The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 5, 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. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
6. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
8. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
9. Real Americans
Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251
10. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
11. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
12. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
13. The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493434
14. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
15. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
5. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
6. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
7. The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Mary Claire Haver, M.D., Rodale Books, $28, 9780593796252
8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
9. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250325778
13. The Age of Grievance
Frank Bruni, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668016435
14. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
15. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28, 9780316567534
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
3. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
5. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
6. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
7. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
8. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
9. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
10. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
11. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18, 9780143110439
12. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225
13. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
15. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
5. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
6. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
11. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
13. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
14. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781639550562
15. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson, New Harbinger Publications, $18.95, 9781626251700
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
7. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
8. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts
Kari Lavelle, Sourcebooks Explore, $14.99, 9781728271200
5. Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609
6. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
7. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
8. Bluey: Mum School
Penguin Young Readers, $6.99, 9780593658413
9. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
10. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
3. Tree. Table. Book.
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780063299504
4. Powerful: A Powerless Story
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306
5. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464
6. Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905
7. Finally Heard
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665947930
8. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
9. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
10. The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592710
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
2. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477
3. The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338730852
4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368098175
6. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
7. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $13.99, 9781250268433
8. Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club, #5)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338896398
9. The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #3)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344059
10. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402