The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, July 7, 2019. 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
3. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
4. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316420013
5. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
6. Evvie Drake Starts Over
Linda Holmes, Ballantine, $26, 9780525619246
7. Whisper Network
Chandler Baker, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250319470
8. Wanderers
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780399182105
9. Backlash
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $27.99, 9781982104030
10. Orange World and Other Stories
Karen Russell, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525656135
11. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385544252
12. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $27, 9781982106980
13. Big Sky
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316523097
14. The Gifted School
Bruce Holsinger, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780525534969
15. Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780062458711
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
3. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
4. The British Are Coming
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9781627790437
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
6. Spying on the South
Tony Horwitz, Penguin Press, $30, 9781101980286
7. Songs of America
Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw, Random House, $30, 9780593132951
8. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264
9. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947869
10. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert MacFarlane, Norton, $27.95, 9780393242140
11. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
12. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright Publishing, $27.95, 9781631494369
13. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577
14. Howard Stern Comes Again
Howard Stern, S&S, $35, 9781501194290
15. Girl, Stop Apologizing
Rachel Hollis, HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99, 9781400209606
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
2. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
3. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
4. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
6. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $16, 9780525522133
7. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
9. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
10. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
11. The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16, 9780735223530
12. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
13. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Bantam, $17, 9781984819581
14. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
15. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $17.99, 9780060853976
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Mueller Report
The Washington Post, Scribner, $15, 9781982129736
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
3. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
4. The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Andrew Lawler, Anchor, $17, 9781101974605
5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
6. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
7. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20, 9780399589829
8. My Twenty-five Years in Provence
Peter Mayle, Vintage, $16, 9781101974285
9. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
10. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
11. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
12. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
Kate Bowler, Random House, $16, 9780399592089
13. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
14. Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll (Eds.), West Virginia University Press, $28.99, 9781946684790
15. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
10. The Beach Club
Elin Hilderbrand, St. Martin's Griffin, $9.99, 9781250235657
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Maddie Frost, Workman, $5.95, 9781523505098
4. Hello, World! Ocean Life
Jill McDonald, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780525578772
5. High Five
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $19.99, 9780525428893
6. Where's Waldo? 30th Anniversary Edition
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763695798
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
8. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905
9. I'm a Narwhal
Mallory Loehr, Joey Chou (Illus.), Golden Books, $4.99, 9780525645764
10. Toy Story 4 Little Golden Book 
Josh Crute, Matt Kaufenberg (Illus.), Golden Books/Disney, $4.99, 9780736439787
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377
2. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524720193
5. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
7. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
8. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9781984849397
9. Be Prepared
Vera Brosgol, First Second, $12.99, 9781626724457
10. Refugee
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545880831
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576
2. The Bad Guys in The Big Bad Wolf (The Bad Guys, #9)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338305814
3. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein, Yearling, $7.99, 9780525580379
4. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $5.99, 9780679824114
5. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
6. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
7. Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Book 1)
Dana Simpson, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449446208
8. Big Nate: Payback Time!
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449497743
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
10. The Lost Heir Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942201