The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, May 9, 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. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
3. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
5. The Newcomer
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250256966
6. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
7. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24, 9780593318317
8. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
9. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
10. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
11. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
12. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
14. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
15. Olympus, Texas
Stacey Swann, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385545211
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
2. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
4. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
5. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
6. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035
7. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
8. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593189696
9. Persist
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241
10. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686
11. The Women of the Bible Speak
Shannon Bream, Broadside Books, $25.99, 9780063046597
12. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
13. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
Lisa Napoli, Abrams Press, $28, 9781419750403
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
15. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250312341
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
5. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17, 9780525541912
6. Under the Southern Sky
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Gallery Books, $16.99, 9781982117726
7. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17, 9781982137458
8. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17, 9780143111399
9. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
10. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
11. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18, 9781501173219
12. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17, 9780399562495
13. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17, 9781594634703
14. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730
15. The Woman with the Blue Star
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778389385
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
3. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
4. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Books, $18, 9780735223035
5. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
7. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
8. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
9. The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $16.95, 9781771648028
10. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
11. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
12. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
13. Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $16.95, 9781647550684
14. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
15. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15, 9780807014271
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
9. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Thank You, Teacher from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593226186
3. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
4. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $9.99, 9781250164018
8. The Bruce Swap
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561
9. The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $17.99, 9780060256654
10. The One and Only Sparkella
Channing Tatum, Kim Barnes (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250750754
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
6. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
7. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250766564
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
9. Last Gate of the Emperor
Kwame Mbalia, Prince Joel Makonnen, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338665857
10. Blade of Secrets
Tricia Levenseller, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250756800
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
2. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $12.99, 9781250777881
3. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433
4. The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Tree House
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Jay Cooper (Illus.), Viking, $13.99, 9780593350065
5. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
6. Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250063168
7. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
8. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, Book 2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076977
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
10. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608