The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 4, 2021. Based on reporting from the 
independent booksellers of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers 
Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit 
IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
2. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
4. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
6. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
7. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665
8. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
9. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
10. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686
11. Dark Sky
C.J. Box, Putnam, $28, 9780525538271
12. The Consequences of Fear
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022
13. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014
14. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27, 9780802157065
15. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
3. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
4. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
5. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593189696
6. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
7. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
8. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28, 9781984878106
9. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133
10. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
11. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
12. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $27, 9781984801197
13. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28, 9780525509561
14. Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out
Giada De Laurentiis, Rodale Books, $32.5, 9780593138434
15. A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
Jonathan Meiburg, Knopf, $30, 9781101875704
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
4. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17, 9780143111399
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
6. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
7. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
8. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
9. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491
10. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148544
11. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
12. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
13. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
14. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
15. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
3. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
4. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
5. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
7. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
10. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
11. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15, 9780807014271
12. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
13. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
14. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
15. Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives
Kathy Sosa (Ed.), Maverick Books, $19.95, 9781595349255
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
8. Flight
Laura Griffin, Berkley, $7.99, 9780593197349
9. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
10. The Way of Kings
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
2. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
3. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
4. Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peņa, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399549083
5. What the Road Said
Cleo Wade, Lucie de Moyencourt (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250269492
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Spring Stinks: A Little Bruce Book
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368060912
8. The Tree in Me
Corinna Luyken, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593112595
9. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
10. Someone Builds the Dream
Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9781984814333
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
2. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
3. Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body
Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz, Jack Teagle (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780358306634
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co., $18.99, 9781250766564
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
6. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
7. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
9. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
10. Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Michelle Obama, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593303740
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
2. Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Imprint, $22.99, 9781250142306
3. The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, Book 14)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781338214543
4. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
5. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book One)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545349239
6. Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $12.99, 9780062310644
7. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
8. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433
9. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
10. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157