2022 Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction  
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
 
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780593540480
 
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
 
4. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
 
5. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836
 
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
 
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
 
8. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
 
9. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
 
10. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
 
11. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
 
12. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
 
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
 
14. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569
 
15. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Nonfiction  
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
 
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
 
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
 
4. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
 
5. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20.00, 9780385348737
 
6. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
 
7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
 
8. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
 
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
 
10. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780679729778
 
11. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797212272
 
12. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18.00, 9780399588600
 
13. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525565994
 
14. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431
 
15. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
 


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Hardcover Fiction



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction  
1. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
 
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
 
3. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25.00, 9780593321447
 
4. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
 
5. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30.00, 9780735222359
 
6. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
 
7. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
 
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
 
9. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982168438
 
10. Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $24.99, 9780593465066
 
11. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
 
12. Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24.00, 9780593300237
 
13. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780593492543
 
14. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30.00, 9780307268990
 
15. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593158685
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction  
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
 
2. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553
 
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
 
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
 
5. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38.00, 9780593230572
 
6. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316392457
 
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
 
8. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
 
9. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35.00, 9780374157357
 
10. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982168018
 
11. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984822789
 
12. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780525537113
 
13. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
 
14. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30.00, 9780593133231
 
15. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35.00, 9780679406419
 


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
 
2. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
3. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
 
4. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
5. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
6. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
7. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
8. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
 
9. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
10. New Kid: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
11. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
12. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
13. The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140893
 
14. The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95, 9781643750743
 
15. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 


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Young Adult



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
5. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
 
6. Gallant
V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772
 
7. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780525555278
 
8. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
 
9. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
 
10. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
 
11. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
13. I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038
 
14. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
15. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $14.99, 9780062498540
 


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Children's Illustrated



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
3. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
 
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
5. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
6. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
7. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
 
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
9. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
 
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
11. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
 
12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
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13. Disney Encanto Little Golden Book
Naibe Reynoso (Adapt.), Alejandro Mesa (Illus.), Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736442350
 
14. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
 
15. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 


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Children's Series



2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
2. Heartstopper
Alice Oseman, Graphix
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
5. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
6. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
8. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
9. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
10. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 


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