The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, September 24, 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. The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390 3. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 4. The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175 5. The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29, 9780593299425 6. Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138 7. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946 9. The River We Remember William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212 10. The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965 11. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 12. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 13. Wellness Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30, 9780593536117 14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 15. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284 2. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 4. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409 5. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675 6. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598 7. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303 8. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374610326 11. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 12. The Democrat Party Hates America Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30, 9781501183157 13. Leslie F*cking Jones Leslie Jones, Grand Central, $30, 9781538706497 14. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.5, 9780358439165 15. The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future Robert P. Jones, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668009512 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409 2. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 3. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 4. The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 5. Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324 6. Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433 7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 8. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 9. Other Birds Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18, 9781250019875 10. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463 11. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219 12. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $19, 9780375714368 13. My Roommate Is a Vampire Jenna Levine, Berkley, $17, 9780593548912 14. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 15. Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483 2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262 3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 4. The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 5. Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200 6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 7. Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433 8. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22, 9781324094067 9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 10. These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063092792 11. Night Elie Wiesel, FSG, $12, 9780374500016 12. The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene, Penguin, $26, 9780140280197 13. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316492928 14. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 15. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742 MASS MARKET 1. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 2. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 3. Foundation Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357 4. The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 5. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 6. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 7. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 8. A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333 9. The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $7.95, 9780451530608 10. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 2. Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 4. Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 5. Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533 6. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 7. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 8. Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 9. Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 10. Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat? Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Dragonfly Books, $8.99, 9780593647707 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 2. Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 3. A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 5. Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 6. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space, #1) Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780063084087 7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 8. Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 9. Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 10. Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910 2. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 3. Who Would Win?: Wild Warriors Bindup Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic, $10.99, 9781339011066 4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391 5. The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780316371025 6. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9780679824114 7. What Is the Story of the Headless Horseman? (What Is the Story Of?) Sheila Keenan, Andrew Thomson (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $7.99, 9780593523667 8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573 9. American Royals IV: Reign Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593429747 10. The Wild Robot Escapes Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264