The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of Sunday, July 5, 2026. 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. Whistler Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637 2. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce) Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216 3. The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812 4. Land Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648 5. The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430 6. The Shampoo Effect Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959 7. The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746 8. Carl's Doomsday Scenario Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261 9. The Gate of the Feral Gods Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593955970 10. Villa Coco Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977 11. The Midnight Train Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377 12. Six of Crows: A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam Leigh Bardugo, Insight Editions, $27.99, 9798337404356 13. Daughters of the Sun and Moon Lisa See, Scribner, $29.00, 9781982117054 14. John of John Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194 15. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820285 |
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. Theo of Golden Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512 2. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461 3. Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254 4. Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739 5. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 6. Dolly All the Time Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979 7. Angel Down Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519 8. The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925 9. The Someday Garden Ashley Poston, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593952757 10. The Road to Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465 11. The Deal Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934 12. I See You've Called in Dead John Kenney, Zibby Publishing, $18.99, 9798989923021 13. I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 14. Red Rising Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809 15. The Divorce Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631 |
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NONFICTION HARDCOVER
1. The Land and Its People: Essays David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839 2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318 3. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246 4. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35.00, 9781324094647 5. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970 6. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028 7. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533 8. Famesick: A Memoir Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326 9. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572 10. The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government Barbara McQuade, Seven Stories Press, $35.00, 9781644215555 11. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982174248 12. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848 13. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005 14. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070 15. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35.00, 9780593296967 |
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297 2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 3. Raising Hare: A Memoir Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004 4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114 5. Communion: The Female Search for Love bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291 6. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568 7. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609 8. A Resistance History of the United States Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, $19.95, 9781586424367 9. Trees of Michigan Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939672 10. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522 11. Birds of Michigan Field Guide Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009 12. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490 13. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560 14. Wreck This Journal: Now in Color Keri Smith, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143131663 15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18.00, 9781878424310 |
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MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342 2. Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987 3. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 4. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935 5. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 |
MASS MARKET
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 7. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 8. Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038 9. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780345543981 10. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129 |
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YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488 2. America, I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating the Country We Love Ainsley Earhardt, Kim Barnes (Illus.), Zonderkidz, $21.99, 9780310184225 3. The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324 4. Wombat Waiting Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178 5. Curiosity Club: Dinosaurs: with Over 250 Facts About the Prehistoric World IglooBooks, Nicholas Oliver, Isabella Grott (Illus.), Igloo Books, $10.99, 9781837952250 6. Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 7. A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm Philip C. Stead, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823458097 8. Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 9. Trucks on Trucks Sorche Fairbank, Nik Henderson (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062842107 10. The Weighty Word Book Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger, Elissa S. Guralnick, Janet Stevens (Illus.), UNM Press, $21.95, 9780826345554 |
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882 2. InvestiGators: Weather or Not John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915 3. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19) Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548 4. The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #2) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942201 5. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758 6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1) Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477 7. The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #3) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344059 8. Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $10.99, 9781423143437 9. We Were Liars (Deluxe Edition) E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217118076 10. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #2 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203907 |
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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. It's My Bird-Day! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621 2. Sing the 50 United States! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560 3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 4. Where's Waldo? Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651 5. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
6. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 7. Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228 8. Construction Site: Firefight! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590 9. Good Night, Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278 10. Tiny T. Rex Tries Soccer Jonathan Stutzman, Jay Fleck (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797233857 |