The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, February 19, 2017. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an 
independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
2. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
3. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
6. The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Jennifer Ryan, Crown, $26, 9781101906750
7. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
8. The Girl Before
J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27, 9780425285046
9. Right Behind You
Lisa Gardner, Dutton Books, $27, 9780525954583
10. Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250111173
11. Universal Harvester
John Darnielle, FSG, $25, 9780374282103
12. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
13. 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466
14. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
15. Fatal
John Lescroart, Atria, $26.99, 9781501115677
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
3. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
4. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
5. Tears We Cannot Stop
Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250135995
6. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
7. The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson, S&S, $27, 9781476714844
8. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
9. Three Days in January
Bret Baier, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062569035
10. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28, 9780670785971
11. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
12. Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores
Bob Eckstein, Clarkson Potter, $22, 9780553459272
13. The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
14. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
15. Insane Clown President
Matt Taibbi, Victor Juhasz (Illus.), Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9780399592461
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
3. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
4. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
5. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
6. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
7. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
8. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
9. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16, 9780425274866
10. The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $16, 9780345528704
11. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143121169
12. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
13. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth Press, $15, 9781101906118
14. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
15. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. What We Do Now
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.99, 9781612196596
3. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
4. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
5. Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $15.99, 9781250077028
6. The Trump Survival Guide
Gene Stone, Dey Street, $9.99, 9780062686480
7. I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15, 9780525434696
8. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
9. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
10. The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $15.99, 9780062454959
11. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
12. Originals
Adam Grant, Penguin, $17, 9780143128854
13. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18, 9780812983418
14. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
15. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
8. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
9. All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, Harry N. Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373
2. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452152165
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Pete the Cat: Five Little Ducks
James Dean, Harper, $9.99, 9780062404480
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
6. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018
7. Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!
H.A. Rey, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547131078
8. If I Had a Little Dream
Nina Laden, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $17.99, 9781481439244
9. They All Saw a Cat
Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452150130
10. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780547248288
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
2. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780553496642
3. Caraval
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron, $18.99, 9781250095251
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
5. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
8. Short
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Dial, $16.99, 9780399186219
9. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Saenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781442408937
10. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
Ben Clanton, Tundra, $7.99, 9781101918715
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
2. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
3. King's Cage (Red Queen)
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062310699
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338109061
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439136365
7. Serafina and the Black Cloak
Robert Beatty, Disney/Hyperion, $7.99, 9781484711873
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
9. Tales of the Peculiar (Companion to Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780399538537
10. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423103349