The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 19, 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. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
2. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
3. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
4. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
5. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
6. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
7. The Guide
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27, 9780525657767
8. Lightning Strike
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781982128685
9. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
10. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
11. The Magician
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785080
12. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230
13. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
14. Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250244147
15. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
3. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733
4. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
5. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
6. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25, 9780393248524
7. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
8. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
10. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
11. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
12. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984880093
14. Guinness World Records 2022
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484101
15. All In: An Autobiography
Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, Maryanne Vollers, Knopf, $30, 9781101947333
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
5. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
9. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
10. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
11. The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Ed.), Anchor, $16.95, 9780593311257
12. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
14. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823
15. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
3. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
4. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
5. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18, 9780593237083
6. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
7. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
10. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
11. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
12. The Big Burn
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $16.99, 9780547394602
13. Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $14, 9780807005699
14. Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became the Battlefront of American Public Lands
Jonathan P. Thompson, Torrey House Press, $19.95, 9781948814447
15. The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Roxane van Iperen, Harper, $17.99, 9780063097629
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
6. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
7. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
8. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, S&S, $6.99, 9780743477109
9. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553208849
10. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did)
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026239
3. Good Night Colorado
Adam Gamble, Bill Mackey, Anne Rosen (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190559
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Defy the Night
Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547604661
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
3. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
4. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
6. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
9. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Alda P. Dobbs, Sourcebooks Young Readers, $17.99, 9781728234656
10. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Spy School at Sea
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479432
2. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
3. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
4. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780759557635
5. Pax, Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062930347
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316003957
7. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
8. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
9. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
10. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454