Hardcover. for the week ending 11/18/2018

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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $ The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20 3. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 4. Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $ The Shadows We Hide Allen Eskens, Mulholland Books, $27 6. The Colors of All the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 8. Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30 9. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Collector s Apprentice B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin Books, $ The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason, Little Brown, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 NONFICTION 1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $ Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22 3. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30 4. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 5. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28 7. Let s Go (So We Can Get Back) Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $28 8. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 9. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $ Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $ The Good Neighbor Maxwell King, Abrams, $ Presidents of War Michael Beschloss, Crown, $ Killing the SS Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking, Bantam, $ Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life Jane Sherron de Hart, Knopf, $35 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)...Illustrates our present moment through a keen and unflinching look at our past. Thompson s work centers on the Midwest, what some call fly over country, but in her hands, we come to see that it is the center. Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Hope Never Dies Andrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $ Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16 6. Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners Gretchen Anthony, Park Row, $ The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $ Lord of the Butterflies Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin s Griffin, $ The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $ The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson, Penguin, $ The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99 Mass Market , George Orwell, Signet, $ The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie, Morrow, $ Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin s, $ The People vs. Alex Cross, James Patterson, Grand Central, $ Mutation, Robin Cook, Putnam, $ Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin, Vintage, $ The Wise Man s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 5. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $ Madison in the Sixties Stuart D. Levitan, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $ We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18 9. Into the Magic Shop James R. Doty, Avery Publishing, $ The Man Who Invented Christmas Les Standiford, Broadway Books, $ On Trails Robert Moor, S&S, $ How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Alexander Chee, Mariner, $ Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell David Yaffe, Sarah Crichton Books, $ They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 Franzen displays his signature precision and deadpan humor. Vanity Fair

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, $ Red and Lulu Matt Tavares, Candlewick Press, $ Pete the Cat s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas James Dean, Kimberly Dean, Harper, $ Construction Site on Christmas Night Sherri Duskey Rinker, A.G. Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $ Winter Dance Marion Dane Bauer, Richard Jones (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Santa Bruce Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $ P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever Raj Haldar, Maria Beddia (Illus.), Chris Carpenter, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $ Little Planets Chris Ferrie, Lizzy Doyle (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $ The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99 Children s Series Titles 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $ Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter), J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $ The Princess in Black, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $ The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little Brown, $ Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7), Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $ Keeper of the Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $ Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #2), Jessica Townsend, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $ I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 (I Survived, #17), Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $ The Magic Misfits, Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin (Illus.), Kyle Hilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $7.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. Louisiana s Way Home Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $ Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26 3. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Harbor Me Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $ The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America s Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $ The Atlas Obscura Explorer s Guide for the World s Most Adventurous Kid Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $ Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different Ben Brooks, Quinton Wintor (Illus.), Running Press Kids, $ Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $ The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $ The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99 "There s lots of hugging and happiness in this book that will make readers of all ages smile." --Pioneer Press 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 Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20 3. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27 4. Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $ The Shadows We Hide Allen Eskens, Mulholland Books, $27 6. The Colors of All the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $ A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 8. Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30 9. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, $ The Witch Elm Tana French, Viking, $ There There Tommy Orange, Knopf, $ Transcription Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $ The Collector s Apprentice B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin Books, $ The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason, Little Brown, $ The Reckoning John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95 PAPERBACK 1. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $ Hope Never Dies Andrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16 4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $ Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16 6. Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners Gretchen Anthony, Park Row, $ The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $ Lord of the Butterflies Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin s Griffin, $ The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $ The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson, Penguin, $ The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $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 Mass Market HARDCOVER 1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $ Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22 3. Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30 4. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28 5. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $ The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28 7. Let s Go (So We Can Get Back) Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $28 8. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20 9. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $ Cook Like a Pro Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $ The Good Neighbor Maxwell King, Abrams, $ Presidents of War Michael Beschloss, Crown, $ Killing the SS Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking, Bantam, $ Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life Jane Sherron de Hart, Knopf, $ , George Orwell, Signet, $ The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $ And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie, Morrow, $ Still Life, Louise Penny, St. Martin s, $ The People vs. Alex Cross, James Patterson, Grand Central, $ Mutation, Robin Cook, Putnam, $ Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin, Vintage, $ The Wise Man s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99 PAPERBACK 1. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $ Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16 5. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $ The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $ Madison in the Sixties Stuart D. Levitan, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $ We Were Eight Years in Power Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18 9. Into the Magic Shop James R. Doty, Avery Publishing, $ The Man Who Invented Christmas Les Standiford, Broadway Books, $ On Trails Robert Moor, S&S, $ How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Alexander Chee, Mariner, $ Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell David Yaffe, Sarah Crichton Books, $ They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib, Two Dollar Radio, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 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)