Hardcover. Indie Bestsellers. Week of Norse Mythology. 1. Hillbilly Elegy. 2. The Hidden Life of Trees. 3.

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1 Hardcover FICTION NONFICTION 1. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 3. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Paul Auster, Holt, $ The Girl Before J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27 9. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Difficult Women Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $ Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $ The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ Moonglow Michael Chabon, Harper, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ Universal Harvester John Darnielle, FSG, $ We Were the Lucky Ones Georgia Hunter, Viking, $27 1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 4. The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28 6. Killing the Rising Sun Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30 7. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25 8. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 9. The Little Book of Hygge Meik Wiking, Morrow, $ The Lost City of the Monkey God Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $ Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $ Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $ Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin s, $ Thank You for Being Late Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $ The Princess Diarist Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26 Other Indie Favorites The Chilbury Ladies Choir: A Novel, by Jennifer Ryan (Crown, $26) This gorgeous novel grabbed me from the very first page with laughter and kept me hooked with characters that are vivid and lovable. As each woman shares her place in the intrigue, romance, sorrow, and friendship of Chilbury and World War II through letters and diaries, their lives become increasingly real, until you can hardly believe this is fiction. At the center of the story is the indomitable Chilbury Ladies Choir, and when their individual triumphs and sorrows wind together during their performances, Ryan s writing reaches a soulful crescendo that will continue to echo in readers hearts. Fans of Helen Simonson should not miss this beautiful debut. Grace Wright, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN Swimming Lessons, by Claire Fuller (Tin House Books, $25.95) With Swimming Lessons, Claire Fuller confirms her place as a writer of exceptional insight and warmth. This tale of a marriage, of a family, and especially of children bearing the brunt of the fallout of betrayals and abandonment pulls you in and refuses to let you emerge from the lives of its characters until the tale is finished. Even then, it takes time to shake the spell the book creates. A wonderful follow-up to Our Endless Numbered Days that explores similar themes through an entirely different story, Swimming Lessons will be a great book for fans of Fuller s first novel and will bring her new fans as well. Anmiryam Budner, Main Point Books, Wayne, PA = Debut = On the Rise

2 Paperback FICTION NONFICTION.org 1. A Man Called Ove 2. A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ Britt-Marie Was Here 4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 5. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16 7. The Widow Fiona Barton, Berkley, $16 8. All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $16 9. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ The Sellout Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $ Everybody s Fool Richard Russo, Vintage, $ The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $ Here s to Us Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $ Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ Dark Money Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17 6. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 7. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Trump Survival Guide Gene Stone, Dey Street, $ The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $ The Road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson, Anchor, $ S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $ Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $ What We Do Now Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $ I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15 MASS MARKET George Orwell, Signet, $ A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ It Can t Happen Here Sinclair Lewis, Signet Classics, $ Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Murder House James Patterson, David Ellis, Vision, $ The Apartment Danielle Steel, Dell, $ Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $ George Washington s Secret Six Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $ NYPD Red 4 James Patterson, Marshall Karp, Vision, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite Sudden Death: A Novel, by Álvaro Enrigue (Riverhead Books, $16) Sudden Death is one of the most audacious, smart, and original books you will read this year. It is a literary triptych part history lesson, part tennis match, and part hypermodern adventure. Daring and visceral with a cast that includes Thomas Cromwell, Mary Magdalene, Aztec emperors and more, the limits of the novel in Enrigue s hands seem boundless. No other author is taking chances like this with such gratifying results. Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX = Debut

3 Children s EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ Ghosts 3. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Hidden Figures (Young Readers Edition) Margot Lee Shetterly, Harper, $ Drama 6. Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook Scholastic, $ Pax Sara Pennypacker, Balzer + Bray, $ Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $ Short Holly Goldberg Sloan, Dial, $ Rad Women Worldwide Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $ Sisters 13. The Inquisitor s Tale Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $ Smile 15. Beauty and the Beast (Novelization) Elizabeth Rudnick, Disney Press, $8.99 For Ages 9 to 12 The Ethan I Was Before, by Ali Standish (HarperCollins, $16.99) The Ethan I Was Before is quietly engaging, heartfelt, and authentic. Sometimes the most meaningful books are not the ones that hit you over the head with issues and drama, but the ones that slowly unfold to tell you a personal story. Standish does just that through a unique setting and a well-drawn cast of supporting characters. Johanna Albrecht, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC Indies Introduce 1. Carve the Mark Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $ Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $ Caraval Stephanie Garber, Flatiron, $ The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $ A Monster Calls Patrick Ness, Candlewick, $ Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book Jennifer Donnelly, Disney Press, $ City of Saints & Thieves Natalie C. Anderson, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Scythe Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ Wires and Nerve Marissa Meyer, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $ Nimona Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $ The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means Oxford University Press, $ Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99 Indies Introduce For Teen Readers The Edge of Everything, by Jeff Giles (Bloomsbury, $18.99) The Edge of Everything has everything I look for in a great young adult book: an alternate world that is perfectly meshed with our own, romance, tragedy, and enough humor to keep it all balanced. Zoe s family has been through a year of tragedy that is compounded when Zoe and her younger brother are caught in a blizzard and have a run-in with the person who murdered their neighbors. They are saved by a man called X, a bounty hunter from the Lowlands a form of hell. X and Zoe s family become irretrievably intertwined, and their adventures offer a fantastic tale that will leave readers hoping for more. Carrie Deming, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY

4 Children s CHILDREN S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, Harry N. Abrams, $ Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $ I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ A is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $ Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $ Not Quite Narwhal Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ Dance Matthew Van Fleet, Simon & Schuster /Paula Wiseman Books, $ We Found a Hat Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ They All Saw a Cat Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle, $16.99 For Ages 4 to 8 I Will Love You Anyway, by Mick Inkpen, Chloë Inkpen (Illus.) (Aladdin, $17.99) The author of the beloved Kipper series is joined by his illustrator daughter to tell the delightful tale of a pug that just can t seem to do anything right. Dog is very naughty and won t stop running away, but when he finds himself lost and alone he learns that there is one person he can always count on. A heartwarming story of family and unconditional love. Jennifer Schreiber, Reader s Guide, Salem, OR 1. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet 3. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 4. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 5. Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix 6. Miss Peregrine s Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk 7. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick 8. Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin 9. Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen New in Series: King s Cage 10. Ordinary People Change The World Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos (Illus.), Dial All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. = Debut

5 Fiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 3. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 5. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Paul Auster, Holt, $ The Girl Before J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27 9. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $ Difficult Women Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $ Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $ The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ Moonglow Michael Chabon, Harper, $ Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $ Universal Harvester John Darnielle, FSG, $ We Were the Lucky Ones Georgia Hunter, Viking, $27 1. A Man Called Ove 2. A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ Britt-Marie Was Here 4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 5. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16 7. The Widow Fiona Barton, Berkley, $16 8. All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $16 9. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ The Sellout Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $ Everybody s Fool Richard Russo, Vintage, $ The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $ Here s to Us Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99 = Debut = On the Rise

6 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 4. The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28 6. Killing the Rising Sun Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30 7. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25 8. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 9. The Little Book of Hygge Meik Wiking, Morrow, $ The Lost City of the Monkey God Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $ Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $ Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $ Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin s, $ Thank You for Being Late Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $ The Princess Diarist Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26 PAPERBACK 1. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 4. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ Dark Money Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17 6. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 7. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Trump Survival Guide Gene Stone, Dey Street, $ The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $ The Road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson, Anchor, $ S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $ Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $ Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $ What We Do Now Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $ I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15 = Debut