The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 14, 2024. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
4. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
5. I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $28, 9780802162939
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
7. The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29, 9780385550611
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
9. The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493434
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
12. Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle, Atria Books, $27, 9781982166823
13. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546874
14. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
15. Toxic Prey
John Sandford, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $32, 9780593714492
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32, 9780593448793
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
3. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
5. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
7. Star Wars: Dad Jokes: The Best Worst Jokes and Puns from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Kelly Knox, Johnny Sampson (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797227450
8. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28, 9780316567534
9. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
Savannah Guthrie, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400341122
10. Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life
Kao Kalia Yang, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982185299
11. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
Austin Frerick, Island Press, $29, 9781642832693
12. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32, 9780593444511
13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
14. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Lyz Lenz, Crown, $28, 9780593241127
15. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman, Random House, $32, 9780593729144
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
4. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
5. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
7. West with Giraffes
Lynda Rutledge, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95, 9781542023344
8. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
9. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
10. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18, 9780593500156
11. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $17, 9780525436140
12. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
13. The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu, Tor, $19.99, 9780765386694
14. Homecoming
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063020900
15. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
3. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
4. Birds of Minnesota Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides)
Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, $14.95, 9781591938972
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $18.99, 9780380773381
7. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092
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. The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
Janet Horvath, Amsterdam Publishers, $23.95, 9789493276802
11. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
12. Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories
Steve Almond, Zando, $18, 9781638931300
13. My Favorite Plant: Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love
Jamaica Kincaid (Ed.), Picador, $19, 9781250908223
14. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $20, 9781101984703
15. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
5. Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743482745
6. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
7. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
8. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
9. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. Treehouse Town
Gideon Sterer, Charlie Mylie (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316592628
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Ahoy!
Sophie Blackall, Anne Schwartz Books, $19.99, 9780593429396
6. Bluey: What Games Should We Play?
Tallulah May, Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593658420
7. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home
Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), HarperFestival, $9.99, 9780062574220
8. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
9. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780061074295
10. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665924955
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
2. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
3. Northwind
Gary Paulsen, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250909275
4. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
5. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
6. Olivetti
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. The Secret Language of Birds
Lynne Kelly, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524770273
9. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $10.99, 9781646144129
10. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
2. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
3. Pizza and Taco: Rock Out!: (A Graphic Novel)
Stephen Shaskan, Random House Graphic, $9.99, 9780593481240
4. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
5. Pizza and Taco: Best Party Ever!: (A Graphic Novel)
Stephen Shaskan, Random House Graphic, $9.99, 9780593123348
6. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: From Badger to Worse
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250852397
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368098175
8. Pizza and Taco: Too Cool for School: (A Graphic Novel)
Stephen Shaskan, Random House Graphic, $9.99, 9780593376072
9. I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel, #9)
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338883046
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1)
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419741852