The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 2, 2021. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Hill We Climb Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271 2. Sooley John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680 3. The Four Winds Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602 4. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474 5. Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24, 9780593318317 6. Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171 7. When the Stars Go Dark Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780593237892 8. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291 9. A Gambling Man David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538719671 10. First Person Singular Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28, 9780593318072 11. Of Women and Salt Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686 12. Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606 13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 14. The Paris Library Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198 15. Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250765376 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618 2. World Travel Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798 3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 4. Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 5. Dusk, Night, Dawn Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593189696 6. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 7. Empire of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686 8. The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852 9. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Leslie Jordan, Morrow, $26.99, 9780063076198 10. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180 11. Philip Roth: The Biography Blake Bailey, Norton, $40, 9780393240726 12. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258 13. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27, 9780593243626 14. Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134 15. Broken (in the best possible way) Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106 2. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624 3. The Rose Code Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477 4. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 5. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 6. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680 7. The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196 8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933 9. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007 10. Big Summer Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501133527 11. The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 12. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593 13. Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730 14. Under the Southern Sky Kristy Woodson Harvey, Gallery Books, $16.99, 9781982117726 15. Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler, Vintage, $16, 9780593080948 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 2. Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321 3. Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286 4. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764 5. The Desire Factor: How to Embrace Your Materialistic Nature to Reclaim Your Full Spiritual Power Christy Whitman, Beyond Words, $14.99, 9781582707594 6. Dirt Bill Buford, Vintage, $17, 9780307455802 7. Nomadland Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311 8. The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 9. Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss Margaret Renkl, Milkweed Editions, $16, 9781571313836 10. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316017930 11. Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389 12. My Grandmother's Hands Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470 13. The Body Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721 14. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth Beth Allison Barr, Brazos Press, $19.99, 9781587434709 15. Dispatches from Pluto Richard Grant, S&S, $17, 9781476709642 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 3. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 4. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487 5. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 6. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795 7. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788 8. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818 9. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541 10. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 2. The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein, Harper, $17.99, 9780060256654 3. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915 4. The Rock from the Sky Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625 5. Moo, Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018 6. Jungle Night Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604 7. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274 8. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 9. Someone Builds the Dream Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9781984814333 10. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 2. Ground Zero Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752 3. Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 4. You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves Diana Whitney (Ed.), Workman, $14.95, 9781523510993 5. Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564 6. Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 7. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 8. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 9. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524720193 10. The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147510488 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454 2. Shadow and Bone Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR), $12.99, 9781250777881 3. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2) Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433 4. Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960 5. Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3) Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250063168 6. The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Tree House Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Jay Cooper (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593350065 7. Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2) Leigh Bardugo, Imprint, $22.99, 9781250142306 8. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624 9. The Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780670016617 10. Who Was Blackbeard? (Who Was/Is...?) James Buckley, Joseph J.M. Qiu (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $5.99, 9780448483085
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