The Southern Indie Bestseller List

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, March 5, 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. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $28, 9780593490143
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157
6. A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $35, 9781635577921
7. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
8. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922
9. Storm Watch
C.J. Box, Putnam, $29, 9780593331309
10. The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $27, 9780593186718
11. The House of Eve
Sadeqa Johnson, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982197360
12. How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $28, 9780593201268
13. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218
14. Someone Else's Shoes
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $29, 9781984879295
15. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593329993
3. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806
4. The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie, Convergent Books, $25, 9780593193709
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250777263
8. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient 
Temples from Destruction
Lynne Olson, Random House, $32, 9780525509479
9. The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival
Ron DeSantis, Broadside Books, $35, 9780063276000
10. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781501191053
11. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
12. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
13. Start, Stay, or Leave: The Art of Decision Making
Trey Gowdy, Forum Books, $28.99, 9780593240977
14. Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
Mark Hyman, M.D., Little, Brown Spark, $29, 9780316453189
15. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
3. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
6. French Braid: A novel
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $17, 9780593466407
7. Things We Hide from the Light
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276113
8. The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781982156138
9. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
10. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
11. Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781945631832
12. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
13. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
14. The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316258982
15. The Kudzu Queen
Mimi Herman, Regal House Publishing, $19.95, 9781646033102
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin, $18, 9780735217966
3. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari, Crown, $18, 9780593138533
4. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry, Ecco, $19.99, 9780062977373
5. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20, 9780593230275
6. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole, Liveright, $20, 9781324092872
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
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. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $20, 9780374533557
10. The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found
Frank Bruni, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982108588
11. Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
Christopher Knowlton, S&S, $19.99, 9781982128388
12. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
13. Ghosts of the Outer Banks
Peggy Schmidt, Schiffer Publishing, $14.99, 9780764339868
14. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown, Crown, $20, 9780593138113
15. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781501160349
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
6. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
8. Steal
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538720752
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
10. The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $9.99, 9780441627400
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Southern Baby: Southern Sayings for Little Ones
Rebekah Moredock, Jennica Lounsbury (Illus.), WorthyKids, $7.99, 9781546000617
3. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
4. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800165
5. Happy Easter, Little Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665928380
6. Little Blue Truck's Beep-Along Book
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780358667988
7. The Sour Grape
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
9. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
10. God Gave Us Easter
Lisa Tawn Bergren, Laura J. Bryant (Illus.), WaterBrook, $6.99, 9780525654445
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760860
2. When Sea Becomes Sky
Gillian McDunn, Bloomsbury Children's Books, $16.99, 9781547610853
3. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
4. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
5. Refugee
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9780545880831
6. Immortality: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250861016
7. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
8. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
9. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880
10. The Children's Book of Birdwatching: Nature-Friendly Tips for Spotting Birds
Dan Rouse, DK Children, $12.99, 9780744072808
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
2. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
3. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $10.99, 9781250852564
4. Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #6)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338730890
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
6. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book 2)
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896438
7. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
8. City Spies
James Ponti, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781534414921
9. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #13)
Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616101
10. InvestiGators: Off the Hook
John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250220004
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