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The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week of February 24, 2020. 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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Downloadable Bestseller Lists for the week of 2/24/20
FICTION | NONFICTION | YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE, CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED & CHILDREN'S SERIES
HARDCOVER | PAPERBACK
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
2. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28, 9781681196282
3. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
6. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
7. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593296677
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
9. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
10. The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546775
11. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
12. No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood, Riverhead Books, $25, 9780593189580
13. An Extravagant Death
Charles Finch, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250767134
14. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
15. The Survivors
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250232427

PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
4. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $18, 9780812981933
7. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
8. Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250787972
9. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
10. The Women of the Copper Country
Mary Doria Russell, Atria, $17, 9781982109592
11. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17, 9781476749303
12. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
13. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
14. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
15. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185

MASS MARKET
1. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
2. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818
6. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795
7. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
8. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788
9. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
4. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
5. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
6. The Mysteries of the Universe
Will Gater, DK Children, $19.99, 9781465499332
7. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
8. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
9. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
10. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
​HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
3. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133
4. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee, One World, $28, 9780525509561
5. Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.), One World, $32, 9780593134047
6. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
7. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28, 9781984878106
8. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
9. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
10. Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert, Crown, $28, 9780593136270
11. Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $28, 9780399588587
12. Just as I Am
Cicely Tyson, Harper, $28.99, 9780062931061
13. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
14. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23, 9780593318485
15. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713

PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
4. Birds of Michigan Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
6. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
7. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
8. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
9. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18, 9780735225312
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. Start With Why
Simon Sinek, Portfolio, $16, 9781591846444
12. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
14. Disability Visibility
Alice Wong (Ed.), Vintage, $16.95, 9781984899422
15. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17, 9780593133934

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
2. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
3. Ambitious Girl
Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316229692
4. The Couch Potato
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534
5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
6. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781563054426
7. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593123997
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. The Going to Bed Book
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9780671449025
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007

CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #9)
Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304572
2. The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #4)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344219
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
4. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
5. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
6. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
7. Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles
Marissa Meyer, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250768889
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439064873
9. Karen's Roller Skates (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix, #2)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338356144
10. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316508896

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