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The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of January 22, 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. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
2. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
3. How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $28, 9780593201268
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157
7. The Mitford Affair
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $27.99, 9781728229362
8. Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250313102
9. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
10. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
11. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538736777
12. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593420317
13. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $29.99, 9781984818386
14. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
15. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
3. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
6. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
7. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
8. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
9. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
10. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
11. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
12. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.99, 9781476738024
13. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
14. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
15. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

​NONFICTION HARDCOVER  
1. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250777263
7. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $30, 9781984801432
8. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
9. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
10. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351
13. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
14. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $32.99, 9780063256194
15. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
Dacher Keltner, Penguin Press, $28, 9781984879684
NONFICTION PAPERBACK 
1. The January 6th Report
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al., Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250877529
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
7. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott, Random House, $20, 9780812986952
8. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18, 9781984899019
9. The January 6 Report
The January 6th Committee, Harper Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063315501
10. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18, 9780375725609
11. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2023
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510772441
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. The January 6th Report: Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
The January 6 Select Committee, Random House, $20, 9780593597279
14. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
15. Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Dawn Turner, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781982107710

MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
4. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
5. The Sacred Bridge
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062908377
MASS MARKET
6. Mummies of Mackinaw City
Johnathan Rand, Audio Craft Press, $5.99, 9781893699182
7. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538719657
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 
1. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
2. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
3. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
4. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $13.99, 9780525553908
5. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370
6. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
7. Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250259639
8. Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)
Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338775891
9. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
10. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #6)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338730890
2. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club, #4)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338846621
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
4. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
6. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #13)
Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616101
7. Karen's Birthday: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sisters Graphix, #6)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $11.99, 9781338762587
8. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book 2)
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896438
9. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314
10. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Construction Site: You're Just Right: A Valentine Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204307
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Where Do Diggers Say I Love You?
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593372418
5. Little Blue Truck's Valentine: A Valentine's Day Book For Kids
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
7. Yetis Are the Worst!
Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665921770
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Farmhouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316528948

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