The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for 
the week ended Sunday, December 15, 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. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
2. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
4. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
5. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
6. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
7. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780399562488
8. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
9. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
10. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
11. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
12. Under Occupation
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9780399592300
13. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593543
14. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
15. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
2. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
3. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
4. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
5. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
6. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
7. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
8. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95, 9781452182759
9. The Book of Gutsy Women
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781501178412
10. The Yellow House: A Memoir
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
11. Guinness World Records 2020
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286836
12. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780062820693
13. Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $14.99, 9780062970701
14. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World
Ian Wright, The Experiment, $19.95, 9781615196258
15. Edison
Edmund Morris, Random House, $38, 9780812993110
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
5. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
6. The Best American Short Stories 2019
Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328484246
7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
8. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $17, 9780812971835
9. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
10. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
11. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
12. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
13. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
15. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
3. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
4. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
5. Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17, 9780143130086
6. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
7. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
8. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
9. These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
10. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393357455
11. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
12. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18, 9781476795935
15. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326
6. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
7. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
10. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
2. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376
3. The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525707752
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
5. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
6. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
7. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
10. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780544320413
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492677697
3. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
4. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
5. A Tale of Magic...
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523479
6. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
7. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
8. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
9. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
10. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 
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. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419737046
4. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, #2)
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $19.99, 9781250170996
5. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
7. The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780553510669
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $47.99, 9780545791427
9. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)
Philip Pullman, Laurel-Leaf, $8.99, 9780440238133
10. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402