The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 1, 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 Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
3. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
4. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
5. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
6. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
8. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
9. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
10. Godspeed
Nickolas Butler, Putnam, $27, 9780593190418
11. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
12. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
13. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28, 9781982177881
14. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
15. Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder, Doubleday, $26, 9780385546812
 
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. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
5. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
6. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
7. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
8. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
9. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
10. The Heartbeat of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $26.95, 9781771646895
11. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
12. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
13. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
14. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
15. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
2. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
10. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
11. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
13. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
14. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
15. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $16.99, 9780062356338
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
3. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $17, 9780802158673
5. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
6. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
7. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
8. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
9. Birds of Minnesota Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591938972
10. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
11. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
12. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $18, 9780143125471
13. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. Birds of Missouri Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781647550851
15. Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $15, 9780807006238
 
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. The Bitterroots
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250051073
5. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. The Institute
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982110574
9. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754
10. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
8. How to Apologize
David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536209440
9. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $11.95, 9781609805395
10. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
3. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
4. The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781524740979
5. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
6. Small Favors
Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9780593306741
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
8. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
9. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
10. Echo Mountain
Lauren Wolk, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780525555582
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
2. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
3. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316003957
4. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
5. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
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. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall, Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098
9. Gods & Monsters (Serpent & Dove, #3)
Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063038936
10. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568