The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, July 25, 2021. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
3. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
4. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
6. Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder, Doubleday Books, $26, 9780385546812
7. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
8. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
9. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
10. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
11. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767
12. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237
13. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28, 9781982177881
14. She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan, Tor, $27.99, 9781250621801
15. Intimacies
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780399576164
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298947
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
4. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
5. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
6. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
7. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
8. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
9. Somebody's Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978
10. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
11. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
12. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
13. Subpar Parks
Amber Share, Plume, $22, 9780593185544
14. Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost
Michael C. Bender, Twelve, $30, 9781538734803
15. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
2. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
5. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
9. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
10. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
11. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
12. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
13. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18, 9780812996708
14. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250145246
15. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
4. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
5. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $17, 9780802158673
6. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18, 9780593237083
7. Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, $18.95, 9781631499050
8. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
9. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
10. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
11. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491
12. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
14. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Ballantine, $17, 9781984818324
15. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780525537397
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
4. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
5. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
7. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
8. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
9. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
10. On Skein of Death
Allie Pleiter, Berkley, $7.99, 9780593201787
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
2. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Cartwheel Books, $8.99, 9781338712858
3. Baby Animals
Stephan Lomp, Workman, $5.95, 9780761193081
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Begin with a Bee
Liza Ketchum, et al., University of Minnesota Press, $17.95, 9781517908041
6. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
7. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781563054426
8. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
9. Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639
10. Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature
Nathan W. Pyle, HarperFestival, $14.99, 9780063049741
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
4. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
5. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
7. Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593300916
8. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
9. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
10. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
2. Clash (A Click Graphic Novel)
Kayla Miller, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358242192
3. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433
4. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
5. Karen's Kittycat Club (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel, #4)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338356212
6. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, Book 2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076977
7. Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3)
Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250254337
8. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House BYR, $5.99, 9780679824114
9. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
10. Wave of the Sea Dragon (Dragon Masters, #19)
Tracey West, Matt Loveridge (Illus.), Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338635485