The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for 
the week ended Sunday, September 8, 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213
3. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
4. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746
5. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
7. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
8. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861
9. The Grammarians
Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books, $27, 9780374280116
10. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
11. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494344
12. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
13. Quichotte
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593132982
14. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781476749297
15. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $27, 9781982106980
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West, Random House, $28, 9780812996838
3. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292
4. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
5. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
6. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
7. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
8. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
9. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057
10. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
11. Guinness World Records 2020
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286836
12. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993264
13. The British Are Coming
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9781627790437
14. Spying on the South
Tony Horwitz, Penguin Press, $30, 9781101980286
15. This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals That Will Make You Feel Better
Smith Street Books (Ed.), Smith Street Books, $14.95, 9781925811186
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
3. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
5. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
6. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
7. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
8. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913
10. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
11. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
12. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
13. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
14. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
15. The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16, 9780735223530
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
3. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
4. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196
5. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
6. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
7. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
8. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $17, 9781501133107
9. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
10. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780143111450
11. What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
12. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
13. If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Red Sox
Jerry Remy, Nick Cafardo, Triumph Books, $17.95, 9781629375458
14. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador, $17, 9781250076229
15. Into the Raging Sea
Rachel Slade, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062699879
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. Red War
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190605
6. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
7. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
9. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
10. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743477109
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
2. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514121
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
5. Bruce's Big Storm
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026222
6. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142501122
7. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
8. If I Built a School
Chris Van Dusen, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780525552918
9. Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum
Dr. Seuss, Andrew Joyner (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399559129
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
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. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
6. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
7. Camp
Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781328530820
8. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
9. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
10. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Monica Armino (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99, 9780062895936
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
2. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #7)
Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338304510
3. Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl
Ben Hatke, First Second, $14.99, 9781250191731
4. The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781338214512
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
6. Big Nate: Hug It Out!
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781524851842
7. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9781338236576
8. I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338317411
9. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
10. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883