The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, October 2, 2022. 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. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065
2. Treasure State
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250766960
3. The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28, 9780593158357
4. The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790
5. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
6. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
7. The Bullet That Missed
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593299395
8. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
9. Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547970
10. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
11. Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316498906
12. Hell and Back
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28, 9780593297285
13. Nona the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $28.99, 9781250854117
14. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $29, 9781538739723
15. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
3. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504
4. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
5. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $32, 9780385546539
6. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger, Harper, $32.5, 9780062879929
7. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30, 9780593083888
8. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
9. Healing Through Words
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $24.99, 9781524873264
10. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
11. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
12. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $40, 9781631496998
13. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
14. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
15. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28, 9780593498064
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134
2. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
3. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
7. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
8. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
10. Still Life
Sarah Winman, Putnam, $17, 9780593330760
11. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
12. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
13. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
14. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
15. Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336847
 
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, $20, 9781571313560
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9781954118119
7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
8. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
9. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
10. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $16.95, 9781324022015
11. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
12. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780593296929
13. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
14. The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571989215
15. The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy
John Gottman, Ph.D, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D, Penguin Life, $15, 9780143136637
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
5. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
7. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
10. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. There's a Ghost In This House
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $27.99, 9780593466186
5. The Crayons Trick or Treat
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621028
6. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536228052
7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
8. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
9. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle, $7.99, 9781797212883
10. Good Night Colorado
Adam Gamble, Bill Mackey, Anne Rosen (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190559
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Garlic and the Witch
Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $13.99, 9780062995117
2. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
3. The Sunbearer Trials
Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250822130
4. Foul Lady Fortune
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665905589
5. The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316441865
6. Garlic and the Vampire
Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062995087
7. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
8. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
9. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
10. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801903
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Spy School Project X
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479494
2. Demon in the Wood: A Shadow and Bone Graphic Novel
Leigh Bardugo, Dani Pendergast (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250624642
3. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559
4. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
5. Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #12)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616071
6. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
7. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $19.99, 9781250268426
8. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
9. Heartstopper: Volume 2: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617474
10. The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593405239