The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, September 17, 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. A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780735225114
2. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
3. My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent, Riverhead, $27, 9780735211179
4. Glass Houses
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066190
5. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Viking, $36, 9780525954972
6. Camino Island
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385543026
7. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292
8. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494320
9. Y Is for Yesterday
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29, 9780399163852
10. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26, 9780425284681
11. The Western Star
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28, 9780525426950
12. Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26, 9781501126062
13. The Golden House
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.99, 9780399592805
14. Enemy of the State
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria, $28.99, 9781476783512
15. The Burning Girl
Claire Messud, Norton, $25.95, 9780393635027
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30, 9781501175565
2. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brene Brown, Random House, $28, 9780812995848
3. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
4. Make Your Bed
William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $18, 9781455570249
5. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
6. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Katy Tur, Dey Street, $26.99, 9780062684929
7. Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright, S&S, $27, 9781439195451
8. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Twelve, $28, 9781455540419
9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
10. Ask Dr. Nandi
Partha Nandi, North Star Way, $26, 9781501156816
11. Fantasyland
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30, 9781400067213
12. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
13. The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline
Dale Bredesen, Avery, $27, 9780735216204
14. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316154727
15. Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South
Vivian Howard, Little Brown, $40, 9780316381109
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION  
1. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781501175466
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
3. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
4. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957
5. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
6. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
7. If the Creek Don't Rise
Leah Weiss, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492647454
8. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143121169
9. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400
10. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $17, 9780143111641
11. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
12. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250132369
13. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
14. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
15. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $16.99, 9781250069801
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17, 9781501171581
2. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229
3. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
4. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17, 9781632864130
5. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
6. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724
7. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
8. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
9. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143129677
10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9780804190107
11. Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray, Melville House Publishing, $16.99, 9781612197036
12. Mindfulness on the Go
Jan Chozen Bays, Shambhala, $8.95, 9781611801705
13. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9780735220782
14. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
15. The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20, 9781101912379
 
MASS MARKET
1. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
7. The Whistler
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967683
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Mermaid
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170720
2. Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781442402980
3. Sarabella's Thinking Cap
Judy Schachner, Dial, $17.99, 9780525429180
4. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
6. Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781481497671
7. Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brigette Barrager (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9781101936597
8. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373
9. Princesses Wear Pants
Savannah Guthrie, Allison Oppenheim, Eva Byrne (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419726033
10. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
2. Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $10.99, 9780142423622
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
4. Warcross
Marie Lu, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399547966
5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
6. Refugee
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545880831
7. All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780525429999
8. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
10. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
3. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316355896
4. Big Nate: A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449462307
5. Who Was Alexander Hamilton? (Who Was...? Series)
Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Dede Putra (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $5.99, 9780399544279
6. Serafina and the Splintered Heart (Serafina Book 3)
Robert Beatty, Disney/Hyperion, $16.99, 9781484775042
7. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
8. The 13-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books)
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250070654
9. Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth (I Can Read! Series)
James Dean, Harper, $3.99, 9780062675187
10. Ghost (Track, Book 1)
Jason Reynolds, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781481450164