The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 1, 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 Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
3. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
4. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
6. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
7. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
8. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
9. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
10. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28, 9781982134198
11. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
12. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
13. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
14. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
15. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I Alone Can Fix It
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. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
4. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
5. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
6. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
7. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
8. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
9. Fox and I
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9781954118003
10. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
11. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
12. The Comfort Book
Matt Haig, Penguin Life, $22, 9780143136668
13. Forget the Alamo
Bryan Burrough, et al., Penguin Press, $32, 9781984880093
14. Subpar Parks
Amber Share, Plume, $22, 9780593185544
15. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
2. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
3. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
5. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
11. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
12. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
13. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
14. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
15. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
 
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. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
4. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
5. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18, 9780593237083
6. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
8. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Wildflowers of Colorado Field Guide
Don Mammoser, Adventure Publications, $16.95, 9781591931614
10. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
11. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17, 9781501160349
12. Birds of Colorado Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781647550820
13. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
14. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
15. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
9. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Good Night Colorado
Adam Gamble, Bill Mackey, Anne Rosen (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190559
2. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
5. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
8. Vampenguin
Lucy Ruth Cummins, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534466982
9. Boo! Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781534452831
10. The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142403877
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
2. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
3. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
5. The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781524740979
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
7. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
8. The Halloween Moon
Joseph Fink, Quill Tree Books, $16.99, 9780063020979
9. Twins
Varian Johnson, Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
10. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
2. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316003957
3. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
4. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
5. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314
6. Gods & Monsters (Serpent & Dove, #3)
Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063038936
7. The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase (The Bad Guys, #13)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329520
8. Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3)
Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250254337
9. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book 1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545349239
10. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433