The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, January 12, 2020. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers 
Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
3. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781476749297
4. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
5. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
6. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
7. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
8. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
9. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
10. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
11. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27, 9780374277789
12. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780399562488
13. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27, 9781984854780
14. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
15. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520412
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Blue Zones Kitchen
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $30, 9781426220135
2. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
3. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
4. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
5. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
6. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
7. Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $28.99, 9780062666970
8. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
10. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
11. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $26, 9781644450031
12. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
13. Whose Boat Is This Boat?
The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $14.99, 9781982121082
14. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $25.99, 9781612197494
15. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
5. Virgil Wander
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $17, 9780802147127
6. Little Women (Vintage Classics)
Louisa May Alcott, Vintage, $10, 9781984898852
7. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
8. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
9. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
10. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201
11. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
12. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
13. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
14. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
15. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
3. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
4. Classic Krakauer
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
5. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
6. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17, 9780593133934
7. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
8. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17, 9780143130086
9. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
10. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
11. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.99, 9780991331307
12. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston, Amistad, $16.99, 9780062748218
13. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20, 9781849353267
14. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
15. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight, S&S, $20, 9781416590323
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
6. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868
7. The 13-Minute Murder
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538749678
8. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
9. The Disappeared
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399573590
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Hush Hush, Forest
Mary Casanova, Nick Wroblewski (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $16.95, 9780816694259
5. All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781481431217
6. We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Michael Rosen, S&S, $7.99, 9780689815812
7. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
10. Hangry
Drew Brockington, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316559324
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142408766
3. The Kids' Book of Paper Love: Write. Craft. Play. Share.
Irene Smit, Astrid van der Hulst, Workman, $19.95, 9781523508143
4. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
5. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99, 9780156012195
6. This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
7. Clean Getaway
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781984892973
8. Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram, Penguin, $10.99, 9780525552970
9. The Deep & Dark Blue
Niki Smith, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316486019
10. Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU
Rachel Brian, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316457736
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419739033
3. The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780553510669
4. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
5. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, #2)
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $19.99, 9781250170996
6. Dog Man and Cat Kid
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935180
7. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
8. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $8.99, 9780440238133
9. Framed! (Book 1)
James Ponti, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781481436311
10. Mac Cracks the Code (Mac B., Kid Spy, #4)
Mac Barnett, Mike Lowery (Illus.), Orchard Books, $12.99, 9781338594232