The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, March 19, 2023. 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. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 3. I Have Some Questions for You Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $28, 9780593490143 4. Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780593490693 5. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157 6. Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732 7. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 8. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 9. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $30, 9780385549073 10. Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton, FSG, $28, 9780374110338 11. I Will Find You Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $30, 9781538748367 12. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218 13. The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922 14. The House in the Pines Ana Reyes, Dutton, $27, 9780593186718 15. The House of Eve Sadeqa Johnson, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982197360 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 3. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 4. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Jenny Odell, Random House, $28.99, 9780593242704 5. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593329993 6. Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home Benjamin Hall, Harper, $32, 9780063309661 7. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789 8. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, Crown, $28, 9780593238714 9. The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival Ron DeSantis, Broadside Books, $35, 9780063276000 10. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553 11. The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South Charles Reagan Wilson, University of North Carolina Press, $39.95, 9781469664989 12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.5, 9781982117351 13. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572 14. Bittersweet Susan Cain, Crown, $28, 9780451499783 15. The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom Larry Loftis, Morrow, $32.99, 9780063234581 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642 2. The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064 3. The Maid Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173 4. The Candy House Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $17.99, 9781476716770 5. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 6. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 7. Never Never Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888 8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 9. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 10. Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 11. Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088 12. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 13. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 14. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445 15. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20, 9780593230275 2. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 5. The Nineties: A Book Chuck Klosterman, Penguin, $18, 9780735217966 6. The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689 7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 8. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Imani Perry, Ecco, $19.99, 9780062977373 9. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483 10. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $18.99, 9780062964625 11. These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792 12. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland Fintan O'Toole, Liveright, $20, 9781324092872 13. Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression Christopher Knowlton, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982128388 14. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $18, 9780307408853 15. The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice Benjamin Gilmer, Ballantine Books, $18, 9780593355183 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 3. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541 4. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400 6. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 7. Moby- Dick Herman Melville, Signet, $5.95, 9780451532282 8. Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 9. The Shining Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657 10. Ender's Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9781250773012 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Hot Dog Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431 2. Bluey: Easter Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593658383 3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 4. The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein, Harper, $17.99, 9780060256654 5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Egg Hunt Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593523575 6. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 7. The Golden Egg Book (Little Golden Book) Margaret Wise Brown, Golden Books, $4.99, 9780385384766 8. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $8.99, 9780399230035 9. Peekaboo: Moon (Peekaboo You) Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536222753 10. Bluey: The Beach Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel) Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338775891 2. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 3. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758 4. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell (Illus.), Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593533239 5. Legendborn Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613 6. Leeva at Last Sara Pennypacker, Matthew Cordell (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780063114425 7. Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880 8. Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 9. She Is a Haunting Trang Thanh Tran, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547610815 10. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949 2. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T. John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $10.99, 9781250852564 3. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club, #4) Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338846621 4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391 5. Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741063 6. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885 7. The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Now With a Dog Man Comic!): 25 1/2 Anniversary Edition Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338865394 8. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032 9. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117 10. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074