The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 9, 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. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
2. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
4. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
5. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
6. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
7. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
8. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
9. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24, 9780593318317
10. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
11. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
12. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
13. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
14. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
15. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780593237892
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
5. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180
6. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
7. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
8. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
9. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
10. Persist
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241
11. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
12. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28, 9780593237243
13. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
14. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
15. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
4. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
5. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
6. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17, 9780525541912
7. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
8. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780735216730
9. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
10. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
11. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17, 9780593157497
12. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
13. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17, 9780143111399
14. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381
15. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17, 9780593128503
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
3. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
5. Birds of Colorado Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781647550820
6. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
7. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
10. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
11. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
12. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17, 9780399592706
13. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
14. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
15. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
4. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
5. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
8. Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor, DAW, $7.99, 9780756407285
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
5. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
7. The Bruce Swap
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561
8. All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781481431217
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
10. Mrs. Peanuckle's Hiking Alphabet
Mrs. Peanuckle, Jessie Ford (Illus.), Rodale Kids, $7.99, 9780593178171
 
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. The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World
Temple Grandin, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780593115558
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
5. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
6. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
7. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
8. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250766564
9. Legendborn
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
10. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $12.99, 9781250777881
2. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
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. Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250063168
6. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book 1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545349239
7. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, Book 2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076977
8. The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780670016617
9. Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #9)
Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304572
10. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433