The Southern Indie Bestseller List

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, September 24, 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 Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
5. The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29, 9780593299425
6. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138
7. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
9. The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
10. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965
11. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
13. Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30, 9780593536117
14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
15. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284
2. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
4. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409
5. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675
6. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
7. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303
8. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374610326
11. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
12. The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30, 9781501183157
13. Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie Jones, Grand Central, $30, 9781538706497
14. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.5, 9780358439165
15. The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future
Robert P. Jones, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668009512
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
4. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
5. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
6. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18, 9781250019875
10. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
11. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219
12. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $19, 9780375714368
13. My Roommate Is a Vampire
Jenna Levine, Berkley, $17, 9780593548912
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
15. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
4. The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
5. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
8. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22, 9781324094067
9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
10. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063092792
11. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $12, 9780374500016
12. The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26, 9780140280197
13. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316492928
14. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
15. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
2. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
3. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
4. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
9. The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $7.95, 9780451530608
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
5. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
8. Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
9. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
10. Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Dragonfly Books, $8.99, 9780593647707
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
2. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
3. A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
5. Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
6. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space, #1)
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780063084087
7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
8. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
9. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
10. Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
3. Who Would Win?: Wild Warriors Bindup
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic, $10.99, 9781339011066
4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
5. The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780316371025
6. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9780679824114
7. What Is the Story of the Headless Horseman? (What Is the Story Of?)
Sheila Keenan, Andrew Thomson (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $7.99, 9780593523667
8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573
9. American Royals IV: Reign
Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593429747
10. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
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