The Southern Indie Bestseller List

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, November 19, 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 Exchange
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953
3. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
5. Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28, 9781982104498
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
7. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
8. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
9. The Little Liar
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406651
10. The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584
11. Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316563765
12. The Edge
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30, 9781538719916
13. The Narrow Road Between Desires
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $26, 9780756419172
14. System Collapse
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250826978
15. Bright Lights, Big Christmas
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's Press, $24, 9781250285812
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32, 9780593444511
2. My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47, 9780525429524
3. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
5. The Woman in Me
Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048
6. My Effin' Life
Geddy Lee, Harper, $40, 9780063159419
7. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30, 9780593652961
8. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
10. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9781324074335
11. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
12. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461
13. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
14. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340
2. Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $17.99, 9781250886101
3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
4. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
7. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
8. Wreck the Halls: A Novel
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305
9. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18, 9780307389091
10. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
11. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
12. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
13. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
14. The Santa Suit: A Novel
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9781250858450
15. Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House, $17, 9780525509615
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
2. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $19.99, 9781250787651
3. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105
4. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
5. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
6. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
8. The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26, 9780140280197
9. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
10. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094
11. The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
12. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King, Scribner, $18, 9781982159375
13. The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
14. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr.Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
15. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
Daniel Stashower, Minotaur Books, $20, 9781250905727
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Signet, $6.5, 9780593201060
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
4. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
5. Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
7. Razorblade Tears
S.A. Cosby, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250875440
8. Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody, Dell, $8.99, 9780440314882
9. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
10. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391810
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
3. The Big Cheese
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063329508
4. Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas!
Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593563168
5. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
6. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
7. Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419769047
8. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
9. Green Is for Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387
10. Thankful for Family (Berenstain Bears)
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, Random House Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780593644843
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
2. Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28, 9780063340534
3. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903
4. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
5. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
6. Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660456
7. Wrecker
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287
8. Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
9. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
10. Wish
Barbara O'Connor, Square Fish, $7.99, 9781250144058
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $14.99, 9781419766947
2. Murtagh: The World of Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593650868
3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016580
4. InvestiGators: All Tide Up
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250849892
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368098175
6. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412
7. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
8. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1
Shannon Messenger, Gabriella Chianello (Illus.), Aladdin, $17.99, 9781534463363
9. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
10. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
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