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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 2. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $ How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry, Pamela Dorman Books, $25 4. Mrs. Fletcher Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26 5. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 8. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ The Late Show Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $ The Almost Sisters Joshilyn Jackson, Morrow, $ Sulfur Springs William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26 NONFICTION 1. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken, Twelve, $28 2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Devil s Bargain Joshua Green, Penguin Press, $27 7. Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 8. Option B Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $ Hunger Roxane Gay, Harper, $ You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ White Rage Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $ The Long Haul Finn Murphy, Norton, $ Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 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. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 4. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 9. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ The Trespasser Tana French, Penguin, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $ Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99 NONFICTION 1. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17 2. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 6. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 8. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $ Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $ The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $ The Fire Next Time James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95 Mass Market George Orwell, Signet, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ Ender s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $ Hamlet William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $ The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11 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, $ A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $ Creepy Pair of Underwear! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $ Life Cynthia Rylant, Brendan Wenzel (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $ Baby Peekaboo Kate Merritt, Workman, $ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $ Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Moo, Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, S&S, $ Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Blue Sky White Stars Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Sarvinder Naberhaus, Dial Books, $17.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Handbook for Mortals Lani Sarem, Geeknation Press, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ Minecraft: The Island Max Brooks, Del Rey, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $ Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99 Children s Series Titles 1. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire, Book 10) Tui Sutherland, Scholastic, $ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine, $ The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry Potter) Kennilworthy Whisp, Arthur A. Levine Books, $ The 65-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $13.99 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. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $ How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry, Pamela Dorman Books, $25 4. Mrs. Fletcher Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26 5. Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 8. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ The Late Show Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $ The Almost Sisters Joshilyn Jackson, Morrow, $ Sulfur Springs William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26 PAPERBACK 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 4. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 7. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $ A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16 9. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ The Trespasser Tana French, Penguin, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $ Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99 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. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Devil s Bargain Joshua Green, Penguin Press, $27 7. Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 8. Option B Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $ Hunger Roxane Gay, Harper, $ You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $ White Rage Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $ The Long Haul Finn Murphy, Norton, $ Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 PAPERBACK 1. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17 2. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 6. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 8. The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $ Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $ The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ White Trash Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $ The Fire Next Time James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95 Mass Market George Orwell, Signet, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ Ender s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $ Hamlet William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $ The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11 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