The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 5, 2024. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
2. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
6. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
8. I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $28, 9780802162939
9. Real Americans
Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251
10. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
11. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
12. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
13. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books, $28, 9781643753843
14. The Museum of Lost Quilts
Jennifer Chiaverini, William Morrow, $27.99, 9780063080799
15. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
 
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. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
3. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
4. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
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 Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461
8. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32, 9780593448793
9. Disappointing Affirmations
Dave Tarnowski, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797226668
10. ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Harper Horizon, $29.99, 9781400338610
11. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Stephen Breyer, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668021538
12. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
14. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
15. The Age of Grievance
Frank Bruni, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668016435
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
2. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
5. A Letter to the Luminous Deep
Sylvie Cathrall, Orbit, $18.99, 9780316565530
6. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
7. Happy Medium
Sarah Adler, Berkley, $18, 9780593547816
8. We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter, Penguin, $18, 9780399563096
9. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225
10. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18, 9780143110439
11. The Flower Sisters
Michelle Collins Anderson, A John Scognamiglio Book, $17.95, 9781496748287
12. Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730971
13. King of Sloth
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728289755
14. Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062129499
15. This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
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. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
Oliver Darkshire, Norton, $17.99, 9781324074786
6. Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
Gretchen Rubin, Crown, $20, 9780593442760
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18, 9780525555247
9. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
10. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
Alice Wong (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593469736
11. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
12. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
13. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
14. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419735219
15. Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
Carmen Maria Machado (Ed.), Graywolf Press, $18, 9781644452615
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. The Drifter
Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735215207
6. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
7. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. Orphan X
Gregg Hurwitz, St. Martin's, $10.99, 9781250097200
10. Red Seas Under Red Skies
Scott Lynch, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780553588958
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
5. Moon: A Peek-Through Board Book
Britta Teckentrup, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593372395
6. Bluey: Queens
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750872
7. Let's Meet Taylor: Story of a Superstar
Alexandra Koken, Claire Baker, Mariana Avila (Illus.), Kingfisher, $16.99, 9780753480632
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Where Is the Green Sheep?
Mem Fox, Judy Horacek (Illus.), Judy Horacek, Clarion Books, $6.99, 9780152067045
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
2. Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
3. Controlled Burn
Erin Soderberg Downing, Scholastic Press, $7.99, 9781338776065
4. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
5. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
6. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
7. Just Keep Walking
Erin Soderberg Downing, Scholastic Press, $7.99, 9781338851397
8. The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780735228566
9. Uprising
Jennifer A. Nielsen, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338795080
10. Olivetti
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
 
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. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250219954
4. Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club, #5)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338896398
5. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
6. InvestiGators: Take the Plunge
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250219985
7. Waverider: A Graphic Novel (Amulet, #9)
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $14.99, 9780545828659
8. InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: From Badger to Worse
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250852397
9. The Great Peach Experiment 1: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie
Erin Soderberg Downing, Pixel+Ink, $9.99, 9781645950356
10. Heartstopper: Volume 5: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $15.99, 9781338807486