Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, December 15, 2024, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
3. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
4. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
5. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
6. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
7. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
8. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
9. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
10. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
11. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
12. Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
13. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
14. Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28, 9780593801307
15. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
2. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
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. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
5. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
6. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
7. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
8. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
11. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
12. Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets
Rachel Feder, Tiffany Tatreau, Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683694748
13. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
14. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
15. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
4. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
5. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
6. Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
7. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
8. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
9. The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19, 9780593493458
10. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
11. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
12. The Christmas Tree Farm
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610746
13. The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259
14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
15. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
7. An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2025
Susan Gail Johnson (Ed.), Abbeville Press, $12.95, 9780789254719
8. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
9. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
10. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!
Danny Caine, Microcosm Publishing, $14.95, 9781648411236
11. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2025
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510780866
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
13. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
14. Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
Ann Hood (Ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324079453
15. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
MASS MARKET
1. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
4. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
7. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062693662
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
9. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
10. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
2. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
3. Where's Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
4. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
5. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
6. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
7. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
8. Cows and Holly
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $19.99, 9781665960922
9. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
10. Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
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 Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
4. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
5. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel
Christopher Lincoln, Dial Books, $13.99, 9780593617663
6. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
7. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
8. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
9. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
10. Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
3. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
4. The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063315280
5. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
6. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
7. Happy Narwhalidays (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #5)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9780735262522
8. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
9. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
10. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
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Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)