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1 Indie Midwest Bestsellers Indie Bestsellers Hardcover FICTION 1. Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29 2. Sulfur Springs William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26 3. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 4. Mrs. Fletcher Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26 5. How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry, Pamela Dorman Books, $25 6. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Heart s Invisible Furies John Boyne, Hogarth Press, $28 8. Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 9. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Young Jane Young Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $ Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ The Little French Bistro Nina George, Crown, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99 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, $ Autumn Karl Ove Knausgaard, Penguin Press, $27 6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck Mark Manson, HarperOne, $ What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories Laura Shapiro, Viking, $27 8. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin s, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ Conscience of a Conservative Jeff Flake, Random House, $ Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Amy Thielen, Clarkson Potter, $ You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $ Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 Fuller s keen sense of engagement with a land to which you now don t belong, and her place as an outsider, make her a sympathetic storyteller. Her prose shimmers and vibrates with life in this excellent novel. Publishers Weekly 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

2 Paperback FICTION 1. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. A Man Called Ove 4. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 5. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 7. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Larose Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Iron Lake William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99 Mass Market 1. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11 4. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $ George Orwell, Signet, $ The Gunslinger Stephen King, Pocket, $ Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $ The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Ballantine, $ Saturn Run John Sandford, Ctein, Putnam, $ Macbeth William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99 NONFICTION 1. The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 2. No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17 4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. At the Existentialist Cafe Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 7. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Ibram X. Kendi, Nation Books, $ The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $ Citizen Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $ Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $ Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Mark Bray, Melville House, $16.99 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. The Mermaid Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $ Creepy Pair of Underwear! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $ Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $ Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $ Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie James Dean, Harper, $ J.K. Rowling s Wizarding World: Magical Film Projections: Creatures Candlewick, $16.99, A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99 YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE 1. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $ The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $ Ms. Bixby s Last Day John David Anderson, Walden Pond Press, $ Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 Children s Series Titles 1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $ Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $ The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $ Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, Book 2) Leigh Bardugo, Holt, $ Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $ The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $ The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, Book Two) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $ Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I) Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $ Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher (I Can Read! Series) James Dean, Harper, $ Who Was Alexander Hamilton? (Who Was...? Series) Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Dede Putra (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $5.99 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. Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29 2. Sulfur Springs William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26 3. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 4. Mrs. Fletcher Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26 5. How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry, Pamela Dorman Books, $25 6. The Lying Game Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $ The Heart s Invisible Furies John Boyne, Hogarth Press, $28 8. Into the Water Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28 9. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $ The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Young Jane Young Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $ Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $ The Little French Bistro Nina George, Crown, $ Meddling Kids Edgar Cantero, Doubleday, $ Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99 PAPERBACK 1. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. A Man Called Ove 4. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17 5. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 7. Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16 8. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. Wintering Peter Geye, Vintage, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ Larose Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $ Iron Lake William Kent Krueger, Atria, $ Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99 Fuller s keen sense of engagement with a land to which you now don t belong, and her place as an outsider, make her a sympathetic storyteller. Her prose shimmers and vibrates with life in this excellent novel. Publishers Weekly An unmistakably contemporary novel. This is the future that our conservative forebears were scared of, in all its messy, hopeful glory. J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

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, $ Autumn Karl Ove Knausgaard, Penguin Press, $27 6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck Mark Manson, HarperOne, $ What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories Laura Shapiro, Viking, $27 8. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin s, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $ Conscience of a Conservative Jeff Flake, Random House, $ Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Amy Thielen, Clarkson Potter, $ You Don t Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $ The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $ Theft by Finding: Diaries ( ) David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28 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 PAPERBACK 1. The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17 2. No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $ The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17 4. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17 5. At the Existentialist Cafe Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $ Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 7. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Samantha Irby, Vintage, $ The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $ Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Ibram X. Kendi, Nation Books, $ The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $ Citizen Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $ The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father Kao Kalia Yang, Picador USA, $ Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $ Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Mark Bray, Melville House, $16.99 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