The Mountains and Plains Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and MPIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 15, 2024. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205 2. The Life Impossible Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277 3. Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096 4. The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633 5. Here One Moment Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30, 9780593798607 6. The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 7. Burn Peter Heller, Knopf, $28, 9780593801628 8. Creation Lake Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 9. All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 10. James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 11. By Any Other Name Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593497210 12. The Full Moon Coffee Shop Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), Ballantine Books, $23, 9780593726822 13. Death at the Sign of the Rook Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385547994 14. There Are Rivers in the Sky Elif Shafak, Knopf, $30, 9780593801710 15. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 2. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744 4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 5. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine Daniel J. Levitin, W. W. Norton & Company, $32.50, 9781324036180 6. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030 7. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore Evan Friss, Viking, $30, 9780593299920 8. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060 9. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058 10. Lovely One: A Memoir Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35, 9780593729908 11. Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $21.95, 9780807020432 12. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $35, 9781250346414 13. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047 14. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013 15. Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future Jason Stanley, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668056912 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 3. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 4. The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 5. The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 6. Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943 7. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 8. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064 9. It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960 10. Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $17.99, 9781982104504 11. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228 12. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 13. A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707 14. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032 15. The Mountain in the Sea Ray Nayler, Picador, $19, 9781250872272 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 3. The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739 4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 5. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 6. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 7. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 10. Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933 11. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $20, 9780525510321 12. The Happy Hustle Version 2.0: 10 Alignments To Avoid Burnout & Achieve Blissful Balance Cary Jack, Storybuilders Press, $15.99, 9781954521513 13. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon Melissa L. Sevigny, W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324076117 14. Conversations with Birds Priyanka Kumar, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781639550807 15. Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088 MASS MARKET 1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 2. Hyperion Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686 3. The Shining Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657 4. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 5. Mistborn: Secret History Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $13.99, 9781250859143 6. Words of Radiance Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286 7. Foundation Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357 8. The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald, Signet, $6.5, 9780593201060 9. The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815 10. Carrie Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664 CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 1. How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980 2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 3. Bluey's Halloween Mix-and-Match Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593752838 4. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 5. Bedtime Blitz! Matthew Van Fleet, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $24.99, 9781665958295 6. Mousetronaut Saves the World: Based on a (Partially) True Story Mark Kelly, C.F. Payne (Illus.), Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781665910224 7. Room on the Broom Special Edition Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926 8. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 9. That's Not My Pumpkin... Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells (Illus.), Usborne, $10.99, 9781805075141 10. Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 CHILDREN'S INTEREST 1. Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 2. Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition) Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381 3. Celestial Monsters Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250822086 4. The One and Only Family Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123 5. Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 6. A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062995964 7. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062498540 8. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 9. Pearl (A Graphic Novel) Sherri L. Smith, Christine Norrie (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338029420 10. Swim School: A Bluey Storybook Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791 CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 1. The Wild Robot Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097 2. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435 3. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741087 4. The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402 5. The Wild Robot Protects Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412 6. The Wild Robot Escapes Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264 7. The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (The First Cat in Space, #2) Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $11.99, 9780063084124 8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477 9. Mac Undercover (Mac B., Kid Spy, #1) Mac Barnett, Mike Lowery (Illus.), Orchard Books, $12.99, 9781338143591 10. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 4 (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368071123