The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you 
by IndieBound and GLIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 28, 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. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte Press, $36, 9781101885680
2. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
3. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
4. The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Mitch Albom, Harper, $23.99, 9780062888341
5. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671127
6. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
7. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678
8. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
9. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30, 9780374181178
10. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385546027
11. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
12. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485647
13. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812989434
14. Never
Ken Follett, Viking, $36, 9780593300015
15. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
2. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
3. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $100, 9781631492563
4. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780063092785
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $28, 9781101984697
7. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
8. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
9. Renegades: Born in the USA
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Crown, $50, 9780593236314
10. Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $28, 9780593186329
11. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32, 9780316558792
12. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624
13. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams, Gail Hudson, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250784094
14. Will
Will Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984877925
15. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063065246
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780593438374
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
5. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18, 9780735224674
6. It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
7. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
8. The Secret of Snow
Viola Shipman, Graydon House, $16.99, 9781525806445
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
11. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18, 9781501173219
12. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
13. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
14. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
15. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to 
Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.95, 9781635863321
5. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
6. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
7. Birds of Michigan Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591939009
8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
10. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Lucy Adlington, Harper, $17.99, 9780063030930
11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550
13. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
14. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, Simon & Schuster, $18, 9781982112721
15. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
8. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
9. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Jan Brett's The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823
2. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
3. Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419753961
4. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593307359
5. Construction Site: Merry and Bright
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204291
6. The Littlest Yak
Lu Fraser, Kate Hindley (Illus.), Peachtree Publishing Company, $16.99, 9781682632826
7. The Smart Cookie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063045408
8. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
9. It Fell from the Sky
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534457621
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Christmas Pig
J.K. Rowling, Jim Field (Illus.), Scholastic, $24.99, 9781338790238
2. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
3. Pony
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553508116
4. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
5. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
6. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
7. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
9. All of Us Villains
Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250789259
10. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749155
2. The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys, #14)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329544
3. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
4. Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
Brandon Sanderson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780399555855
5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
6. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
7. The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984835376
8. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
9. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
10. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391