The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, March 12, 2023. 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. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $30, 9780385549073
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $28, 9780593490143
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157
7. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
8. Go as a River
Shelley Read, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9781954118232
9. Storm Watch
C.J. Box, Putnam, $29, 9780593331309
10. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
11. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218
12. A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $35, 9781635577921
13. Stone Blind
Natalie Haynes, Harper, $30, 9780063258396
14. Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780593490693
15. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593329993
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
4. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, Crown, $28, 9780593238714
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
7. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Jenny Odell, Random House, $28.99, 9780593242704
8. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
9. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806
10. The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today
Lewis Howes, Hay House Inc., $26.99, 9781401971908
11. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
Dacher Keltner, Penguin Press, $28, 9781984879684
12. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351
13. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
14. Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow
Heather Hansman, Hanover Square Press, $26.99, 9781335081117
15. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
4. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
7. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
10. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
11. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
12. Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217394
13. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888
14. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
15. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
 
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. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20, 9780593230275
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin, $18, 9780735217966
7. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari, Crown, $18, 9780593138533
8. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
9. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
10. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
11. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
13. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Mel Brooks, Ballantine, $20, 9780593159132
14. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
15. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
4. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $8.99, 9781451678192
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
10. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Egg Hunt
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593523575
3. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
4. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
5. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
6. Good Night Colorado
Adam Gamble, Bill Mackey, Anne Rosen (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190559
7. Very Good Hats
Emma Straub, Blanca Gómez (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593529430
8. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
2. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
3. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
4. Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250259639
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
7. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
8. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
9. Iceberg
Jennifer A. Nielsen, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338795028
10. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #6)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338730890
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
3. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $10.99, 9781250852564
4. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
6. Curse of the Shadow Dragon (Dragon Masters, #23)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338776942
7. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781442472433
8. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club, #4)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338846621
9. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
10. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314