The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of Sunday, December 1, 2024. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.
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FICTION HARDCOVER
1. James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 2. The Grey Wolf Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137 3. Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635 4. The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633 5. The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 6. Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741 7. Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096 8. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 9. The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970 10. All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874 11. We'll Prescribe You a Cat Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25, 9780593818749 12. Brightly Shining Ingvild Rishři, Grove Press, $20, 9780802163493 13. The Waiting Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796 14. Water, Water: Poems Billy Collins, Random House, $27, 9780593731024 15. The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063396524 |
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 2. Orbital Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622 3. North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040 4. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 5. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 6. Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756 7. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 8. The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384 9. The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 10. Wicked [Movie Tie-in] Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847 11. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400 12. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 13. The Best American Short Stories 2024 Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959 14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 15. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 |
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NONFICTION HARDCOVER
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240 2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895 3. The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381 4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744 5. Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576 6. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805 7. Cher: The Memoir, Part One (The Cher Memoir #1) Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102 8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 9. The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFL Bill Morris, Pegasus Books, $29.95, 9781639367184 10. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444 11. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687 12. Melania Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40, 9781510782693 13. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between Gretchen Whitmer, Simon & Schuster, $26.99, 9781668072318 14. Into the Uncut Grass Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26, 9780593729960 15. Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781984862150 |
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 3. Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158 4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114 5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 7. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 8. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286 9. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831 10. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 11. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $18.99, 9780380773381 12. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985 13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 14. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272 15. Christmas Ideals 2024 Melinda Lee Rathjen, Ideals, $14.99, 9781546006756 |
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MASS MARKET
1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 3. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 4. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 5. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 |
MASS MARKET
6. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 7. Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139 8. The Secret Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614 9. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835 10. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488 |
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YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 2. Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 3. The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 4. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 5. Heir Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 7. Darkly Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558 8. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475 9. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 10. Out of My Dreams Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545 |
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954 2. The Wild Robot Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097 3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368107631 4. The Wild Robot Protects Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412 5. The Wild Robot Escapes Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264 6. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402 7. InvestiGators: Class Action John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250849908 8. The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063315280 9. Games Untold (The Inheritance Games, #5) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316573719 10. The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (The Bad Guys, #20) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99, 9781546111801 |
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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 2. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 3. Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 4. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 5. Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761 |
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
6. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 7. Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978 8. Where's Bluey? At Christmas Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982 9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 10. Peekaboo: Santa Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536237634 |