The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, October 2, 2022. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790
2. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065
3. The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28, 9780593158357
4. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
5. The Bullet That Missed
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593299395
6. Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Random House, $28.99, 9780593449554
7. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
8. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
9. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
10. Fox Creek
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $28, 9781982128715
11. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9780593158685
12. Treasure State
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250766960
13. Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547970
14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
15. Nona the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $28.99, 9781250854117
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $32, 9780385546539
3. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
4. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
5. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504
6. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28, 9780593498064
7. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668003886
8. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger, Harper, $32.50, 9780062879929
9. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
10. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252
11. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
Kelly Ripa, Dey Street Books, $28.99, 9780063073302
12. American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy
David Corn, Twelve, $30, 9781538723050
13. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Dahlia Lithwick, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525561385
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
15. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134
2. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
3. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
4. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
7. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
8. Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336847
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
10. The Dead Romantics
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $17, 9780593336489
11. The Book Haters' Book Club
Gretchen Anthony, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778333067
12. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
13. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
14. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
15. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
 
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. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. Tuesdays With Morrie
Mitch Albom, Broadway, $17, 9780767905923
6. Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $19.99, 9781549304002
7. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
8. Read These Banned Books: A Journal and 52-Week Reading Challenge from the American Library Association
American Library Association, Sourcebooks, $12.99, 9781728268811
9. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250830388
10. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $16.99, 9780380773381
11. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Angela Chen, Beacon Press, $15.95, 9780807014738
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
13. The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy
John Gottman, Ph.D, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D, Penguin Life, $15, 9780143136637
14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
15. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
2. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
8. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671
9. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Crayons Trick or Treat
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621028
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. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
5. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle, $7.99, 9781797212883
6. Truck or Treat: A Spooky Book with Flaps
Hannah Eliot, Jen Taylor (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781665915977
7. Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book
Ryan Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368084116
8. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
2. The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316441865
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
4. Nothing More to Tell
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593175903
5. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
6. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
7. Just Mercy (Young Adult Edition)
Bryan Stevenson, Ember, $10.99, 9780525580065
8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062968975
9. Wildoak
C.C. Harrington, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338803860
10. This Book Is Gay
Juno Dawson, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728254326
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316370950
2. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
3. The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593405239
4. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek
John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885
5. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
6. Demon in the Wood: A Shadow and Bone Graphic Novel
Leigh Bardugo, Dani Pendergast (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250624642
7. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
9. Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $5.99, 9780763645045
10. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062975171