The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 22, 2016. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. LaRose
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062277022
2. Everybody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307270641
3. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
4. The Fireman
Joe Hill, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062200631
5. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $26, 9781501142536
6. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
7. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
8. Zero K
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $27, 9781501135392
9. The Excellent Lombards
Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $26, 9781455564224
10. Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave, S&S, $26.99, 9781501124372
11. Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28, 9781400068326
12. The Highwayman
Craig Johnson, Viking, $20, 9780735220898
13. Imagine Me Gone
Adam Haslett, Little Brown, $26, 9780316261357
14. Miller's Valley
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $28, 9780812996081
15. The Atomic Weight of Love
Elizabeth J. Church, Algonquin, $25.95, 9781616204846
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
2. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
3. The Gene: An Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32, 9781476733500
4. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40, 9781455539741
5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
6. Becoming Grandma
Lesley Stahl, Blue Rider, $27, 9780399168154
7. Valiant Ambition
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780525426783
8. Becoming Wise
Krista Tippett, Penguin Press, $28, 9781594206801
9. Brave Enough
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $16.95, 9781101946909
10. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
11. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101874936
12. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780553447439
13. The Bridge Ladies
Betsy Lerner, Harper Wave, $25.99, 9780062354464
14. Grit
Angela Duckworth, Scribner, $28, 9781501111105
15. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18, 9780399184413
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143109464
4. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
5. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
6. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
7. Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062409867
8. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492623441
9. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17, 9780804172707
10. Nobody's Fool
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16, 9780679753339
11. Girl Waits with Gun
Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95, 9780544800830
12. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $15.99, 9780312541538
13. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
14. Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica Knoll, S&S, $15.99, 9781476789644
15. The Jesus Cow
Michael Perry, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780062289988
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The 10 Pillars of Wealth
Alex Becker, Brown Books, $12.99, 9781612549200
2. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
3. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
4. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
5. Harry Potter Coloring Book
, Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994
6. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
7. Chill the F*ck Out: A Swear Word Coloring Book
Hannah Caner, St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99, 9781250116406
8. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17, 9781476728759
9. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
10. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20, 9781555976903
11. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99, 9780802412706
12. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
13. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681340029
14. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
15. Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide
Stan Tekiela, Adventure, $12.95, 9781591930402
 
MASS MARKET 
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
8. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501120602
9. Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8, 9780316769501
10. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780062225672
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Finding Winnie
Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316324908
4. Thunder Boy Jr.
Sherman Alexie, Yuyi Morales (Illus.), Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316013727
5. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
6. Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Pena, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399257742
7. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780547248288
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
9. Goodnight Loon
Abe Sauer, Nathaniel Davauer (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $9.95, 9780816697038
10. Mother Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484730881
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484732748
2. Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763681173
3. Keep Curious and Carry a Banana: Words of Wisdom From the World of Curious George
H.A. Rey, Justin Martin, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544656482
4. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142410387
5. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
6. Nimona
Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $12.99, 9780062278227
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
8. Girl in the Blue Coat
Monica Hesse, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316260602
9. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
10. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan, John Rocco (Illus.), Hyperion, $12.99, 9781484712375
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 
1. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423178286
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419717017
3. The Crown (The Selection, Book 5)
Kiera Cass, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062392176
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
5. The Diviners
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316126106
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419711893
7. Firelight (Amulet, #7)
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545433167
8. The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763687588
9. A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 2)
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, $18.99, 9781619634466
10. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031