The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 16, 2017. Based on reporting 
from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
2. The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062563668
3. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
4. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
6. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See, Scribner, $27, 9781501154829
7. The Shadow Land
Elizabeth Kostova, Ballantine, $28, 9780345527868
8. Exit West
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26, 9780735212176
9. Earthly Remains
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802126474
10. Wintering
Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101946466
11. A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062356260
12. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201
13. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
14. The Lost Order
Steve Berry, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250056252
15. American War
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $26.95, 9780451493583
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hallelujah Anyway
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780735213586
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
3. Wealth Can't Wait
David Osborn, Paul Morris, Greenleaf, $22.95, 9781626344198
4. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
5. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
6. Old School
Bill O'Reilly, Bruce Feirstein, Holt, $27, 9781250135797
7. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
8. The Stranger in the Woods
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101875681
9. The Moth Presents All These Wonders
Catherine Burns (Ed.), Crown Archetype, $25, 9781101904404
10. The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
11. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
12. Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $18, 9781455570249
13. A Colony in a Nation
Chris Hayes, Norton, $26.95, 9780393254228
14. An American Sickness
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Penguin Press, $28, 9781594206757
15. Prince Charles
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $32, 9781400067909
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
2. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
3. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
4. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
5. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957
6. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
7. Larose
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062277039
8. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
9. All the Missing Girls
Megan Miranda, S&S, $16, 9781501107979
10. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062414229
11. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
12. Kitchens of the Great Midwest
J.Ryan Stradal, Penguin, $16, 9780143109419
13. The Excellent Lombards
Jane Hamilton, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455564200
14. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16, 9780345807298
15. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
2. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
3. Strong Is the New Pretty
Kate T. Parker, Workman, $17.95, 9780761189138
4. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
5. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
6. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724
7. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
8. The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17, 9780399563126
9. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
10. Listen, Liberal
Thomas Frank, Picador USA, $17, 9781250118134
11. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
12. The War on Science
Shawn Lawrence Otto, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313539
13. Secondhand Time
Svetlana Alexievich, Random House, $20, 9780399588822
14. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143129677
15. Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $15.99, 9781250077028
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
3. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9781101886038
6. The Shack
Wm. Paul Young, Windblown Media, $9.99, 9781455567614
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
9. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
10. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Baby Bunny
Yu-Hsuan Huang, Chronicle, $6.99, 9781452156095
3. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399547331
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Colors
Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.99, 9780451533470
6. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
7. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
8. Fancy Nancy and the Missing Easter Bunny
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (, HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780062377920
9. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452152165
10. Feminist Baby
Loryn Brantz, Disney/Hyperion, $12.99, 9781484778586
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. 13 Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9780451478290
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316013697
6. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9780553496673
7. Laugh-Out-Loud Awesome Jokes for Kids
Rob Elliott, Harper, $4.99, 9780062497956
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. Book Scavenger
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Square Fish, $7.99, 9781250079800
10. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
Jennifer Donnelly, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781484780985
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439064873
4. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
6. The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, Book One)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423113461
7. Eva and the New Owl (Owl Diaries #4)
Rebecca Elliott, Scholastic, $4.99, 9780545825597
8. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
9. Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I)
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780062024701
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947