The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, November 13, 2022. 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. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 2. The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922 3. The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990 4. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345 5. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969 6. Desert Star Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485654 7. Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543 8. Liberation Day George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509592 9. No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818546 10. The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624 11. Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062913500 12. Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426 13. Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065 14. We Are the Light Matthew Quick, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668005422 15. The Cloisters Katy Hays, Atria, $28, 9781668004401 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789 2. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965 3. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story Bono, Knopf, $34, 9780525521044 4. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 5. The Philosophy of Modern Song Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, $45, 9781451648706 6. What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $37.50, 9781984826985 7. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448 8. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Little, Brown, $35, 9780316441117 9. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir Paul Newman, Knopf, $32, 9780593534502 10. Novelist as a Vocation Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28, 9780451494641 11. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351 12. Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28, 9780593498064 13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 14. Cinema Speculation Quentin Tarantino, Harper, $35, 9780063112582 15. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226 2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 3. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445 4. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 5. Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 6. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480 7. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 8. People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758 9. And Yet: Poems Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780063115552 10. West with Giraffes Lynda Rutledge, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95, 9781542023344 11. The Secret History Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702 12. The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $17, 9780593201244 13. The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544 14. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569 15. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 2. These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792 3. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316270182 4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 5. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 6. The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke Andrew Lawler, Anchor, $18, 9781101974605 7. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816 8. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18, 9781984899019 9. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797212272 10. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present Dara Horn, Norton, $17.95, 9781324035947 11. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland John Railey, History Press, $21.99, 9781467147392 12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737 13. Resilient Rebels: Ole Miss Baseball's Remarkable Path to a National Title Chase Parham, Parham Publishing, $22.99, 9798353245698 14. Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast David Stick, University of North Carolina Press, $24, 9780807842614 15. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062995476 MASS MARKET 1. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940 2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 3. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 4. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487 5. Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699 6. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716 7. The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815 8. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 9. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 10. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 2. The Sour Grape Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415 3. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352 4. Pookie's Thanksgiving Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665922630 5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 6. Creepy Crayon! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886 7. Elmo's Best Thanksgiving Ever! (Little Golden Book) Jodie Shepherd, Shane Clester (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593483114 8. The Three Billy Goats Gruff Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845 9. The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller Gideon Sterer, Ellen Kalish, Ramona Kaulitzki (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316299121 10. Bluey: Christmas Swim Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593521144 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Two Degrees Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338735673 2. The Luminaries Susan Dennard, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250194046 3. Scattered Showers: Stories Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $24.99, 9781250855411 4. Cursed Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250618917 5. Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 6. Odder Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424 7. Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 8. Island of Spies Sheila Turnage, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780735231252 9. Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880 10. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror Chloe Gong, Erica Waters, Hannah Whitten, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Courtney Gould, Allison Saft, Alex Brown, Tori Bovalino (Ed.), Page Street Kids, $18.99, 9781645676225 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949 2. Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2) Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534441637 3. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781534438521 4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Neil Packer (Illus.), Scholastic, $54.99, 9780545791434 5. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402 6. The Bad Guys in the Others?! (The Bad Guys, #16) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338820539 7. InvestiGators John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250219954 8. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885 9. Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 10. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391