Hardcover. for the week ending 9/11/2016 NONFICTION FICTION. Midwest Connections Pick

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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. A Great Reckoning Louise Penny, Minotaur, $ Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $ The Nix Nathan Hill, Knopf, $ Here I Am Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28 7. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 8. The Girls Emma Cline, Random House, $27 9. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Last Days of Night Graham Moore, Random House, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s, $ The Jealous Kind James Lee Burke, S&S, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 NONFICTION 1. Love Warrior: A Memoir Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 4. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28 5. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life John le Carre, Viking, $28 6. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Knopf, $ Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35 9. White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $ Guinness World Records 2017 Guinness World Records, $ Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $ The Perfect Horse Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $ I Could Pee on This, Too Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ Tribe Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 Agee s emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains... The story s several parts gritty Western, family saga, mystery work together for a memorable tale of heartbreak and redemption. Publishers Weekly Lab Girl... compelled me to ponder the astonishing grace and gumption of a seed... and it introduced me to a deeply inspiring woman a scientist so passionate about her work I felt myself vividly with her on every page. This is a smart, enthralling, and winning debut. Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild

2 Paperback FICTION 1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16 2. A Man Called Ove 3. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16 4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 5. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17 6. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 7. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15 8. Circling the Sun Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16 9. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Iron Lake 11. Ordinary Grace 12. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $ Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, S&S, $ The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $ My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17 NONFICTION 1. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 2. Yuge! G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $ My Life on the Road Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18 4. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 5. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20 7. Known and Strange Things Teju Cole, Random House, $17 8. The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $17 9. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin, Minnesota Historical Society Press, $ Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $ Dead Wake Erik Larson, Broadway, $ S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ In Cold Blood Truman Capote, Vintage, $ The Light of the World: A Memoir Elizabeth Alexander, Grand Central, $ The 5 Love Languages Gary D. Chapman, Northfield, $15.99 Mass Market 1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $ Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $ The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Stand Stephen King, Anchor, $ Edge of Eternity Ken Follett, Penguin, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 An enjoyable and thought-provoking exploration of a modern-day marriage in midlife crisis. Kirkus Reviews

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $ They All Saw a Cat Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle, $ Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $ A Child of Books Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick, $ Little Blue Truck s Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Jamberry Bruce Degen, HarperFestival, $ Baby Peekaboo Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.95 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ El Deafo Cece Bell, Amulet, $ James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, Pax Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $ Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $ Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ The BFG Roald Dahl, Puffin, $ Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ The Story of Diva and Flea Mo Willems, Tony DiTerlizzi (Illus.), Disney/ Hyperion, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95 Children s Series Titles 1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $ Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children s Books, $ Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $ Tales of the Peculiar (Companion to Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children) Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $ An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir, Razorbill, $ Mercy Watson to the Rescue Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I) Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $9.99 This is an engaging debut picture book [that] will appeal to a wide age range. Here s hoping for more adventures with Magnolia! School Library Journal Root has created a rural landscape in watercolor-and-gouache paintings in a palette of avocado and ochre that captures a feeling of heat and stillness A bucolic story with more adult than child appeal. Kirkus Reviews

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. A Great Reckoning Louise Penny, Minotaur, $ Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $ The Nix Nathan Hill, Knopf, $ Here I Am Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28 7. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 8. The Girls Emma Cline, Random House, $27 9. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Last Days of Night Graham Moore, Random House, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s, $ The Jealous Kind James Lee Burke, S&S, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 PAPERBACK 1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16 2. A Man Called Ove 3. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16 4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 5. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17 6. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 7. Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15 8. Circling the Sun Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16 9. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Iron Lake 11. Ordinary Grace 12. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $ Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, S&S, $ The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $ My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17 Agee s emotionally rich tale is as wild and sprawling as the Midwestern plains... The story s several parts gritty Western, family saga, mystery work together for a memorable tale of heartbreak and redemption. Publishers Weekly [A] stellar debut. Filled with charming pop-culture references, this deft caper novel is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and poignant. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. Love Warrior: A Memoir Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 4. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28 5. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life John le Carre, Viking, $28 6. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Knopf, $ Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35 9. White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $ Guinness World Records 2017 Guinness World Records, $ Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $ The Perfect Horse Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $ I Could Pee on This, Too Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ Tribe Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $ When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 1. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 2. Yuge! G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $ My Life on the Road Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18 4. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 5. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20 7. Known and Strange Things Teju Cole, Random House, $17 8. The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $17 9. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin, Minnesota Historical Society Press, $ Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $ Dead Wake Erik Larson, Broadway, $ S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ In Cold Blood Truman Capote, Vintage, $ The Light of the World: A Memoir Elizabeth Alexander, Grand Central, $ The 5 Love Languages Gary D. Chapman, Northfield, $15.99 Mass Market 1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Ken Kesey, Signet, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11 8. Women Who Run With the Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $ X Sue Grafton, Putnam, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 Yang s evocative, often moving memoir... reveals a life of struggle, hardship, deep love, and strong family ties. --Kirkus Review