The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 19, 2021. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers 
Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
2. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
3. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
5. Lightning Strike
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781982128685
6. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
7. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
8. Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625
9. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937
10. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
11. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230
12. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616
13. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
14. The Magician
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785080
15. The Guide
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27, 9780525657767
 
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. 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
4. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624
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. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
7. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
8. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Mike Duncan, PublicAffairs, $30, 9781541730335
9. Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215
10. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25, 9780393248524
11. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
12. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
13. On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Maggie Nelson, Graywolf Press, $27, 9781644450628
14. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
15. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
2. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
3. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
6. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
7. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17, 9781476749303
10. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
11. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
12. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
14. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
15. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250204035
 
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 Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
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. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
7. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Lucy Adlington, Harper, $17.99, 9780063030930
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
9. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, $18.95, 9781631499050
10. A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole 
Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About)
Spike Carlsen, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062954763
11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
13. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17, 9780525562641
14. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
15. Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms
Teresa Marrone, Kathy Yerich, Adventure Publications, $16.95, 9781591939603
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
10. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
5. Good Night, Good Night
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $17.99, 9781534499744
6. Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did)
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026239
7. Boo! Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781534452831
8. The Going to Bed Book
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9780671449025
9. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
10. Bright Star
Yuyi Morales, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823443284
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
2. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
3. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
4. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen, $17.99, 9780735269934
5. Defy the Night
Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547604661
6. See the Dog: Three Stories About a Cat
David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536216295
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
8. Song for a Whale
Lynne Kelly, Yearling, $7.99, 9781524770266
9. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
10. Hooky
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358468295
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Pax, Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062930347
2. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
3. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780759557635
4. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098
5. The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984835376
6. Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?!
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119303
7. Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750064
8. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
9. Max and the Midknights (Max & The Midknights #1)
Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080
10. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057