, 9781501160769 10. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062645227 11. The Identicals Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316375191 12. Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385541992 13. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Hendrik Groen, Grand Central, $26, 9781455542178 14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9780735220683 15. What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons, Viking, $22, 9780735221710 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken, Twelve, $28, 9781455540419 2. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546 3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394 4. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316154727 5. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385534246 6. Hunger Roxane Gay, Harper, $25.99, 9780062362599 7. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $28, 9780316270755 8. Make Your Bed William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $18, 9781455570249 9. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045 10. Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Amy Thielen, Clarkson Potter, $26, 9780307954909 11. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174 12. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18, 9780399184413 13. South and West Joan Didion, Knopf, $21, 9781524732790 14. Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780735213586 15. Everything All at Once Bill Nye, Rodale, $26.99, 9781623367916 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082 3. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219 4. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400 5. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957 6. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024 7. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218 8. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256 9. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062 10. Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538 11. Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $17, 9780525509714 12. Before the Fall Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455561797 13. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944 14. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831 15. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114 2. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101912195 3. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453 4. The Hour of Land Terry Tempest Williams, Picador USA, $18, 9781250132147 5. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724 6. The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256 7. No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608468904 8. The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17, 9780399563126 9. The Perfect Horse Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18, 9780345544827 10. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761 11. Rand McNally 2018 Road Atlas Rand McNally, $14.95, 9780528017315 12. The Song Poet Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $17, 9781250131881 13. White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143129677 14. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681340029 15. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 3. The Whistler John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967683 4. The Gunslinger Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501166112 5. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 6. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 7. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 8. It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641 9. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983 10. The Wise Man's Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9781524741723 2. A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395 3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 4. Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780525428886 5. Little Excavator Anna Dewdney, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781101999202 6. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 7. Baby Peekaboo Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.95, 9780761181811 8. Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373 9. Things That Go! Stephan Lomp, Amy Pixton, Workman, $5.95, 9780761193623 10. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781481465595 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533 2. Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9781524769604 3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316013697 4. Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167 5. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020 6. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676 7. Once and for All Sarah Dessen, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780425290330 8. The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11, 9780156012195 9. Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $14.95, 9781419719103 10. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316355896 2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427 3. Dog Man Unleashed Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203 4. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, Book Two) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484746424 5. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316003957 6. The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423163374 7. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423101482 8. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445 10. Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423143437 |
Booksellers, we ask you to please...
Report your sales 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. 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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