The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, September 17, 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 Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390 5. The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965 6. The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175 7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946 8. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 9. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 10. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 11. The River We Remember William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212 12. What You Are Looking for Is in the Library Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625 13. Mother-Daughter Murder Night Nina Simon, Morrow, $30, 9780063315044 14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201 15. Happy Place Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 2. Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284 3. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409 4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323 5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 6. Talking to My Angels Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30, 9780063257450 7. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675 8. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292 10. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598 11. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303 12. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future Franklin Foer, Penguin Press, $30, 9781101981146 13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 14. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855 15. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me Bernie Taupin, Hachette Books, $32.50, 9780306828676 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409 2. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 3. Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324 4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 5. The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 6. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 7. Things We Left Behind Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120 8. The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 9. The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088 10. A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620 11. Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957 12. The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 13. Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18, 9780593446089 14. The Maid Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173 15. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483 2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262 4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 5. Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433 6. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 7. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255 8. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland John Railey, History Press, $23.99, 9781467147392 9. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255 10. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 11. A Philosophy of Walking Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446 12. The Soul of an Octopus Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728 13. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228 14. Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200 15. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086 4. Steal James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538720752 5. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 6. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 7. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 8. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 9. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 10. The Stand Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780593313886 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 4. Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 5. Peekaboo: Pumpkin (Peekaboo You) Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 6. Bluey: What Games Should We Play?: A Lift-the-Flap Book Tallulah May, Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593658420 7. Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 8. Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Boo! Wade Bradford, Tom Brannon (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593643532 9. Barnyard Dance! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665924955 10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 2. The Dreamatics Michelle Cuevas, Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593532225 3. Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 4. Holes Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464 5. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780063084087 6. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 7. Freewater Amina Luqman-Dawson, Jimmy Patterson, $8.99, 9780316056670 8. Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything: The Ultimate Guide to the World Around You DK Children, $29.99, 9780744084702 9. A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943 10. Island of Spies Sheila Turnage, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780735231252 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391 2. The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 3. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9780679824114 4. We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty) Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781416995593 5. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910 6. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772 7. Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #7) Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762624 8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia) C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins, $7.99, 9780060765460 9. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402 10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1) Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477