The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 24, 2016. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
2. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
3. Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220608
4. Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28, 9781400068326
5. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
6. The Excellent Lombards
Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $26, 9781455564224
7. The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson, Random House, $28, 9780812993103
8. The Last Mile
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781455586455
9. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669
10. My Struggle: Book Five
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Archipelago, $27, 9780914671398
11. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $26, 9781101883075
12. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067695
13. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $28, 9780525955092
14. The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien, Little Brown, $27, 9780316378239
15. Dead Man's Float
Jim Harrison, Copper Canyon, $23, 9781556594458
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
2. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
3. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101874936
4. The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $27.99, 9780062454942
5. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
6. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
7. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18, 9780399184413
8. Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting
Lesley Stahl, Blue Rider, $27, 9780399168154
9. Becoming Wise: An Inquiry Into the Mystery and Art of Living
Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28, 9781594206801
10. The Third Wave
Steve Case, S&S, $26.95, 9781501132582
11. The Immortal Irishman
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780544272880
12. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40, 9781455539741
13. Girls & Sex
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $26.99, 9780062209726
14. In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101875551
15. Brave Enough
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $16.95, 9781101946909
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
3. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
4. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
5. Brooklyn
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $15, 9781501106477
6. Bottomland
Michelle Hoover, Black Cat, $16, 9780802124715
7. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
8. There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories
Charles Baxter, Vintage, $16, 9780804172738
9. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17, 9780804172707
10. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
11. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609451349
12. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95, 9780804172448
13. The Turner House
Angela Flournoy, Mariner, $14.95, 9780544705166
14. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
15. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
2. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
3. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
4. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
5. Between You & Me
Mary Norris, Norton, $15.95, 9780393352146
6. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780767919418
7. The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson, Graywolf Press, $15, 9781555977351
8. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
9. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
10. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
11. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
13. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16, 9781250062185
14. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20, 9781555976903
15. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Davis, Haymarket, $15.95, 9781608465644
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Make Me
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178792
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780380789030
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
6. The Night Manager
John le Carre, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780399594007
7. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
9. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
10. Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440215622
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $18.99, 9780399172755
3. Mother Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484730881
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. The Book With No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99, 9780803741713
6. Goodnight Loon
Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $9.95, 9780816697038
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
10. Let's Play!
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9781452154770
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763681173
2. Booked
Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780544570986
3. Keep Curious and Carry a Banana: Words of Wisdom from the World of Curious George
H.A. Rey, Justin Martin, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544656482
4. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
5. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
6. Auggie & Me
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9781101934852
7. The Crossover
Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780544107717
8. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160915
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
10. Girl in the Blue Coat
Monica Hesse, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316260602
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (2015)
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545790352
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9780810993136
3. Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594747359
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter)
Newt Scamander, Arthur A. Levine Books, $9.99, 9780545850568
5. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316201568
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419717017
7. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.99, 9780147519085
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
9. We Are in a Book! (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423133087
10. The 52-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books)
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $13.99, 9781250026934