The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by 
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, December 23, 2018. 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. Kingdom of the Blind
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066206
2. There There
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
3. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. Virgil Wander
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27, 9780802128782
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
7. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
8. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35, 9781524796280
9. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Viking, $28, 9780735224629
10. The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20, 9780451491336
11. Desolation Mountain
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $26, 9781501147463
12. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
13. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521426
14. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28, 9781538728529
15. The Friend
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead, $25, 9780735219441
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
2. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
3. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
4. Almost Everything
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780525537441
5. The Great Minnesota Cookie Book: Award-Winning Recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest
Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $24.95, 9781517905835
6. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30, 9781476795928
7. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9781984854278
8. Girl, Wash Your Face
Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99, 9781400201655
9. The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9781984825483
10. Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
Porter Fox, Norton, $26.95, 9780393248852
11. The Good Neighbor
Maxwell King, Abrams Press, $30, 9781419727726
12. How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
Sy Montgomery, Rebecca Green (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $20, 9780544938328
13. Calypso
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316392389
14. The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen
Sean Sherman, University of Minnesota Press, $34.95, 9780816699797
15. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
3. Hope Never Dies
Andrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $14.99, 9781683690399
4. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
5. Milkman
Anna Burns, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781644450000
6. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182
7. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780525563761
8. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
9. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
10. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
11. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234
12. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $17, 9780812985405
13. Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $17, 9781501126079
14. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
15. Future Home of the Living God
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062694065
 
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. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Caroline Fraser, Picador, $22, 9781250182487
4. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
5. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
6. Grant
Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $22, 9780143110637
7. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
8. A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities
John J. Moriarty, University of Minnesota Press, $29.95, 9781517905491
9. Code Girls
Liza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99, 9780316352543
10. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
11. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550
12. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9780525434801
13. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
14. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2019
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572227
15. American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
Nate Blakeslee, Broadway, $16, 9781101902806
 
MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
9. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
10. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fifth Edition 
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877798224
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
3. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
4. Hush Hush, Forest
Mary Casanova, Nick Wroblewski (Illus.), University of Minnesota Press, $16.95, 9780816694259
5. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780544320413
6. Construction Site on Christmas Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, A.G. Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $16.99, 9781452139111
7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790
8. Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers, Genevieve Godbout (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781328916778
9. Santa Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484782903
10. A Different Pond
Bao Phi, Thi Bui (Illus.), Capstone Young Readers, $15.95, 9781623708030
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
2. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid
Dylan Thuras, Rosemary Mosco, Joy Ang (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523503544
3. Louisiana's Way Home
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763694630
4. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
5. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $19.99, 9781492670025
6. Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $26, 9781984830159
7. Seeing Stars: A Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations
Sara Gillingham, Phaidon Press, $24.95, 9780714877723
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
10. A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader
Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick (Eds.), Enchanted Lion Books, $34.95, 9781592702282
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.95, 9781419727436
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Harry 
Potter)
J.K. Rowling, MinaLima (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338263893
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545790352
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
6. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
7. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
9. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (Narwhal and Jelly)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9781101918715
10. The Magic Misfits
Neil Patrick Harris, Lissy Marlin (Illus.), Kyle Hilton (Illus.), Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316355575