The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 24, 2014. Based on reporting from the 
independent booksellers of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers 
Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit 
IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385352109
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
3. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
4. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
5. Painted Horses
Malcolm Brooks, Grove Press, $26, 9780802121646
6. Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385538138
7. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432
8. We Are Not Ourselves
Matthew Thomas, S&S, $28, 9781476756660
9. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792
10. Bittersweet
Colleen McCullough, S&S, $26, 9781476755410
11. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
12. Sweetness #9
Stephan Eirik Clark, Little Brown, $26, 9780316278751
13. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
14. The Heist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
15. Adultery
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101874080
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
3. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton,  $27.95, 9780525954187
4. One Nation
Ben Carson M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595231123
5. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
6. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631
7. America
Dinesh D'Souza, Regnery, $29.99, 9781621572039
8. Soldier Girls
Helen Thorpe, Scribner, $28, 9781451668100
9. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
10. Tibetan Peach Pie
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062267405
11. Elephant Company
Vicki Croke, Random House, $28, 9781400069330
12. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
13. Shadows in the Vineyard
Maximillian Potter, Twelve, $27, 9781455516100
14. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
15. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371
2. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662
4. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846
5. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
7. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265
8. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545
9. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329
10. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853
11. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
12. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389
13. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
14. We Are Water
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061941030
15. Sweet Thunder
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632761
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16, 9780812974492
2. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
3. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
4. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
5. The Emerald Mile
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $17, 9781439159866
6. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
7. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389
8. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
9. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
10. Wildflowers of Colorado Field Guide
Don Mammoser, Adventure, $16.95, 9781591931614
11. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
12. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
13. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17, 9780316154703
14. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712
15. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Colorado
Ted Floyd, Scott & Nix, Inc., $24.95, 9781935622437
 
MASS MARKET
1. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
2. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789
6. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543240
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345514400
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
7. Frozen (Little Golden Book)
Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430517
8. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
9. Good Night Colorado
Adam Gamble, Bill Mackey, Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190559
10. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
2. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
4. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan, John Rocco (Illus.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781423183648
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
6. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
8. Where She Went
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780142420898
9. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
10. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 
1. Four: A Divergent Collection
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062345219
2. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062289858
3. The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, Book 2)
James Dashner, Ember, $9.99, 9780385738767
4. Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062024060
5. Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024046
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
7. Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus (Origami Yoda)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419709333
8. The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, Book 3)
James Dashner, Delacorte, $9.99, 9780385738781
9. Return of the Padawan (Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Book 2)
Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545621250
10. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $4.99, 9780679824114