Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

November 5, 2024

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Grey Wolf- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
2. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
3. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
5. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
6. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
7. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
8. The Blue Hour- Debut
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063396524
9. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
10. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
11. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
12. The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481
13. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
14. Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30, 9780374616595
15. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
3. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
5. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
6. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
7. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
8. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
10. Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26, 9780593729960
11. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
12. Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707
13. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
14. Justine Cooks: A Cookbook: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen- Debut
Justine Doiron, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780593582305
15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
2. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
3. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
4. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
5. The Berry Pickers- Debut
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
8. The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678
9. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
10. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
11. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
12. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
13. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
14. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
15. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
8. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
9. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
10. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
11. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
12. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
13. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359
14. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994
15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
3. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
6. The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
7. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
8. Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545
9. Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet
Geo Rutherford, Harry N. Abrams, $24.99, 9781419770531
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
11. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
12. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
13. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941
14. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
15. Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles!
Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364

YOUNG ADULT

1. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
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. Don't Let the Forest In- Debut
CG Drews, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250895660
5. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
6. Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
7. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
8. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A LOVE Story
Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665961271
9. When the World Tips Over
Jandy Nelson, Dial Books, $21.99, 9780525429098
10. Compound Fracture
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121
11. For She Is Wrath- Debut
Emily Varga, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250877383
12. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
13. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
14. Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381
15. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
5. Construction Site: A Thankful Night- Debut
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552
8. The Crayons Give Thanks- Debut
Drew Daywalt (Illus.), Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593690574
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
10. Room on the Broom Special Edition
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926
11. The Most Boring Book Ever
Brandon Sanderson, Kazu Kibuishi (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250843661
12. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
13. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
14. Santa's First Christmas- Debut
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
15. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Abrams
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
4. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
8. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick