Hardcover. for the week ending 12/17/2017. Midwest Connections Pick

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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 3. Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Knopf, $ Artemis Andy Weir, Crown, $27 5. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 6. The Rooster Bar John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26 9. Origin Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ The Story of Arthur Truluv Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $ Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $ Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $ A Column of Fire Ken Follett, Viking, $ Caroline: Little House, Revisited Sarah Miller, Morrow, $25.99 NONFICTION 1. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $40 2. Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden, Flatiron, $27 3. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35 4. Obama: An Intimate Portrait Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50 5. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Caroline Fraser, Metropolitan Books, $35 6. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit Chris Matthews, S&S, $28 9. A Year in the Wilderness: Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters Amy Freeman, Dave Freeman, Milkweed Editions, $ We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $ What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin, $ The Sioux Chef s Indigenous Kitchen Sean Sherman, University of Minnesota Press, $ The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Ree Drummond, Morrow, $ Women & Power: A Manifesto Mary Beard, Liveright, $ Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35 Gripping and fast-paced, this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to Capote and tell another side of the Clutter murders. The Emporia Gazette In this extraordinary book, [the Freemans] have done us all an invaluable service, offering a wonderfully compelling testimony for the value of wild places and the creatures who inhabit them. I urge you to read it. Vice President Walter Mondale

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 2. The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Grove Press, $16 5. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ Autumn Ali Smith, Anchor, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $16 Mass Market 1. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Dell, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99 NONFICTION 1. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 2. Thank You for Being Late Thomas L. Friedman, Picador USA, $18 3. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2018 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac Books, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16 5. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Strong Is the New Pretty Kate T. Parker, Workman, $ Danger: Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch Michael Perry, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $ The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 9. Being a Dog Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $ The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $ The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95 Fridlund shines a spotlight on what gets hidden and unreported, and the result can be overwhelming cutting and funny and filled with difficult truth. Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Children s Books, $ Mice Skating Annie Silvestro, Teagan White (Illus.), Sterling Children s Books, $ Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $ She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $ One North Star Phyllis Root, Beckie Prange (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $ Baby Animals Stephan Lomp, Workman, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Little Blue Truck s Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95 Children s Series Titles 1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $ The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall, Chronicle, $ Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $ Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I) Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter) J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $ Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ Turtles All the Way Down John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ All s Faire in Middle School Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ Wishtree Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $ The Magic Misfits Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $ Auggie & Me R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99 DiCamillo s story, told with a single word, is one even youngest readers can understand. Everyone wants to be seen, and everyone wants someone to sing back to them. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This book could not be cuter or more clever. Annie Silvestro... is a lyrical writer who knows exactly what kind of creative detail will spark a reader s imagination a little mouse makes ice skates out of pine needles! Teagan White s illustrations are warm and comforting, and push the cuteness factor into overdrive. A winner of a winter s tale. --USA Today

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27 2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 3. Uncommon Type Tom Hanks, Knopf, $ Artemis Andy Weir, Crown, $27 5. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 6. The Rooster Bar John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper, $ Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26 9. Origin Dan Brown, Doubleday, $ The Story of Arthur Truluv Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $ Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $ Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ The Power Naomi Alderman, Little Brown, $ A Column of Fire Ken Follett, Viking, $ Caroline: Little House, Revisited Sarah Miller, Morrow, $25.99 PAPERBACK 1. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 2. The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Grove Press, $16 5. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $ Autumn Ali Smith, Anchor, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $ Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $16 Another gorgeous, brutal masterpiece from a great American writer. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A stunning tour de force centered in a small cattle ranching town. Foreword starred review If Willa Cather and Cormac McCarthy had a love child, she would be a writer such as Fraterrigo. Booklist

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $40 2. Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden, Flatiron, $27 3. Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35 4. Obama: An Intimate Portrait Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50 5. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Caroline Fraser, Metropolitan Books, $35 6. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil degrasse Tyson, Norton, $ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Doubleday, $ Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit Chris Matthews, S&S, $28 9. A Year in the Wilderness: Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters Amy Freeman, Dave Freeman, Milkweed Editions, $ We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $ What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin, $ The Sioux Chef s Indigenous Kitchen Sean Sherman, University of Minnesota Press, $ The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Ree Drummond, Morrow, $ Women & Power: A Manifesto Mary Beard, Liveright, $ Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35 PAPERBACK 1. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 2. Thank You for Being Late Thomas L. Friedman, Picador USA, $18 3. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2018 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac Books, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16 5. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ Strong Is the New Pretty Kate T. Parker, Workman, $ Danger: Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch Michael Perry, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $ The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 9. Being a Dog Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $ The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $ The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95 Mass Market 1. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Dell, $ Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ The Wise Man s Fear Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99 Sherman is doing some of the most important culinary work in America. In The Sioux Chef s Indigenous Kitchen, he takes a forward-thinking approach to indigenous cuisine, bringing his culture into the light to share with the rest of the world. Sean Brock, James Beard award winner