The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you 
by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 19, 2021. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers 
Association. 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. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
4. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
6. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
7. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
8. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230
9. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937
10. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
11. Lightning Strike
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781982128685
12. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
13. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
14. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616
15. Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff, Bon Orthwick (Illus.), St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250245281
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
Evan Osnos, FSG, $30, 9780374286675
4. Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Dawn Turner, S&S, $26.99, 9781982107703
5. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
7. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780525562177
8. Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $30, 9781982176525
9. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Mike Duncan, PublicAffairs, $30, 9781541730335
10. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
11. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
13. Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215
14. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
15. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
5. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
6. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
7. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
10. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
11. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
12. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17, 9780399562495
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
14. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335629036
15. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
4. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550
5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
8. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
10. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
11. Chicago's Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
Carl Smith, Grove Press, $19, 9780802159120
12. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
13. Birds of Michigan Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009
14. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Lucy Adlington, Harper, $17.99, 9780063030930
15. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
6. Dark of the Moon
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593328637
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
10. Blindside
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538764404
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination
James Dean, Kimberly Dean, Harper, $18.99, 9780062974105
2. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
3. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
4. Sliding Pictures: Spooky Halloween
Roger Priddy, Priddy Books US, $9.99, 9781684491476
5. Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did)
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026239
6. Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Random House BYR, $8.99, 9780593310175
7. The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062954541
8. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
10. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
2. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
5. Scary Stories for Young Foxes
Christian McKay Heidicker, Junyi Wu (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250250445
6. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
9. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
10. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
2. Pax, Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062930347
3. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
4. Clash (A Click Graphic Novel)
Kayla Miller, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358242192
5. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780759557635
6. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
7. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
8. Spy School at Sea
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479432
9. Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750064
10. The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984835376