The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for 
the week ended Sunday, September 1, 2019. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. 
For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
3. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746
4. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
5. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
6. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861
7. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
8. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
9. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28, 9780316420013
10. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494344
11. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
12. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836
13. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $27, 9780525510871
14. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250110251
15. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri, Ballantine, $27, 9781984821218
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
3. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
4. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
5. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292
6. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057
7. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
8. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525521037
9. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264
10. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
11. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
12. The British Are Coming
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9781627790437
13. The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $27, 9780525576709
14. Gods of the Upper Air
Charles King, Doubleday, $30, 9780385542197
15. Underland
Robert MacFarlane, Norton, $27.95, 9780393242140
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
4. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643
5. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
7. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
9. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
10. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066
11. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
12. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913
13. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201
14. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 9780735215092
15. The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564102
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196
2. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
4. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
6. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
8. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
9. Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview
Anthony Bourdain, Melville House, $16.99, 9781612198248
10. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
11. Life in the Garden
Penelope Lively, Penguin, $16, 9780525558392
12. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
David Quammen, S&S, $18, 9781476776637
13. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador, $17, 9781250076229
14. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
15. Dopesick
Beth Macy, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316551304
 
MASS MARKET
1. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
4. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
6. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
10. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
2. Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess
Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780670016440
3. If I Built a School
Chris Van Dusen, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780525552918
4. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
8. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
2. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
3. Pumpkinheads
Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks (Illus.), First Second, $17.99, 9781626721623
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
5. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
6. Refugee
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545880831
7. Small Spaces
Katherine Arden, Puffin, $8.99, 9780525515043
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
10. Shouting at the Rain
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99, 9780399175152
 
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 Press, $16.99, 9781338214512
3. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576
4. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
5. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935173
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
7. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, Book 1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $6.99, 9780545349239
8. Just Jaime (Emmie & Friends)
Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $12.99, 9780062851062
9. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210
10. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781442472433