The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you 
by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week ended Sunday, January 17, 2021. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers 
Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
4. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837
5. The Children's Blizzard
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28, 9780399182280
6. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26, 9781635575422
7. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27, 9780593085684
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
9. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
10. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
11. Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721
12. The Scorpion's Tail
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $29, 9781538747278
13. The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546775
14. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
15. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
2. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
5. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
6. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
7. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
8. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
9. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30, 9781984801340
10. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
11. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26, 9781982157999
12. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
13. Kill Switch
Adam Jentleson, Liveright, $26.95, 9781631497773
14. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316628242
15. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28, 9781538719367
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
2. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953
3. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
4. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17, 9781476749303
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
7. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654
8. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
9. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
11. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
12. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
13. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
14. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
15. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri, Ballantine, $17, 9780593128176
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
3. Birds of Michigan Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009
4. Quit Like a Woman
Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18, 9781984825070
5. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250257727
6. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
7. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
8. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18, 9780735225312
9. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
10. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
11. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 9781501168703
12. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9780385486804
13. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
14. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $15.99, 9780380773381
15. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
6. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
7. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534462670
5. I am Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos (Illus.), Dial Books, $15.99, 9780525428527
6. I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
7. The Legend of the Petoskey Stone
Kathy-Jo Wargin, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (Illus.), Sleeping Bear, $17.95, 9781585362172
8. The Grinny Granny Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338692273
9. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
10. Tomorrow I'll Be Brave
Jessica Hische, Jessica Hische (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9781524787028
 
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. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
Gary Paulsen, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99, 9780374314156
5. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
6. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
7. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
8. Unplugged
Gordon Korman, Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062798893
9. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
10. El Deafo
Cece Bell, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419712173
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #4)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344219
2. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
4. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
5. The Bad Guys in The One?! (The Bad Guys, #12)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329506
6. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576
7. There Is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423106869
8. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433
9. A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4)
Sabaa Tahir, Razorbill, $19.99, 9780448494531
10. The Bad Guys in Dawn of the Underlord (The Bad Guys, #11)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329483