Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 3, 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. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
2. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
3. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
6. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
8. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
9. The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063396524
10. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
11. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227
12. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
13. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
14. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
15. Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30, 9780593798607
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. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
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. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
8. Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26, 9780593729960
9. Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593655115
10. Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707
11. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
13. Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40, 9781510782693
14. Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9780593836323
15. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32, 9780593728727
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
4. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
5. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
6. The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
8. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
9. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
10. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
11. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
12. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $19, 9780525558989
13. The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678
14. The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008641580
15. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
3. An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2025
Susan Gail Johnson (Ed.), Abbeville Press, $12.95, 9780789254719
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
5. Mysticism
Simon Critchley, New York Review Books, $18.95, 9781681378244
6. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
9. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19, 9780593139028
10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
11. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
12. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
13. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994
14. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21, 9780593230275
15. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
3. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
4. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
8. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781501157516
9. Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
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. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
4. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
5. Little Witch Cat: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797228105
6. Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552
7. Thanksgiving Friends
Tammi Salzano, Seb Braun (Illus.), Tiger Tales, $7.99, 9781664351158
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
10. The Crayons Give Thanks
Drew Daywalt (Illus.), Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593690574
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
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. Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole (Detective Duck #2)
Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, Dan Santat (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766817
4. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
5. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
6. Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545
7. Detective Duck: The Case of the Strange Splash (Detective Duck #1)
Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, Dan Santat (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419755132
8. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
9. The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues
Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell (Illus.), Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593533260
10. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A LOVE Story
Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665961271
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
2. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
3. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
4. Spy School Goes Wild
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665934770
5. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412
6. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
7. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book 2)
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896438
8. Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #16)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835557
9. InvestiGators: Class Action
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250849908
10. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA)
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)