The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 27, 2022. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers 
Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
5. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
6. The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790
7. Liberation Day
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509592
8. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12, 9780063280519
9. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
10. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
11. Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062913500
12. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
13. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922
14. Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485654
15. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
 
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. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Knopf, $34, 9780525521044
5. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
8. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
9. Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $27, 9781643753041
10. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $30, 9781250815293
11. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
12. The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, $45, 9781451648706
13. The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book
Jerry Seinfeld, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982112769
14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
15. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
2. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
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. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134
6. The Book Haters' Book Club
Gretchen Anthony, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778333067
7. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
9. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
11. All Your Perfects
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501193323
12. The Seed Keeper
Diane Wilson, Milkweed Editions, $16, 9781571311375
13. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
14. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
15. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
4. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
Gabrielle Blair, Workman, $14.99, 9781523523184
5. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
6. The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back
Kate Moore, Sourcebooks, $16.99, 9781728242576
7. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
8. Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms
Teresa Marrone, Kathy Yerich, Adventure Publications, $16.95, 9781591939603
9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
10. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
11. Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $17, 9780593685211
12. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358615293
13. Tales from the Minnesota Sports Beat: A Lifetime on Deadline
Patrick Reusse, Chip Scoggins, Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681342306
14. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
Carmen Maria Machado, Zefyr Lisowski, Richard Scott Larson, Bruce Owens Grimm, Sarah Fonseca, Joe Vallese (Ed.), The Feminist Press at CUNY, $25.95, 9781952177798
15. In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450383
 
MASS MARKET 
1. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
2. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
3. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318626
4. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
7. The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $9.99, 9781451678185
8. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
9. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
10. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
2. The Christmas Book Flood
Emily Kilgore, Kitty Moss (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $18.99, 9780374388997
3. A Very Mercy Christmas
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536213607
4. Yetis Are the Worst!
Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665921770
5. Green Is for Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387
6. Cozy in Love
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593109854
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845
9. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
2. 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
3. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
4. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
5. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536214352
6. The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95, 9781643750743
7. Cursed
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250618917
8. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140893
9. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
10. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
2. The Bad Guys in the Others?! (The Bad Guys, #16)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338820539
3. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781534438521
4. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
5. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Neil Packer (Illus.), Scholastic, $54.99, 9780545791434
7. Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534499973
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
9. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098
10. Narwhalicorn and Jelly (Narwhal and Jelly, #7)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $12.99, 9780735266728