The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 28, 2024. 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. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
2. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
3. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
6. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
7. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
10. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
11. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
12. Lost Birds
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $30, 9780063344785
13. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
14. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
15. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
2. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
4. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
7. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250325778
11. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
Brianna Madia, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063316096
12. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
13. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.5, 9781476753836
14. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28, 9780316567534
15. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
3. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
4. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
6. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
7. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
8. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
10. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
11. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
12. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
14. Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $19.99, 9781250899668
15. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
3. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
7. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
8. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Jonathan Kennedy, Crown, $20, 9780593240496
9. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
10. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
11. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
12. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
14. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
15. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
6. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
9. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
10. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062693662
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
4. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
5. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
6. Bluey: The Pool
, Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
8. Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536219111
9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
10. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
3. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
4. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
5. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
6. Tree. Table. Book.
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780063299504
7. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
8. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
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. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
3. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781442472433
4. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477
6. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co., $12.99, 9781250777881
7. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339016580
8. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368098175
10. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960