Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

December 17, 2024

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
4. Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
5. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
6. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
7. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
8. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
9. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
10. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
11. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
12. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
13. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
14. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
15. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
3. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
6. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
7. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
8. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
10. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
12. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
13. Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets- Debut
Rachel Feder, Tiffany Tatreau, Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683694748
14. CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250285706
15. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
2. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
4. Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
5. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
7. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
10. The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19, 9780593493458
11. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
12. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
13. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
14. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
15. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
6. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
7. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
9. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
10. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
11. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
14. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
15. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
3. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
4. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
5. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
7. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475
8. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
9. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
10. Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
11. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
12. The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
13. Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622
14. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
15. Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28, 9780063340534

YOUNG ADULT

1. Darkly
Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558
2. Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
6. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
7. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
8. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
9. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
10. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
12. A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
13. What the River Knows
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250803375
14. Where the Library Hides
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250822994
15. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $15, 9781250356406

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
3. Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
5. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
8. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
9. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
10. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
11. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
12. Where's Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
13. Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761
14. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
15. Christmas at Hogwarts
J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao (Illus.), Scholastic, $19.99, 9781546129950

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
8. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
9. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
10. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic