The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, January 17, 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. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291 2. Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606 3. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474 4. Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837 5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 6. The Searcher Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650 7. Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351 8. Yellow Wife Sadeqa Johnson, S&S, $26, 9781982149109 9. Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332 10. American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764 11. Mystery of Mrs. Christie Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721 12. The Children's Blizzard Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28, 9780399182280 13. The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus Allan Gurganus, Liveright, $25.95, 9780871403780 14. The Prophets Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27, 9780593085684 15. The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029 2. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 3. A Promised Land Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169 4. Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134 5. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258 6. Wintering Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481 7. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 8. Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187060 9. The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316628242 10. Evil Geniuses Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30, 9781984801340 11. The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713 12. Keep Sharp Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730 13. The Answer Is . . . Alex Trebek, S&S, $26, 9781982157999 14. Where I Come From Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.95, 9780593317785 15. World of Wonders Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25, 9781571313652 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680 2. Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506 3. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 4. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439 5. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 6. Interior Chinatown Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472 7. Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185 8. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624 9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501161933 10. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953 11. The Best American Short Stories 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373 12. The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590610 13. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18, 9781501173219 14. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448 15. Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Quit Like a Woman Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18, 9781984825070 2. The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888 3. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415 4. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114 5. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560 6. The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 7. The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18, 9780525560739 8. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 9. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern & Central North America Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $19.99, 9781328771438 10. How to Do Nothing Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552 11. Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062464347 12. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553 13. The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17, 9780802149039 14. What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940 15. The Listening Path Julia Cameron, St. Martin's Essentials, $17.99, 9781250768582 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 3. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541 4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697 5. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 6. Mythology Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754 7. Killing Floor Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515153651 8. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 9. Still Life Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736 10. The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $6.99, 9781982146702 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. Margaret's Unicorn Briony May Smith, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9781984896537 2. Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 3. Little Blue Truck's Valentine Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441 4. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Board Book Lisbeth Kaiser, Stanley Chow (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $7.99, 9780593222737 5. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627 6. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 7. Little Love Bug: Finger Puppet Book Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781452181745 8. And the People Stayed Home Kitty O'Meara, Tra Publishing, $18.99, 9781734761788 9. A Valentine for Uni the Unicorn Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781984850225 10. Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 2. Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716 3. The Ickabog J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 4. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 5. Legendborn Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 6. The Cousins Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001 7. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 8. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827 9. Black Brother, Black Brother Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316493802 10. Rick Alex Gino, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338048100 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684 2. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624 3. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608 4. The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #4) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344219 5. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was/Is...?) Bonnie Bader, Elizabeth Wolf (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $5.99, 9780448447230 6. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book One) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780545349239 7. Dog Man: Fetch-22 Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214 8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $27.99, 9781338635171 9. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098 10. Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #8) Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304541