The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, October 9, 2022. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Fairy Tale Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179 2. Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065 3. Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543 4. The Winners Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790 5. The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624 6. Carrie Soto Is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9780593158685 7. Dreamland Nicholas Sparks, Random House, $28.99, 9780593449554 8. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 9. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 10. Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $29.99, 9781984818386 11. The Golden Enclaves Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28, 9780593158357 12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 13. All Good People Here Ashley Flowers, Bantam, $28, 9780593496473 14. Shrines of Gaiety Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547970 15. The Bullet That Missed Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593299395 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 2. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Maggie Haberman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593297346 3. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113 4. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II Buzz Bissinger, Harper, $32.50, 9780062879929 5. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085 6. A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home Frances Mayes, Crown, $27, 9780593443330 7. Healing Through Words Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $24.99, 9781524873264 8. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $32, 9780385546539 9. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504 10. If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women Nikki R. Haley, St. Martin's Press, $26.99, 9781250284976 11. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 12. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $40, 9781631496998 13. Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28, 9780593498064 14. How We Live Is How We Die Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $24.95, 9781611809244 15. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure Rinker Buck, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781501106378 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 2. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 3. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445 4. Ugly Love Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188 5. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480 6. Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 7. November 9 Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110344 8. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 9. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 10. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987 11. The Sentence Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134 12. The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544 13. Every Summer After Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16, 9780593438534 14. Book Lovers Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836 15. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 2. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 3. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128 4. The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571989215 5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 6. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $18.99, 9780062964625 7. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316270182 8. Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528 9. The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People Rick Bragg, Vintage, $17, 9780593081419 10. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114 11. Andy Griffith's Manteo: His Real Mayberry John Railey, History Press, $21.99, 9781467150088 12. Haunting The Outer Banks: Thirteen Tales Of Terror From The North Carolina Coast Joe Sledge, Gravity Well Books, $14.99, 9780998096834 13. My Body Emily Ratajkowski, Metropolitan Books, $16.99, 9781250848932 14. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 15. Red Notice Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781476755748 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 3. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487 4. Fire & Blood George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016 5. Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987 6. Nights in Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $8.99, 9781455571758 7. Fifty Great Short Stories Milton Crane, Bantam Classics, $7.99, 9780553277456 8. When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063111615 9. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 10. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 2. Creepy Crayon! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886 3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 4. Farmhouse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316528948 5. Construction Site Gets a Fright! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204321 6. The Crayons Trick or Treat Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621028 7. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle, $7.99, 9781797212883 8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Fall Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $8.99, 9780593384763 9. Boo! Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781534452831 10. Pookie's Thanksgiving Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665922630 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Hocus Pocus: The Illustrated Novelization A. W. Jantha, Gris Grimly (Illus.), Disney Press, $24.99, 9781368076685 2. The Weight of Blood Tiffany D. Jackson, Katherine Tegen Books, $18.99, 9780063029149 3. Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760860 4. Invisible: A Graphic Novel Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338194548 5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 6. The Door of No Return Kwame Alexander, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316441865 7. The Sunbearer Trials Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250822130 8. Island of Spies Sheila Turnage, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780735231252 9. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 10. Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls, Yearling, $8.99, 9780440412670 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885 2. InvestiGators John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250219954 3. Spy School Project X Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479494 4. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 5. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club, #3) Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801941 6. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book 1) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545349239 7. InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250220066 8. InvestiGators: Take the Plunge John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250219985 9. InvestiGators: Off the Hook John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250220004 10. InvestiGators: Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S. John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250220059