The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of Sunday, October 4, 2026. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.
The bottom of this page features the Indie Press Bestsellers from the Independent Publisher's Caucus
The bottom of this page features the Indie Press Bestsellers from the Independent Publisher's Caucus
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)- Debut
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781682818084
2. Hollywood, Ending
John Green, Dutton Books, $32.00, 9780525426073
3. The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345
4. American Hagwon- Debut
Min Jin Lee, Cardinal, $36.00, 9781538752036
5. Exit Party
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461
6. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
7. The French Illusion (The French Illusion Series)- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385550543
8. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
9. Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $34.00, 9780593726259
10. The Disappearers
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202
11. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
12. The Witches of Cambridge
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $29.00, 9781668074640
13. Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R.F. Kuang, William Morrow, $32.00, 9780063473744
14. Mad Mabel
Sally Hepworth, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250284549
15. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic- Debut
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $34.00, 9780316603782
2. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384
3. Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager (A Cookbook)
Alexis Nikole Nelson, S&S/Simon Element, $35.00, 9781668002544
4. Swan Song: Diana, my sister
Charles Spencer, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9798217379743
5. An Unexpected Life: A Memoir
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $30.00, 9780593978177
6. Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D., S&S/Simon Element, $35.00, 9781668032145
7. PlantYou Quickies: 140+ Nourishing Plant-Based Recipes for Busy People- Debut
Carleigh Bodrug, Balance, $35.00, 9780306837517
8. Fictional Selves: A Memoir- Debut
Kyle MacLachlan, Crown, $34.00, 9798217086320
9. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
10. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
11. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
12. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
13. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
14. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
15. The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420225
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. May We Feed the King- Debut
Rebecca Perry, Transit Books, $18.95, 9798893380620
4. East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
6. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250828019
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
8. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $21.00, 9781250178640
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
11. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
12. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374
13. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
14. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
15. Grim Tidings (Ghosted #2)
B.K. Borison, Avon, $18.99, 9780063430464
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
3. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
4. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668094723
5. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow, Picador, $20.00, 9781250448194
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
7. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor- Debut
Christine Kuehn, Celadon Books, $18.99, 9781250344489
8. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9781101910177
9. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
10. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
11. 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
12. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
14. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
15. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $10.99, 9780440180296
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
6. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
8. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345538987
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
1. Camp Half-Blood: From the World of Percy Jackson: The Wild Zone- Debut
Rick Riordan, Annabelle Oh, Random House Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9798217445981
2. Building 903- Debut
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063515109
3. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
6. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
8. Mexikid Dreams: A Graphic Memoir
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9798217002498
9. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
11. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
12. The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
Aubrey Hartman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316575737
13. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
14. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
YOUNG ADULT
1. Trust Fall- Debut
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9798347100217
2. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665921275
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
4. The Giver Deluxe Collector's Edition- Debut
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $24.99, 9780063519633
5. Our Strange Duet
Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $24.99, 9798217124183
6. The Siren: Deluxe Edition- Debut
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co., $24.99, 9781250404756
7. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
8. Anger Is Only a Shadow
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780062882790
9. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
10. The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
11. The House of Gardenias- Debut
Isabel Cañas, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593620410
12. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
13. 21 Days of Fear: One Day, One Letter
Hervé Commère, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9798347119615
14. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
15. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Gruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736
3. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Wonderful Halloween
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217233175
6. Midnight Manor: A Backwards Bedtime Book- Debut
Sid Sharp, Annick Press, $19.99, 9781834021195
7. Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem
Christy Mandin, Orchard Books, $14.99, 9798225041335
8. The Pumpkin Thief (The Leaf Thief)
Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $18.99, 9781464268076
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
11. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
12. Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Halloween! (Lowly Worm Saves the Holidays) Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217116911
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506
14. Pete the Cat and the Cookie Catastrophe
James Dean, Kimberly Dean, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063350588
15. Bluey's Heelerween
Jessica Magro, Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $9.99, 9798217244867
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
6. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
7. Baby-Sitters Club Super Special
Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Scholastic Paperbacks
8. The Awesome Friendly Kid Series
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
9. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers,
10. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley
1. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)- Debut
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781682818084
2. Hollywood, Ending
John Green, Dutton Books, $32.00, 9780525426073
3. The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345
4. American Hagwon- Debut
Min Jin Lee, Cardinal, $36.00, 9781538752036
5. Exit Party
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461
6. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
7. The French Illusion (The French Illusion Series)- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385550543
8. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
9. Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $34.00, 9780593726259
10. The Disappearers
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202
11. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
12. The Witches of Cambridge
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $29.00, 9781668074640
13. Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R.F. Kuang, William Morrow, $32.00, 9780063473744
14. Mad Mabel
Sally Hepworth, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250284549
15. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic- Debut
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $34.00, 9780316603782
2. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384
3. Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager (A Cookbook)
Alexis Nikole Nelson, S&S/Simon Element, $35.00, 9781668002544
4. Swan Song: Diana, my sister
Charles Spencer, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9798217379743
5. An Unexpected Life: A Memoir
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $30.00, 9780593978177
6. Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D., S&S/Simon Element, $35.00, 9781668032145
7. PlantYou Quickies: 140+ Nourishing Plant-Based Recipes for Busy People- Debut
Carleigh Bodrug, Balance, $35.00, 9780306837517
8. Fictional Selves: A Memoir- Debut
Kyle MacLachlan, Crown, $34.00, 9798217086320
9. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
10. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
11. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
12. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
13. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
14. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
15. The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420225
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. May We Feed the King- Debut
Rebecca Perry, Transit Books, $18.95, 9798893380620
4. East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234
5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
6. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250828019
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
8. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $21.00, 9781250178640
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
11. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
12. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374
13. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
14. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
15. Grim Tidings (Ghosted #2)
B.K. Borison, Avon, $18.99, 9780063430464
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
3. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
4. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668094723
5. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow, Picador, $20.00, 9781250448194
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
7. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor- Debut
Christine Kuehn, Celadon Books, $18.99, 9781250344489
8. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9781101910177
9. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
10. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
11. 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
12. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
14. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
15. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $10.99, 9780440180296
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
6. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
8. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345538987
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
1. Camp Half-Blood: From the World of Percy Jackson: The Wild Zone- Debut
Rick Riordan, Annabelle Oh, Random House Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9798217445981
2. Building 903- Debut
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063515109
3. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
6. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
8. Mexikid Dreams: A Graphic Memoir
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9798217002498
9. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
11. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
12. The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
Aubrey Hartman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316575737
13. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
14. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
YOUNG ADULT
1. Trust Fall- Debut
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9798347100217
2. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665921275
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
4. The Giver Deluxe Collector's Edition- Debut
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $24.99, 9780063519633
5. Our Strange Duet
Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $24.99, 9798217124183
6. The Siren: Deluxe Edition- Debut
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co., $24.99, 9781250404756
7. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
8. Anger Is Only a Shadow
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780062882790
9. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
10. The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
11. The House of Gardenias- Debut
Isabel Cañas, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593620410
12. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
13. 21 Days of Fear: One Day, One Letter
Hervé Commère, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9798347119615
14. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
15. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Gruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736
3. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Wonderful Halloween
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217233175
6. Midnight Manor: A Backwards Bedtime Book- Debut
Sid Sharp, Annick Press, $19.99, 9781834021195
7. Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem
Christy Mandin, Orchard Books, $14.99, 9798225041335
8. The Pumpkin Thief (The Leaf Thief)
Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $18.99, 9781464268076
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
11. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
12. Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Halloween! (Lowly Worm Saves the Holidays) Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217116911
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506
14. Pete the Cat and the Cookie Catastrophe
James Dean, Kimberly Dean, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063350588
15. Bluey's Heelerween
Jessica Magro, Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $9.99, 9798217244867
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
6. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
7. Baby-Sitters Club Super Special
Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Scholastic Paperbacks
8. The Awesome Friendly Kid Series
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
9. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers,
10. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley
Indie Best Sellers from the Independent Publisher's Caucus
The Independent Publishers Caucus proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identifies the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.
Full Independent Publisher Bestseller Lists
Indie Best Sellers from the Independent Publisher's Caucus
The Independent Publishers Caucus proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identifies the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.
Full Independent Publisher Bestseller Lists
DEBUT TITLES
Fiction:
2. May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry, (Transit Books)
23. Dawn of the Cursed Queen: Deluxe Special Edition (Gods and Monsters #3) by Amber V. Nicole, (Kensington)
25. London Station: A Novel by David McCloskey, (W. W. Norton & Company)
33. Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan, (Grove Press)
37. The Lost Spectacular: Deluxe Limited Edition by Zoé Duhaime, (Erewhon Books)
38. In the Dark: Deluxe Limited Edition (Kept In Paradise #2) by Shain Rose, (Kensington)
And nonfiction:
8. With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories by Nicole Nehrig, (W. W. Norton & Company)
12. Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow by J.W. Ocker, (Countryman Press)
13. Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova, (Alcove Press)
16. How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America by Maria Kuznetsova, Dan Storyev, (Liveright)
17. Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering by Catherine Liu, (Verso)
This week's Publisher Spotlight is Bellevue Literary Press. Bellevue Literary Press has been publishing prize-winning books since 2007, it is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because we believe that science and the humanities are natural companions for understanding the human experience.
This week's Title Spotlight is Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova. In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America. Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas, Katya Suvorova learned that keeping her family together meant dodging the police, enduring her mother’s many husbands, and babysitting her younger sister instead of finishing the third grade.
The Independent Publishers Caucus proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identifies the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.
Full Independent Publisher Bestseller Lists
Indie Best Sellers from the Independent Publisher's Caucus
The Independent Publishers Caucus proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identifies the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.
Full Independent Publisher Bestseller Lists
DEBUT TITLES
Fiction:
2. May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry, (Transit Books)
23. Dawn of the Cursed Queen: Deluxe Special Edition (Gods and Monsters #3) by Amber V. Nicole, (Kensington)
25. London Station: A Novel by David McCloskey, (W. W. Norton & Company)
33. Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan, (Grove Press)
37. The Lost Spectacular: Deluxe Limited Edition by Zoé Duhaime, (Erewhon Books)
38. In the Dark: Deluxe Limited Edition (Kept In Paradise #2) by Shain Rose, (Kensington)
And nonfiction:
8. With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories by Nicole Nehrig, (W. W. Norton & Company)
12. Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow by J.W. Ocker, (Countryman Press)
13. Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova, (Alcove Press)
16. How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America by Maria Kuznetsova, Dan Storyev, (Liveright)
17. Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering by Catherine Liu, (Verso)
This week's Publisher Spotlight is Bellevue Literary Press. Bellevue Literary Press has been publishing prize-winning books since 2007, it is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because we believe that science and the humanities are natural companions for understanding the human experience.
This week's Title Spotlight is Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova. In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America. Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas, Katya Suvorova learned that keeping her family together meant dodging the police, enduring her mother’s many husbands, and babysitting her younger sister instead of finishing the third grade.