Hardcover. for the week ending 1/14/2018. Midwest Connections Pick

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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26 2. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $26 3. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 4. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26 6. Origin Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $ Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ The Rooster Bar John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $ Artemis Andy Weir, Crown, $ Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Knopf, $ Winter Ali Smith, Pantheon, $ The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin s, $26.99 NONFICTION 1. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff, Holt, $30 2. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 3. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Margareta Magnusson, Scribner, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden, Flatiron, $27 7. Braving the Wilderness Brene Brown, Random House, $28 8. We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28 9. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $ Silence: In the Age of Noise Erling Kagge, Pantheon, $ The Wisdom of Sundays Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95 This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt. People (Book of the Week) An insightful, highly significant account that makes no predictions but lays out the critical environmental problems already upon us. --Kirkus starred review

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Grove Press, $16 6. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. Call Me by Your Name Andre Aciman, Picador USA, $17 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Autumn Ali Smith, Anchor, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16 NONFICTION 1. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 3. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16 4. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20 5. The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20 6. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $10 7. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16 8. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do It Shelly Tochluk, Rowman & Littlefield, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $17, 13. How to Instant Pot Daniel Shumski, Workman, $ The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 Mass Market 1. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold, Ballantine, $ Carrie Stephen King, Anchor, $ The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $ I, Robot Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99 Fridlund shines a spotlight on what gets hidden and unreported, and the result can be overwhelming cutting and funny and filled with difficult truth. Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Dear Girl, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Harper, 3. Love Matt de la Peña, Loren Long (Illus.), Putnam, 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Children s Books, $ The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, 7. Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $ Baby Animals Stephan Lomp, Workman, $ After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, 10. Rosie Revere, Engineer Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95 Children s Series Titles 1. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, Book 2) Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $ The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $ CatStronauts: Mission Moon Drew Brockington, Little Brown, $ The Maze Runner James Dashner, Delacorte, $ A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, Book 1) Brittany Cavallaro, Katherine Tegen Books, $ Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I) Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $9.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, 4. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ Turtles All the Way Down John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, 8. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Saenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ Warcross Marie Lu, Putnam, $ Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 A wonderfully clever and ultimately triumphant journey of self-discovery... Little i may be a mere cutout letter, but his humanity shines through. New York Times Book Review This book could not be cuter or more clever. Annie Silvestro... is a lyrical writer who knows exactly what kind of creative detail will spark a reader s imagination. Teagan White s illustrations are warm and comforting, and push the cuteness factor into overdrive. A winner of a winter s tale. --USA Today

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26 2. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $26 3. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 4. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $26 6. Origin Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $ Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ The Rooster Bar John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $ Artemis Andy Weir, Crown, $ Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Knopf, $ Winter Ali Smith, Pantheon, $ The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin s, $26.99 PAPERBACK 1. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Grove Press, $16 6. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. Call Me by Your Name Andre Aciman, Picador USA, $17 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Autumn Ali Smith, Anchor, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16 This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt. People (Book of the Week) Brashear s stunning YA novel is as spectacularly written as it is researched. This is definitely one of the most unique YA novels you ll read this year. PASTE Magazine

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff, Holt, $30 2. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 3. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Margareta Magnusson, Scribner, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden, Flatiron, $27 7. Braving the Wilderness Brene Brown, Random House, $28 8. We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28 9. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $ Silence: In the Age of Noise Erling Kagge, Pantheon, $ The Wisdom of Sundays Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 3. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16 4. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20 5. The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20 6. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $10 7. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16 8. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do It Shelly Tochluk, Rowman & Littlefield, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $17, 13. How to Instant Pot Daniel Shumski, Workman, $ The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 Mass Market 1. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold, Ballantine, $ Carrie Stephen King, Anchor, $ The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ A Midsummer Night s Dream William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $ I, Robot Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99 An insightful, highly significant account that makes no predictions but lays out the critical environmental problems already upon us. --Kirkus starred review