GLIBA Bestsellers

The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week ending Sunday, January 12, 2020. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.

CURRENT PUBLISHER PROMOTIONS

Downloadable Bestseller Lists for the week ending 1/12/20
FICTION | NONFICTION | YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE, CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED & CHILDREN'S SERIES
HARDCOVER | PAPERBACK

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
3. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
4. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27, 9781984854780
5. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
6. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780399562488
7. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
8. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
9. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
10. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780525540670
11. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
12. Lady Clementine
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492666905
13. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
14. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
15. Red at the Bone

PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
3. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
5. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467
8. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
9. Little Women (Vintage Classics)
Louisa May Alcott, Vintage, $10, 9781984898852
10. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
11. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
12. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
13. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
14. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
15. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

MASS MARKET
1. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348
8. Blood of Elves
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029193
9. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. Karen's Witch
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338315196
3. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
4. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
5. My Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593111017
6. Allies
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245721
7. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069
8. The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147510488
9. Super Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338230895
10. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Blue Zones Kitchen
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $30, 9781426220135
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
4. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
5. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
6. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
7. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
8. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
9. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
10. Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $30, 9781524744182
11. Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $28.99, 9780062666970
12. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
13. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Little Brown, $27, 9780316485340
14. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
15. You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance
Chani Nicholas, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062840639

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
3. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17, 9780593133934
4. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2020
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781600572302
5. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
6. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17, 9780143130086
7. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Workman, $15.95, 9780761187486
8. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $15, 9780735216112
12. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $15.99, 9780380773381
13. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
14. Classic Krakauer
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
15. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Dinky Donkey
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Love from the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9781524792688
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
4. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
5. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
8. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
9. Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780451470799
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701

CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
2. The Night Country: (The Hazel Wood, #2)
Melissa Albert, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250246073
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419739033
4. The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781481497060
5. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419737046
6. The Hazel Wood
Melissa Albert, Flatiron Books, $10.99, 9781250147936
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $47.99, 9780545791427
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
9. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
10. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #7)
Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338304510

Data is Beautiful - 2019 Yearly #1 Bestsellers

We have compiled the entire year of 2019 GLIBA #1 Bestsellers into graphs below. Rating is based on titles that have held the #1 spot on the GLIBA Bestseller List the longest during 2019. Information is based on #1 bestseller title reporting. The data provided is organized by title, publisher, genre, date and number of weeks at #1. The Y axis is number of weeks a title held the #1 spot on the GLIBA bestsellers list. We are currently working on a more interactive data analysis system but until then we wanted to share the information. This data is extremely important to our region and its supporting publishers, as well as pretty fun to look through. Information gathered has been reported by stores in the GLIBA region for the year of 2019.