The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, September 10, 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. Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528 2. Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138 3. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946 5. The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965 6. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 7. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 8. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 9. The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175 10. None of This Is True Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28, 9781982179007 11. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 13. Amazing Grace Adams Fran Littlewood, Henry Holt and Co., $27.99, 9781250857019 14. Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150 15. Mother-Daughter Murder Night Nina Simon, Morrow, $30, 9780063315044 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323 4. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568 5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598 6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 7. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told Harrison Scott Key, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668015506 8. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855 9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675 10. Tell It Like It Is: My Story Aaron Neville, Hachette Books, $29, 9780306832536 11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292 12. The Deadline: Essays Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45, 9781631496127 13. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805 14. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013 15. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324 2. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 4. Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433 5. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 6. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 7. Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409 8. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 9. A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583 10. Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 11. Assistant to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803 12. The Maid Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173 13. The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 14. Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18, 9780593492666 15. Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483 2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 4. Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433 5. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255 6. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262 7. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359 8. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257 9. Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088 10. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20, 9780374533557 11. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 12. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272 13. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 14. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816 15. Meditations Marcus Aurelius, Penguin Classics, $11, 9780140449334 MASS MARKET 1. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 2. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 3. Hamlet William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123 4. Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 5. Foundation Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357 6. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 7. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488 8. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 9. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835 10. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 3. I Will Read to You Gideon Sterer, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316592611 4. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 5. Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533 6. Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 7. Peekaboo: Pumpkin (Peekaboo You) Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 8. Hot Dog Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431 9. Bluey: Barky Boats Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469 10. Halloween On The Farm Roger Priddy, Priddy Books US, $8.99, 9781684492961 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 2. Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 3. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 4. Foxglove Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500 5. This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 6. Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 7. If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 8. The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 9. Garlic and the Vampire Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062995087 10. Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910 2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573 3. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772 4. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391 6. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032 7. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758 8. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314 9. Spy School Project X Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781534479500 10. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741087