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 or download an excel spreadsheet with ISBNs.
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For the week ending 12/9/2018
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Kingdom of the Blind Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066206 2. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561 3. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27, 9780802128782 4. There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375 5. The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20, 9780451491336 6. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197 7. The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153 8. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522 9. The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28, 9780735224629 10. Fire & Blood George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35, 9781524796280 11. Washington Black Esi Edugyan, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521426 12. The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason, Little Brown, $28, 9780316477604 13. Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316176637 14. Past Tense Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593512 15. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 2. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504 3. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30, 9781476795928 4. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780525537441 5. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9781984854278 6. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $14.99, 9781982121082 7. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188 8. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836 9. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316392389 10. The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9781984825483 11. The Great Minnesota Cookie Book Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95, 9781517905835 12. These Truths: A History of the United States Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95, 9780393635249 13. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30, 9780316421829 14. Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187046 15. The Soul of America Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9780399589812 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Milkman Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000 2. Hope Never Dies Andrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $14.99, 9781683690399 3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 4. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132 5. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920 6. Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538 7. Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062694065 8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690 9. Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780525563761 10. The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9780544582941 11. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219 12. The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250130945 13. The Alice Network Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199 14. Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859 15. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483 2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110 3. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 4. Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22, 9781250182487 5. Madison in the Sixties Stuart D. Levitan, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $29.95, 9780870208836 6. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550 7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019 Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987730 8. Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99, 9780316352543 9. A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities John J. Moriarty, University of Minnesota Press, $29.95, 9781517905491 10. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590573 11. The River of Consciousness Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804171007 12. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453 13. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16, 9781101911532 14. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553 15. My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254 MASS MARKET 1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719 2. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 3. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 4. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983 5. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125 6. A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, Bantam, $3.95, 9780553212440 7. Armada Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.99, 9781984823151 8. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $9.99, 9780804190145 9. The Rooster Bar John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967706 10. The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9780765350381 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241 2. The Snowy Nap Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737 3. Santa Bruce Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484782903 4. Red and Lulu Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763677336 5. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 6. Hush Hush, Forest Mary Casanova, Nick Wroblewski (Illus.), University Of Minnesota Press, $16.95, 9780816694259 7. 8 Little Planets Chris Ferrie, Lizzy Doyle (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $10.99, 9781492671244 8. Winter Dance Marion Dane Bauer, Richard Jones (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781328525345 9. Good Rosie! Kate DiCamillo, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763689797 10. We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 2. Louisiana's Way Home Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763694630 3. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $19.99, 9781492670025 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. Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26, 9781984830159 6. Squirm Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780385752978 7. Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167 8. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 9. The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763680893 10. Raymie Nightingale Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763696917 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.95, 9781419727436 2. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3) Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99, 9781442468436 3. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (Narwhal and Jelly) Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9781101918715 4. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098 5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter) J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338263893 6. The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763688271 7. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883 8. To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781442426719 9. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173 10. Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I) Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780062024701 |
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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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