Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

April 30, 2024

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Funny Story- Debut
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
4. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
5. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
6. The Paris Novel- Debut
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
10. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
11. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
12. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
13. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
14. The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493434
15. The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29, 9780385550611

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
3. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
4. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
5. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
7. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
8. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32, 9780593448793
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent- Debut
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250325778
11. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28, 9780316567534
12. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393239232
14. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing- Debut
Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45, 9780593297582
15. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
3. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
4. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
5. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
6. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
8. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
11. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
12. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
14. A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606
15. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
On the Rise:
18. Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062129499

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles- Debut
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
7. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
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. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
10. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments- Debut
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781639550562
11. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
12. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
13. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape- Debut
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $19.95, 9781959030782
15. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma- Debut
Claire Dederer, Vintage, $17, 9780525564188
On the Rise:
16. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593730386

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
2. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
3. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
4. Olivetti (Indies Introduce)
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
5. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All- Debut
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624524
6. The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780735228566
7. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
8. Tree. Table. Book.- Debut
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780063299504
9. Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
10. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
11. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593112083
12. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
13. The Secret Language of Birds- Debut
Lynne Kelly, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524770273
14. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
15. A Rover's Story
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780063113930

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
5. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
6. A Tempest of Tea
Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406
7. Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250857453
8. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
9. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
10. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
11. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250800848
12. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
13. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
14. Song of the Six Realms- Debut
Judy I. Lin, Feiwel & Friends, $20.99, 9781250871619
15. Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
5. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
6. Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
7. Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609
8. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
10. Bluey: Queens
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750872
11. Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536219111
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
13. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
14. The Truth About the Couch- Debut
Adam Rubin, Liniers (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593619131
15. Bluey: Butterflies
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750889

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
7. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember
10. InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second