The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 27, 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. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
2. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
3. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
4. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12, 9780063280519
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
6. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
7. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
8. The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9780765391193
9. Liberation Day
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509592
10. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
11. Babel
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
12. Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485654
13. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065
14. Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802160140
15. Shuna's Journey
Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Transl.), First Second, $27.99, 9781250846525
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
3. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351
4. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
5. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
8. The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, $45, 9781451648706
9. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Little, Brown, $35, 9780316441117
10. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Knopf, $34, 9780525521044
11. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
12. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
15. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
3. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
7. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
9. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
10. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
11. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134
12. The Best American Short Stories 2022
Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358664710
13. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $17.95, 9781324036142
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
15. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 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. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
4. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316270182
9. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358615293
10. The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571989215
11. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Mel Brooks, Ballantine, $20, 9780593159132
12. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love
Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, TarcherPerigee, $17, 9781585429134
13. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
14. Birds of Colorado Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781647550820
15. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $22, 9781982156954
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
5. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
8. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
9. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Green Is for Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
3. The Sour Grape
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415
4. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
5. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845
6. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. Jan Brett's The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823
9. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
10. Yetis Are the Worst!
Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665921770
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
3. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
4. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
5. I Was Born for This
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338830934
6. The Stars Did Wander Darkling
Colin Meloy, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780063015517
7. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
9. Legendborn
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
10. The Luminaries
Susan Dennard, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250194046
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Neil Packer (Illus.), Scholastic, $54.99, 9780545791434
3. The Bad Guys in the Others?! (The Bad Guys, #16)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338820539
4. Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534499973
5. Narwhalicorn and Jelly (Narwhal and Jelly, #7)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $12.99, 9780735266728
6. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
7. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781534438521
8. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
10. Hooky Volume 2
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780358693093