The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, October 2, 2022. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an 
independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. 

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
2. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065
3. The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28, 9780593158357
4. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
5. The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790
6. The Bullet That Missed
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593299395
7. Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Random House, $28.99, 9780593449554
8. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
9. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
10. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9780593158685
11. Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547970
12. All Good People Here
Ashley Flowers, Bantam, $28, 9780593496473
13. Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316498906
14. Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Press, $27.99, 9781250019868
15. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504
3. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger, Harper, $32.50, 9780062879929
4. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $32, 9780385546539
5. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
6. Healing Through Words
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $24.99, 9781524873264
7. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
8. Faith, Hope and Carnage
Nick Cave, Seán O'Hagan, FSG, $28, 9780374607371
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Dahlia Lithwick, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525561385
11. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $28.95, 9780393541250
12. Brave Companions: Portraits in History
David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668003541
13. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
Rinker Buck, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781501106378
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
15. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250283306
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
6. Maybe Now
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668013342
7. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336847
10. November 9
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110344
11. Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover, Montlake, $15.95, 9781542025607
12. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
13. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
14. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
15. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
2. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
3. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland
John Railey, History Press, $21.99, 9781467147392
4. The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People
Rick Bragg, Vintage, $17, 9780593081419
5. Andy Griffith's Manteo: His Real Mayberry
John Railey, History Press, $21.99, 9781467150088
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
7. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Neil Price, Basic Books, $19.99, 9781541601116
8. Haunting The Outer Banks: Thirteen Tales Of Terror From The North Carolina Coast
Joe Sledge, Gravity Well Books, $14.99, 9780998096834
9. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
Wendell Berry, Shoemaker + Company, $24, 9798985679809
10. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
11. Outer Banks Shipwrecks: Graveyard of the Atlantic
Mary Ellen Riddle, Arcadia Publishing, $21.99, 9781467124102
12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20, 9780385348737
13. Lost Restaurants of the Outer Banks and Their Recipes
Amy Pollard Gaw, History Press, $21.99, 9781467140812
14. The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571989215
15. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrea Janes, Citadel, $16.95, 9780806541587
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
3. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
5. The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
7. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
8. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063215382
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
2. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle, $7.99, 9781797212883
3. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. The Crayons Trick or Treat
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621028
6. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
7. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
8. Farmhouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316528948
9. Little Pumpkin: A First Halloween Story
Lisa Edwards, Kat Kalindi (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780593465189
10. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Island of Spies
Sheila Turnage, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780735231252
2. Hocus Pocus: The Illustrated Novelization
A.W. Jantha, Gris Grimly (Illus.), Disney Press, $24.99, 9781368076685
3. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760860
4. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
5. The Clackity
Lora Senf, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781665902670
6. Defend the Dawn
Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547610075
7. Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338194548
8. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $18.99, 9781682633243
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
10. The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316441865
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek
John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885
2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
3. Spy School Project X
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479494
4. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250219954
5. Kingdom of the Feared (Kingdom of the Wicked)
Kerri Maniscalco, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316341882
6. Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #12)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616071
7. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
8. InvestiGators: Off the Hook
John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250220004
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
10. InvestiGators: Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S.
John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250220059