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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28 4. Elevation Stephen King, Scribner, $ The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20 6. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 7. Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29 8. Every Breath Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28 9. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $ Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Clockmaker s Daughter Kate Morton, Atria, $ The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95 Abby Geni is the absolute master of storytelling about the destructive beauty of nature and wildlife, and in The Wildlands she had my heart in my throat as she explores the battle between human and mother nature. Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First (Chicago, IL) NONFICTION 1. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 2. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $ Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35 4. The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Norton, $ Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30 6. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 7. Presidents of War Michael Beschloss, Crown, $35 8. Radio Flyer Robert Pasin, Carlye Adler, Harper Design, $ Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, S&S, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $ Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $ I Might Regret This Abbi Jacobson, Grand Central Publishing, $ Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $ Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $ Beastie Boys Book Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Spiegel & Grau, $50 Gives new insight into the case, highlighting the ambiguities of the trial in a way that only true crime can. CrimeReads

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $ Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Perennial, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17 8. The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $ Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ All Systems Red Martha Wells, Tor.com, $ The Lacemaker s Secret Kathleen Ernst, Midnight Ink, $15.99 Mass Market 1. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ The Devil s Bed, William Kent Krueger, Pocket Star, $ , George Orwell, Signet, $ The Rooster Bar, John Grisham, Dell, $ Origin, Dan Brown, Anchor, $ Animal Farm, George Orwell, Signet, $ Open Season, C.J. Box, Putnam, $ Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton, Signet Classics, $ To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99 NONFICTION 1. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 2. Interior States: Essays Meghan O Gieblyn, Anchor, $16 3. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ The View from Flyover Country Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron, $ Beautiful Boy David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 7. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $22 8. The Best American Food Writing 2018 Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $ The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ American Wolf Nate Blakeslee, Broadway, $ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow 12. Sapiens 13. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $ Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $ Miles & Me Quincy Troupe, Seven Stories Press, $15.95 Tacky Goblin is strange but somehow comforting too, like a nightmare that you don t want to leave, or a wistful calamity. You ll love the book for its humor and absurdity, and you ll thrill at finding a new irreverent voice in fiction. Read this book. You ve earned it. Tim Moore, Unabridged Books

3 Children s ILLUSTRATED 1. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $ The Snowy Nap Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Indestructibles: My Neighborhood Maddie Frost (Illus.), Workman, $ A Parade of Elephants Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow Books, $ Baby Feminists Libby Babbott-Klein, Jessica Walker (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $ Things That Go! Amy Pixton, Stephan Lomp (Illus.), Workman, $ Hush Hush, Forest Mary Casanova, Nick Wroblewski (Illus.), Univ Of Minnesota Press, $ Winter Is Here Kevin Henkes, Laura Dronzek (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $ We Don t Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99 Children s Series Titles 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $ Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass), Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury YA, $ The Princess in Black, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Crush (Berrybrook Middle School, #3), Svetlana Chmakova, JY, $11 6. A Map of Days (The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children), Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ Supernova (Amulet, #8), Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $ Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries, #13), Rachel Renée Russell, Aladdin, $ The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond, Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate, Viking Books for Young Readers, $ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1), Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26 2. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Louisiana s Way Home Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $ The Hidden Witch Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99, 5. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich, et al., Poppy, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Farrar Straus Giroux, $ The Atlas Obscura Explorer s Guide for the World s Most Adventurous Kid Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $19.95 Confoundingly clever, and very funny. Kirkus starred review "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand."--the New York Times Book Review Hilarious...a laugh on each spread. And readers will cheer on Leopold as he opts to take the high road--and ends up on top. --Publishers Weekly

4 Fiction HARDCOVER 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $28 4. Elevation Stephen King, Scribner, $ The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20 6. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 7. Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29 8. Every Breath Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28 9. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $ Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Clockmaker s Daughter Kate Morton, Atria, $ The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95 PAPERBACK 1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $ Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $ Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Perennial, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17 8. The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $ Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s Griffin, $ All Systems Red Martha Wells, Tor.com, $ The Lacemaker s Secret Kathleen Ernst, Midnight Ink, $15.99 The Great Believers kept me up reading late into the night, and I d wake up thinking about Makkai s vibrant, complex, and deeply human characters. This is an immersive, heartbreaking novel I loved it. Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me A Key to Treehouse Living is revelatory, a literary lighthouse that forges new routes of understanding. Every life is uncharted terrain, but Elliot Reed gives us a roadmap so that we might understand in more clearer terms how to transverse our terrifying, wonderful world. Rachel Kaplan, Avid Bookshop

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK Mass Market 1. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 2. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $ Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35 4. The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis, Norton, $ Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30 6. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 7. Presidents of War Michael Beschloss, Crown, $35 8. Radio Flyer Robert Pasin, Carlye Adler, Harper Design, $ Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, S&S, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $ Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $ I Might Regret This Abbi Jacobson, Grand Central Publishing, $ Dare to Lead Brené Brown, Random House, $ Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $ Beastie Boys Book Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Spiegel & Grau, $50 1. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, Broadway, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ The Devil s Bed, William Kent Krueger, Pocket Star, $ , George Orwell, Signet, $ The Rooster Bar, John Grisham, Dell, $ Origin, Dan Brown, Anchor, $ Animal Farm, George Orwell, Signet, $ Open Season, C.J. Box, Putnam, $ Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton, Signet Classics, $ To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 2. Interior States: Essays Meghan O Gieblyn, Anchor, $16 3. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ The View from Flyover Country Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron, $ Beautiful Boy David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $ Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18 7. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $22 8. The Best American Food Writing 2018 Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $ The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ American Wolf Nate Blakeslee, Broadway, $ Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow 12. Sapiens 13. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $ Code Girls Liza Mundy, Hachette, $ Miles & Me Quincy Troupe, Seven Stories Press, $15.95 Mejia s thrilling tale works both as an engaging mystery and a haunting meditation on grief, abandonment, and the lost places within ourselves. Brutal, devastating, and utterly riveting. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)