The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 18, 2019. 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
3. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
4. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
5. The Bitterroots
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250051059
6. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861
7. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
8. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746
9. Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250047328
10. The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188770
11. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
12. The River
Peter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525521877
13. An American Sunrise: Poems
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25.95, 9781324003861
14. Thirteen
Steve Cavanagh, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250297600
15. A Dangerous Man
Robert Crais, Putnam, $28, 9780525535683
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
3. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292
4. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
6. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
7. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
8. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264
9. Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard, S&S, $35, 9781476775388
10. Everything Is F*cked
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062888433
11. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
12. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Billy Jensen, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781492685852
13. Make Your Bed
William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $20, 9781455570249
14. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057
15. Travel Light, Move Fast
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594206740
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643
3. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
7. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
8. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
9. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
10. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
11. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
12. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
14. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
15. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
4. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
5. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
6. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
7. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
8. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
9. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
10. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
11. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
12. God Save Texas
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525435907
13. How to See
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781946764331
14. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
15. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
5. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
9. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
2. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. If I Built a School
Chris Van Dusen, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780525552918
6. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Maddie Frost, Workman, $5.95, 9781523505111
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
8. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
10. Welcome, Baby
Stephan Lomp, Workman, $5.95, 9781523501236
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
3. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
4. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
5. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
7. Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316013697
9. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
10. Restart
Gordon Korman, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338053807
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
2. The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781338214512
3. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781442472433
4. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book 1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $6.99, 9780545349239
5. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250076960
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
7. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
8. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Marissa Meyer, Square Fish, $9.99, 9781250007209
9. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576
10. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (Narwhal and Jelly, #1)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9781101918715