The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, December 9, 2018. 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. Kingdom of the Blind
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066206
2. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
3. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
4. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825
5. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538761571
6. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35, 9781524796280
7. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95, 9780385544238
8. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522
9. Past Tense
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593512
10. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316484800
11. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
12. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28, 9781538728529
13. Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Patti Callahan, Thomas Nelson, $25.99, 9780785224501
14. A Well-Behaved Woman
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250095473
15. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
2. The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9781984825483
3. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
4. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30, 9781476795928
5. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9780399589812
6. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
7. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30, 9780525426769
8. Whose Boat Is This Boat?
The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $14.99, 9781982121082
9. Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Andrew Roberts, Viking, $40, 9781101980996
10. Whiskey in a Teacup
Reese Witherspoon, Touchstone, $35, 9781501166273
11. Game Changers: What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life
Dave Asprey, Harper Wave, $28.99, 9780062652447
12. Fear: Trump in the White House
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781501175510
13. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
14. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30, 9780316421829
15. Cook Like a Pro
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187046
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
2. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
3. Milkman
Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000
4. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780525563761
5. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
6. Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.99, 9781328911247
7. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
8. Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday, S&S, $16, 9781501166785
9. Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks, Vintage, $16, 9781101911945
10. Scribe
Alyson Hagy, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555978181
11. The Best American Short Stories 2018
Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9780544582941
12. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
13. Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Mark Sullivan, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95, 9781503943377
14. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538
15. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
3. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
4. Instantly Southern: 85 Southern Favorites for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot
Sheri Castle, Clarkson Potter, $16.99, 9781984822475
5. Red Notice
Bill Browder, S&S, $16, 9781476755748
6. The Best American Food Writing 2018
Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328662248
7. The Last Castle
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $17, 9781476794051
8. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17, 9780735213241
9. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20, 9780812979473
10. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
11. The Great Halifax Explosion
John U. Bacon, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062666543
12. We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century
Erwin Chemerinsky, Picador, $16, 9781250166005
13. Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062464347
14. Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $22, 9781501139161
15. Code Girls
Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99, 9780316352543
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Cuban Affair
Nelson DeMille, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501101731
2. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
4. Tom Clancy Power and Empire
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215917
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
6. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $3.95, 9780553212440
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
8. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790
3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
4. The Broken Ornament
Tony DiTerlizzi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781416939764
5. Santa Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484782903
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
7. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. I Am Max
Astrid Holm, Random House Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9781524718015
10. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780385384742
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid
Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523503544
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
3. Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26, 9781984830159
4. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780064400558
5. Squirm
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780385752978
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
7. Seeing Stars: A Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations
Sara Gillingham, Phaidon Press, $24.95, 9780714877723
8. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750
9. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780525555360
10. Mary Poppins (Illustrated Gift Edition)
P.L. Travers, Julia Sarda (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9781328498847
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.95, 9781419727436
2. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
3. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99, 9781442468436
4. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210
5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338263893
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
7. Dog Man and Cat Kid
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180
8. Narwhal and Jelly (Book 1, with puppet set)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $19.99, 9780735265349
9. The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780670016617
10. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402