
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of May 21, 2023. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.
FICTION HARDCOVER
1. Happy Place Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275 2. The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175 3. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 4. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.), Knopf, $32.50, 9780525655596 5. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 7. Yellowface R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833 8. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 9. Small Mercies Dennis Lehane, Harper, $30, 9780062129482 10. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 11. Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28, 9780399590948 12. Simply Lies David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30, 9781538750636 13. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 14. Only the Dead Jack Carr, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $29.99, 9781982181697 15. Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732 |
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324 2. Meet Me at the Lake Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558 3. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 4. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578 6. The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352 7. Beach Read Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734 8. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 9. The Maid Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173 10. One Italian Summer Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.99, 9781982166809 11. Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9780593598429 12. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl Renée Rosen, Berkley, $17, 9780593335666 13. The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064 14. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 15. The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 |
NONFICTION HARDCOVER
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 3. Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919 4. King: A Life Jonathan Eig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 9780374279295 5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 6. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself Luke Russert, Harper Horizon, $28.99, 9780785291817 7. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Timothy Egan, Viking, $30, 9780735225268 8. Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain Andrew McCarthy, Grand Central, $28, 9781538709207 9. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $25, 9781538707944 10. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855 11. The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up Andy Cohen, Henry Holt and Co., $29.99, 9781250890924 12. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.5, 9780593237465 13. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292 14. Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806 15. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $29.95, 9781953534682 |
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483 3. Quietly Hostile: Essays Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699 4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 6. Birds of Michigan Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009 7. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 8. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $18, 9780593139028 9. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801 10. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Matthew Desmond, Crown, $18, 9780553447453 11. OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797219905 12. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321 13. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Erik Larson, Vintage, $18, 9780375725609 14. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande, Picador, $17.99, 9781250076229 15. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College Harlan Cohen, Sourcebooks, $18.99, 9781492645962 |
MASS MARKET
1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 2. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 3. Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 4. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 5. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
MASS MARKET
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 7. Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 8. Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987 9. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 10. The Well of Ascension Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572 |
YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The One and Only Ruby Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089 2. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 3. Warrior Girl Unearthed Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588 4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 5. School Trip: A Graphic Novel Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531 6. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel) Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725 7. If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 8. Big Tree Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, $32.99, 9781338180633 9. The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781524764203 10. Painted Devils Margaret Owen, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $20.99, 9781250831163 |
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910 2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391 3. The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402 4. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 5. Secrets and Sidekicks (Katie the Catsitter, #3) Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593379721 6. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 5 Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368072243 7. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338825152 8. Surprisingly Sarah (Emmie & Friends) Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $15.99, 9780063139213 9. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $16.99, 9781484799673 10. The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani, Harper, $8.99, 9780062104908 |
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 3. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 4. Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316486798 5. Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228 |
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
6. Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 7. Weather Together Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665916981 8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 9. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 10. Moo, Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018 |