The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, March 19, 2017. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
2. In This Grave Hour
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436603
3. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
4. The Hearts of Men
Nickolas Butler, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062469687
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
6. Celine
Peter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 9780451493897
7. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
8. Exit West
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26, 9780735212176
9. A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062356260
10. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
11. The Idiot
Elif Batuman, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594205613
12. New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28, 9780316262347
13. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
14. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Kathleen Rooney, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250113320
15. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $15, 9781524733131
3. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
4. Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color
Moll Anderson, Post Hill Press, $35, 9781937268053
5. The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
6. Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly
Isaac Lidsky, TarcherPerigee, $26, 9780143129578
7. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
8. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
9. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
10. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
11. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
12. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan, Norton, $27.95, 9780393246438
13. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101875681
14. South and West
Joan Didion, Knopf, $21, 9781524732790
15. The Book of Hygge
Louisa Thomsen Brits, Plume, $22, 9780735214095
 
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. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
4. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
5. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
6. Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave, S&S, $16, 9781501124389
7. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
8. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
9. The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson, Random House, $17, 9780812983203
10. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
11. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
12. The Plot Against America
Philip Roth, Vintage, $16, 9781400079490
13. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16, 9780345807298
14. Rabbit Cake
Annie Hartnett, Tin House Books, $15.95, 9781941040560
15. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16, 9780399587191
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724
2. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
3. Clean Skin from Within: The Spa Doctor's Two-Week Program to Glowing, Naturally Youthful Skin
Trevor Cates, Fair Winds Press, $22.99, 9781592337439
4. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
5. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
6. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
7. Why We March
Artisan Publishers, $14.95, 9781579658281
8. Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
Kate T. Parker, Workman, $17.95, 9780761189138
9. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.95, 9781681340029
10. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
11. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712
12. I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15, 9780525434696
13. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
14. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
15. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.99, 9780544944831
 
MASS MARKET
1. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Shack
Wm. Paul Young, Windblown Media, $9.99, 9781455567614
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $9.99, 9780765388100
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9781101886038
8. Someone to Hold
Mary Balogh, Berkley, $7.99, 9780451477804
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
10. Night and Day
Iris Johansen, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250075901
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
2. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316213882
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
5. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781481465595
6. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781481469098
7. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
8. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419721373
9. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
10. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452152165
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
2. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9780553496673
3. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
5. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
7. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Kwame Alexander, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763680947
8. Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz
Michael Bornstein, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), $16.99, 9780374305710
9. 13 Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9780451478290
10. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338109061
2. Big Nate: What's a Little Noogie Between Friends?
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449462291
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
4. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
5. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Mo O'Hara, Marek Jagucki (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250052155
6. Live and Let Swim: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Mo O'Hara, Marek Jagucki (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250102591
7. The Seaquel: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Mo O'Hara, Marek Jagucki (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250056801
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
9. Jurassic Carp: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Mo O'Hara, Marek Jagucki (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $12.99, 9781250063571
10. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568