The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, July 4, 2021. 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. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
3. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
4. Golden Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316420082
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
6. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
7. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
8. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
10. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
11. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27, 9781982160135
12. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
13. Survive the Night
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27, 9780593183168
14. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27, 9780593101537
15. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
2. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316492935
3. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
4. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
5. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
6. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
7. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
8. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
9. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
10. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
11. Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home
Roger Bennett, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780062958693
12. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
13. Somebody's Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
15. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
7. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
9. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
11. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17, 9780525541912
12. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
13. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
14. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
15. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
3. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062248589
4. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
5. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
6. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
7. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
8. Wilmington's Lie
David Zucchino, Grove Press, $18, 9780802148650
9. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
10. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
11. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18, 9780735223035
12. The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
Sue Stuart-Smith, Scribner, $18, 9781476794488
13. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, $18.95, 9781631499050
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
15. Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
Margaret Renkl, Milkweed Editions, $16, 9781571313836
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
5. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
7. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
8. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213690
9. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
10. The Awakening
Kate Chopin, Bantam Classics, $4.95, 9780553213300
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
2. Twinkle Twinkle Little Mermaid
Janet Beaulieu, Mascot Books, $14.95, 9781643073767
3. Raya and the Last Dragon Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736441070
4. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780358412243
5. Nerdycorn
Andrew Root, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $17.99, 9781534460058
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Are You a Cheeseburger?
Monica Arnaldo, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780063003941
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
10. Good Night Sharks
Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper, Cooper Kelly (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602196636
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
2. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
3. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
5. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
6. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
7. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
8. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
9. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464
10. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
3. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
4. Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250063168
5. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433
6. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316003957
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
8. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second, $9.99, 9781250219954
9. City Spies
James Ponti, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781534414921
10. Cinder (Book One of the Lunar Chronicles)
Marissa Meyer, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250768889