The Southern Indie Bestseller List

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, May 28, 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. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
2. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
5. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
6. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.), Knopf, $32.50, 9780525655596
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
10. The Trackers
Charles Frazier, Ecco, $30, 9780062948083
11. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28, 9780812998627
12. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
13. The Postcard
Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Transl.), Europa Editions, $28, 9781609458386
14. Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30, 9781538750636
15. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
3. King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 9780374279295
4. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
Lucinda Williams, Crown, $28.99, 9780593136492
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
Luke Russert, Harper Horizon, $28.99, 9780785291817
7. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
8. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $25, 9781538707944
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
10. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
11. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
12. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
Evan Thomas, Random House, $28, 9780399589256
13. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $32, 9781982168278
14. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30, 9780735225268
15. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558
6. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
8. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9780593598429
9. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
10. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888
11. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
12. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
13. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780525539018
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
15. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17, 9780593315699
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
6. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
7. Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Future of America
Gene R. Nichol, Blair, $16.95, 9781958888018
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797219905
10. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
11. Corolla's Wild Horses: A History
Jeff Hampton, History Press, $23.99, 9781467153546
12. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
13. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781501160349
14. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
15. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $18, 9780593139028
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
4. All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
7. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754
8. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
8. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $4.99, 9780593385685
9. Good Night Outer Banks
Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper, Joe Veno (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602196049
10. Pop-Up Peekaboo! Ocean
Jean Claude (Illus.), DK Children, $12.99, 9780744056747
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
2. The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
3. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
4. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
5. The Eyes and the Impossible: (Deluxe Wood-Bound Edition)
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), McSweeney's, $28, 9781952119453
6. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780525556541
7. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $12.99, 9780593485880
8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680909
9. The Ice Cream Machine
Adam Rubin, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593325803
10. Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
2. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9780679824114
3. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club, #4)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338846621
4. Surprisingly Sarah (Emmie & Friends)
Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $15.99, 9780063139213
5. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314
6. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club, #3)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801941
7. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
8. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
9. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
10. Azmina the Gold Glitter Dragon (Dragon Girls, #1)
Maddy Mara, Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338680638
 
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