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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 2. Camino Island John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $ The Late Show Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28 5. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $ Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons, Viking, $ The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ House of Spies Daniel Silva, Harper, $ The Little French Bistro Nina George, Crown, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 NONFICTION 1. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken, Twelve, $28 2. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 5. Hunger Roxane Gay, Harper, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28 8. You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $28 9. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Amy Thielen, Clarkson Potter, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ Hue 1968 Mark Bowden, Atlantic Monthly Press, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $ Devil s Bargain Joshua Green, Penguin Press, $27 An utterly entrancing novel a lucid, provocative exploration of contemporary culture and themes like power, money, and friendship. Nylon I was dazzled by South Pole Station a terrifically witty, insightful, and satisfying novel, peopled by memorable misfits thrown together in a hothouse of conflicting interests in the frozen Antarctic. Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen

2 Paperback FICTION 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 2. The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 4. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $17 NONFICTION 1. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 2. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 3. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17 6. No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ Ars Botanica Tim Taranto, Curbside Splendor, $ The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ The Hour of Land Terry Tempest Williams, Picador USA, $ Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ I m Just a Person Tig Notaro, Ecco, $ Dunkirk Joshua Levine, Morrow, $ When Women Were Birds Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $16 Mass Market George Orwell, Signet, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Dell, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $ Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $ Open Season C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 10. The Gunslinger Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99 For its wisdom and compassion, honesty and courage, Stielstra s stellar essay collection is a lifeline and a microscope, a means of examining the dread of whatever one finds daunting and a manner of exorcising demons through the sheer power of commitment and desire. -Booklist (starred review)

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $ Goodnight Loon Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Baby Night-Night 5. Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox, Judy Horacek, Harcourt, $ Baby Faces 7. Where s Waldo? 30th Anniversary Edition Martin Handford, Candlewick, $ Baby Animals Stephan Lomp, Workman, $ A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $ Baby Peekaboo YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Ember, $ Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $ Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan, Puffin, $8.99 Children s Series Titles 1. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire, Book 10) Tui Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $ An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $ In a Blink (Never Girls, #1) Kiki Thorpe, Random House/Disney, $ Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $ A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children s Books, $ The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95 Gentle, melodic prose and evocative art rise above the melancholy to tell a powerful, multilayered story about family, memory, and the costs of becoming a refugee. Spare and simple, a must-read for our times. Kirkus, starred review Walking in the moccasins of Four Winds is an extraordinary journey. Runs With Courage will both teach and inspire. Sandra Dallas, New York Times best-selling author of Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Skies, and The Quilt Walk

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 2. Camino Island John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $ The Late Show Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28 5. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $ Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons, Viking, $ The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ House of Spies Daniel Silva, Harper, $ The Little French Bistro Nina George, Crown, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 PAPERBACK 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 2. The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 4. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $17 Like a great campfire story, The Hearts of Men is epic and hushed in the right places, simultaneously local and universal, and brilliantly, beautifully unspooled --J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest Alex George brings us a coming of age novel full to bursting with love, loss, and music. It touched every emotion from laughter to heartbreaking tears. --Kate Schlademan from The Learned Owl Book Shop

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken, Twelve, $28 2. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 5. Hunger Roxane Gay, Harper, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28 8. You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $28 9. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Amy Thielen, Clarkson Potter, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ Hue 1968 Mark Bowden, Atlantic Monthly Press, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $ Devil s Bargain Joshua Green, Penguin Press, $27 PAPERBACK 1. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 2. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 3. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17 6. No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ Ars Botanica Tim Taranto, Curbside Splendor, $ The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ The Hour of Land Terry Tempest Williams, Picador USA, $ Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $ I m Just a Person Tig Notaro, Ecco, $ Dunkirk Joshua Levine, Morrow, $ When Women Were Birds Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $16 Mass Market George Orwell, Signet, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Dell, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $ Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $ Open Season C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 10. The Gunslinger Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99 Goldstein is a gifted storyteller, and Janesville is a raw, beautiful story, one that sheds needed light on a country searching for some pathway to the future. J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy