The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 19, 2021. 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. Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604 2. Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136 3. Matrix Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499 4. The Madness of Crowds Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260 5. Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257 6. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474 7. A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230 8. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937 9. The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825 10. Billy Summers Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616 11. The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345 12. The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237 13. Poison for Breakfast Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625 14. Enemy at the Gates Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982164881 15. The Book of Accidents Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780399182136 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935 2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 3. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554 4. Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South Margaret Renkl, Milkweed Editions, $26, 9781571311849 5. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780525562177 6. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733 7. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $30, 9781982176525 8. This Is Your Mind on Plants Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905 9. Beautiful Country: A Memoir Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215 10. American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972 11. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098 12. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 14. The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream David M. Rubenstein, S&S, $32, 9781982165734 15. Cuba: An American History Dr. Ada Ferrer, Scribner, $32, 9781501154553 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 2. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624 3. Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876 4. People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758 5. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 6. The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947 7. Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844 8. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 9. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106 10. The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 11. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 12. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593 13. The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196 14. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 15. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987 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. The Best of Me David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400 3. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland John Railey, History Press, $21.99, 9781467147392 4. The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi Richard Grant, S&S, $17, 9781501177842 5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 6. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562 7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 8. The Outer Banks Gazetteer: The History of Place Names from Carova to Emerald Isle Roger L. Payne, University of North Carolina Press, $24, 9781469662282 9. Memories of the Currituck Outer Banks: As Told by Ernie Bowden Clark Twiddy, History Press, $21.99, 9781467149471 10. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South Rick Bragg, Vintage, $17, 9780593310809 11. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609 12. How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155 13. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641 14. Corolla and the Currituck Outer Banks R.Wayne Gray, Nancy Beach Gray, Arcadia Publishing, $23.99, 9781467106986 15. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande, Picador, $17, 9781250076229 MASS MARKET 1. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 3. The Eye of the World Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466 4. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520 6. Foundation Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357 7. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062984630 8. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487 9. Long Range C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525538257 10. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 2. Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination James Dean, Kimberly Dean, Harper, $18.99, 9780062974105 3. Good Night, Good Night Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $17.99, 9781534499744 4. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 5. The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062954541 6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 7. Dragons Are the Worst! Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534485112 8. Hardly Haunted Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534441705 9. Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 10. Jungle Night Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Friends Forever Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568 2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 3. Willodeen Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400 4. White Smoke Tiffany D. Jackson, Katherine Tegen Books, $18.99, 9780063029095 5. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 6. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 7. Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 8. Defy the Night Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547604661 9. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 10. Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454 2. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10) Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602 3. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590 4. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624 5. The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984835376 6. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780759557635 7. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947 8. Spy School at Sea Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479432 9. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032 10. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
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