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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28 4. Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30 5. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 6. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 9. Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $ A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin s, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $ Holy Ghost John Sandford, Putnam, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ Lethal White Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $29 Abby Geni is the absolute master of storytelling about the destructive beauty of nature and wildlife, and in The Wildlands she had my heart in my throat as she explores the battle between human and mother nature. Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First (Chicago, IL) NONFICTION 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 2. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22 3. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 4. The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Norton, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28 6. Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $28 7. Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35 8. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30 9. Storm Lake Art Cullen, Viking, $ Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, S&S, $ Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $ Killing the SS Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal Ben Sasse, St. Martin s, $ In Pieces Sally Field, Grand Central, $ My Own Devices Dessa, Dutton, $26 Gives new insight into the case, highlighting the ambiguities of the trial in a way that only true crime can. CrimeReads

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 3. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17 8. In the Midst of Winter Isabel Allende, Atria, $17 9. Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $ The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson, Penguin, $ The Marsh King s Daughter Karen Dionne, Putnam, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ The Anatomy of Dreams Chloe Benjamin, Atria, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99 Mass Market 1. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Wise Man s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ Binti, Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com, $ Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $ Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Left for Dead, J.a. Jance, Pocket Books, $ Black Powder War, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $ A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22 3. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22 6. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $ Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $22 8. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16 9. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador, $ The Lost Art of Reading Nature s Signs Tristan Gooley, Experiment, $ The Best American Food Writing 2018 Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $ Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95 Tacky Goblin is strange but somehow comforting too, like a nightmare that you don t want to leave, or a wistful calamity. You ll love the book for its humor and absurdity, and you ll thrill at finding a new irreverent voice in fiction. Read this book. You ve earned it. Tim Moore, Unabridged Books

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $ The Snowy Nap Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $ A Parade of Elephants Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow Books, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ In the Middle of Fall Kevin Henkes, Laura Dronzek (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $ The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ The Thankful Book Todd Parr, LB Kids, $ North Woods Girl Aimee Bissonette, Claudia Mcgehee (Illus.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $ Quiet Tomie depaola, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99 Children s Series Titles 1. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass), Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury YA, $ Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ A Map of Days (The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children), Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little Brown, $ Dog Man and Cat Kid, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ The School Is Alive! (Eerie Elementary), Jack Chabert, Sam Ricks (Illus.), Scholastic, $ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $ Dog Man, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ The Princess in Black, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $ The Magic Misfits: The Second Story, Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin (Illus.), Kyle Hilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Louisiana s Way Home Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $ Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26 4. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $ Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $ Moo Sharon Creech, HarperCollins, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ What If It s Us Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, HarperTeen, $ Looking for Alaska (Penguin Minis) John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Farrar Straus Giroux, $8.99 Confoundingly clever, and very funny. Kirkus starred review "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand."--the New York Times Book Review Hilarious...a laugh on each spread. And readers will cheer on Leopold as he opts to take the high road--and ends up on top. --Publishers Weekly

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28 4. Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30 5. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 6. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 9. Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $ A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin s, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $ Holy Ghost John Sandford, Putnam, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ Lethal White Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $29 PAPERBACK 1. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 3. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17 8. In the Midst of Winter Isabel Allende, Atria, $17 9. Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $ The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson, Penguin, $ The Marsh King s Daughter Karen Dionne, Putnam, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ The Anatomy of Dreams Chloe Benjamin, Atria, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99 The Great Believers kept me up reading late into the night, and I d wake up thinking about Makkai s vibrant, complex, and deeply human characters. This is an immersive, heartbreaking novel I loved it. Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me A Key to Treehouse Living is revelatory, a literary lighthouse that forges new routes of understanding. Every life is uncharted terrain, but Elliot Reed gives us a roadmap so that we might understand in more clearer terms how to transverse our terrifying, wonderful world. Rachel Kaplan, Avid Bookshop

5 Nonfiction Mass Market HARDCOVER 1. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 2. Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22 3. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 4. The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Norton, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28 6. Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $28 7. Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35 8. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30 9. Storm Lake Art Cullen, Viking, $ Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, S&S, $ Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $ Killing the SS Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal Ben Sasse, St. Martin s, $ In Pieces Sally Field, Grand Central, $ My Own Devices Dessa, Dutton, $26 1. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Wise Man s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ Binti, Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com, $ Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $ Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Left for Dead, J.a. Jance, Pocket Books, $ Black Powder War, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $ A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 PAPERBACK 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22 3. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22 6. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $ Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $22 8. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Vintage, $16 9. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador, $ The Lost Art of Reading Nature s Signs Tristan Gooley, Experiment, $ The Best American Food Writing 2018 Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $ Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95 Mejia s thrilling tale works both as an engaging mystery and a haunting meditation on grief, abandonment, and the lost places within ourselves. Brutal, devastating, and utterly riveting. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)