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The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week of May 15, 2022. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.


HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
2. The Summer Place
Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781501133572
3. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157
6. Book of Night
Holly Black, Tor, $27.99, 9781250812193
7. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
8. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
9. City on Fire
Don Winslow, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062851192
10. The Good Left Undone
Adriana Trigiani, Dutton, $28, 9780593183328
11. Dream Town
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538719770
12. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593420317
13. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28, 9781476716763
14. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
15. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271

PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
5. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
6. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $17, 9781984820747
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
8. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593329832
9. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Vintage, $18, 9781984897701
10. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
11. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
12. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
13. The Book Woman's Daughter
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781728242590
14. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823
15. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295

MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
5. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139510
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
7. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9. Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818539
10. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Anchor, $9.99, 9780593157817

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 
1. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
2. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co., $18.99, 9781250766564
3. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
6. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
7. Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus, Ember, $6.99, 9780593567180
8. She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534493797
9. Scout Is Not a Band Kid: A Graphic Novel
Jade Armstrong, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593176221
10. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
​HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
3. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250279255
4. Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063037328
5. A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times
Mark T. Esper, Morrow, $35, 9780063144316
6. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future
Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781982172480
7. Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593232552
8. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982153281
9. There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593192153
10. 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, $28, 9780593139004
11. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain, Crown, $28, 9780451499783
12. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
13. In Praise of Good Bookstores
Jeff Deutsch, Princeton University Press, $19.95, 9780691207766
14. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor—the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown, Crown, $35, 9780593138090
15. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Birds of Michigan Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
5. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
6. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $18.99, 9781984856036
7. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Workman, $17.95, 9780761187486
8. Red Notice
Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781476755748
9. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
10. Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $19, 9781400032808
11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
13. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $17.95, 9781324035534
14. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
15. Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643313

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co., $8.99, 9780805047905
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
6. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
7. Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Children's Books, $7.99, 9780451470799
8. I'm Not Scared, You're Scared!
Seth Meyers, Rob Sayegh, Jr. (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593352373
9. Lizzy and the Cloud
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534483170
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926

CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club, #3)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801941
2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
3. The Flames of Hope (Wings of Fire, Book 15)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338214574
4. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
5. Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #11)
Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616040
6. Heartstopper: Volume 2: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617474
7. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived, #20)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338317442
8. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
9. Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends)
Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $13.99, 9780063139183
10. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559

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