Hardcover. Indie Bestsellers. Week of Option B. 1. Into the Water. 2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. 2. Anything Is Possible

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1 Hardcover FICTION NONFICTION 1. Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 2. Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 3. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ The Fix David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 9. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ The Stars Are Fire Anita Shreve, Knopf, $ Trajectory: Stories Richard Russo, Knopf, $ The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See, Scribner, $ The Black Book James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $ th Seduction James Patterson, Little Brown, $ Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $ The Book of Joan Lidia Yuknavitch, Harper, $ Option B Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Shattered Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes, Crown, $28 5. Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 6. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ This Fight Is Our Fight Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28 8. The American Spirit David McCullough, S&S, $25 9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, HarperOne, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ You Are a Badass at Making Money Jen Sincero, Viking, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $ Get Your Sh*t Together Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $ Make Your Bed William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $ Last Hope Island Lynne Olson, Random House, $30 Other Indie Favorites Salt Houses: A Novel, by Hala Alyan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26) Accomplished poet Hala Alyan exceeds the brilliance of her excellent collections of poems in her moving, powerfully realized first novel, Salt Houses. I can t think of many writers who have so adeptly written of family relationships. From Palestine to Jordan, Lebanon to Kuwait, Boston to New York, this is a story of people losing, finding, and making their way. Salt Houses gives voice, body, and love to people whose lives in this country tend, at most, to be featured anonymously in news accounts and at that, in the negative. This is real life, beautifully written and graciously enlarging the sense of who we are. Rick Simonson, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Miss Burma: A Novel, by Charmaine Craig (Grove Press, $26) Charmaine Craig s Miss Burma is nothing short of stunning. Based on the lives of her mother and grandparents, Craig deftly tells the epic story of one family in Burma as they try to survive the horrors of World War II, independence, and then civil war. What distinguishes this book from others is its frank look at who and what survives under such perilous conditions. Miss Burma is a chronicle of loss and love in a country too long neglected by the world. Michael Triebwasser, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC = Debut = On the Rise

2 Paperback FICTION NONFICTION.org 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 2. The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 5. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 7. The Nest Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 9. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ The Circle Dave Eggers, Vintage, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $ Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $ Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler, Vintage, $16 1. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17 3. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 7. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 8. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $20 9. HBR s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence 10. HBR s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself 11. Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $ The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $ The Lost City of Z David Grann, Vintage, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 MASS MARKET 1. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $ End of Watch Stephen King, Pocket, $ Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Last Mile David Baldacci, Vision, $ A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ The Murder House James Patterson, David Ellis, Vision, $ Tom Clancy Duty and Honor Grant Blackwood, Berkley, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite Fen: Stories, by Daisy Johnson (Graywolf Press, $16) This collection of stories scrambled my brain, in the best possible sense. They made me reread, wonder, turn the book upside down and shake it a bit to see what other fantastical imaginings would fall out. Girls turn into eels and men into foxes, a house is obsessed with a woman, and a bloodsucking girl gang preys on Internet dates. A few stories broke my heart, too. Johnson has a way of manifesting loneliness and loss into physical pain and malady that shock the senses. Startling, unusual, and sneakily profound, Fen is an unforgettable collection. Stefanie Kiper Schmidt, Water Street Bookstore, Exeter, NH = Debut

3 Children s EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ Real Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $ Ghosts 4. Drama 5. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ The Thing About Jellyfish Ali Benjamin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $ Smile 8. Sisters 9. How to Be a Supervillain Michael Fry, Jimmy Patterson, $ Beyond the Bright Sea Lauren Wolk, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook Scholastic, $ Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ Pax Sara Pennypacker, Balzer + Bray, $ Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ Reasons Why Jay Asher, Razorbill, $ Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Ember, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Alex and Eliza: A Love Story Melissa de la Cruz, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $ Before I Fall Lauren Oliver, Harper, $ Carve the Mark Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $ A Monster Calls Patrick Ness, Candlewick, $ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book Jennifer Donnelly, Disney Press, $ The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means Oxford University Press, $ Caraval Stephanie Garber, Flatiron, $ All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven, Ember, $ The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Windfall Jennifer E. Smith, Delacorte Press, $18.99 For Ages 9 to 12 The Thickety: The Last Spell, by J.A. White, Andrea Offerman (Illus.) (Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99) New and old foes meet their fates in this conclusion to The Thickety series. The strength of the books relies on never knowing who is truly on the right side of things and that theme continues from start to finish in the fourth volume. Satisfyingly, answers to story lore arise: Why could only girls and women, not boys and men, use grimoires? Why has the one-eyed bird been so helpful? Is the Well of Witches truly a place of forever torture? Todd Wellman, Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee, WI For Teen Readers Radio Silence, by Alice Oseman (HarperTeen, $17.99) In a sea of over-achieving high schoolers, you re forced to play the game, but it s just not you. You re a different person when you re not at school, but you feel you need to hide it. You re scared to rock the boat, until you meet your first true friend, which, to me, is what this novel is all about. Radio Silence has so many facets: it s contemporary YA, but each chapter begins with a sci-fi-esque podcast, which miraculously weaves itself into the story; it lightly explores sexual identity and diversity, but this doesn t disrupt the story; and it has an element of mystery and a thriller-like pace but digs deep. One of my favorite books of Kristen Gilligan, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO = Debut

4 Children s CHILDREN S ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN S SERIES 1. Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Oh, the Places You ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Drew Daywalt, Adam Rex (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $ The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ I Love Mom With The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $ A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $ Olivia the Spy Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $ How to Raise a Mom Jean Reagan, Lee Wildish (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $ Not Quite Narwhal Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 2. The Trials of Apollo (hardcover) Rick Riordan, Hyperion New in Series: The Dark Prophecy 3. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet 5. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children s Books New in Series: A Court of Wings and Ruin 6. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 7. Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix 8. Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Scholastic 9. Summer Brain Quest (paperback) Megan Butler, Claire Piddock (Illus.), Workman 10. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Balzer + Bray/Andrews McMeel All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. For Ages 4 to 8 Escargot, by Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illus.) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, $16.99) Escargot is an adorable French snail trying to reach the salad at the end of the book. He admires himself and his shiny trail as he moves across the table to the salad. He hopes it has no carrots, because he really does not like carrots. Fun illustrations and a charming story make this a picture book for everyone to enjoy! Cathy Berner, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX = Debut

5 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 2. Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27 3. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ The Fix David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 7. Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 9. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ The Stars Are Fire Anita Shreve, Knopf, $ Trajectory: Stories Richard Russo, Knopf, $ The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See, Scribner, $ The Black Book James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $ th Seduction James Patterson, Little Brown, $ Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $ The Book of Joan Lidia Yuknavitch, Harper, $26.99 PAPERBACK 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 2. The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 5. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 7. The Nest Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $ Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 9. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ The Circle Dave Eggers, Vintage, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $ Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $ Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler, Vintage, $16 = Debut = On the Rise

6 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Option B Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Shattered Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes, Crown, $28 5. Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 6. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ This Fight Is Our Fight Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28 8. The American Spirit David McCullough, S&S, $25 9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, HarperOne, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ You Are a Badass at Making Money Jen Sincero, Viking, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $ Get Your Sh*t Together Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $ Make Your Bed William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $ Last Hope Island Lynne Olson, Random House, $30 PAPERBACK 1. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17 3. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 7. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 8. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $20 9. HBR s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence 10. HBR s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself 11. Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $ The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $ The Lost City of Z David Grann, Vintage, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 = Debut = On the Rise