Hardcover

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Indie Bestsellers

FICTION NONFICTION

Midwest Connections Pick“So delicately calibrated and precisely beautiful that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What powerful tension and depth this provides!” — Aimee Bender

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. Norse MythologyNeil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95

2. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95

3. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99

4. Universal HarvesterJohn Darnielle, FSG, $25

5. History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25

6. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

7. MoonglowMichael Chabon, Harper, $28.99

8. The RefugeesViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25

9. Difficult WomenRoxane Gay, Grove Press, $25

10. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $27

11. Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99

12. Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95

13. The WhistlerJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

14. 4 3 2 1Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50

15. Homesick for Another World Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $26

1. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $27.992. The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.953. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $254. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy LivingMeik Wiking, Morrow, $19.995. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $256. The Book of JoyThe Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $267. Thank You for Being LateThomas L. Friedman, FSG, $288. Killing the Rising SunBill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $309. The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection Louisa Thomsen Brits, Plume, $2210. Born a CrimeTrevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $2811. Hero of the EmpireCandice Millard, Doubleday, $3012. Tears We Cannot StopMichael Eric Dyson, St. Martin’s, $24.9913. Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White Michael Tisserand, Harper, $3514. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Lydia Reeder, Algonquin, $26.9515. The Princess DiaristCarrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26

Midwest Connections Pick“Goldbarth belongs by rights to the company of Amer-ica’s premiere literary essayists, somewhere between Annie Dillard and David Foster Wallace.” --Publishers Weekly

Paperback

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. It Can’t Happen Here Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.993. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.994. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.995. Hiroshima John Hersey, Vintage, $7.956. Killing Floor Lee Child, Jove, $9.997. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee, Signet, $7.998. Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $9.999. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.9910. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $9.99

Mass Market

FICTION

Midwest Connections Pick“A rollicking great read that careens between funny and poignant, intimate and epic, action-packed and roman-tic. And like the best historical fiction, its themes are as contemporary as breaking news.” -- Michael Punke, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant

NONFICTION

1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood, Anchor Books, $15.953. A Dog’s PurposeW. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.994. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.995. Britt-Marie Was HereFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $166. The SelloutPaul Beatty, Picador USA, $167. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $168. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $169. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $1610. My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $1611. The WidowFiona Barton, Berkley, $1612. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick, Mira, $15.9913. Everybody’s FoolRichard Russo, Vintage, $16.9514. Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.9915. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16

1. Hidden FiguresMargot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.992. March: Book One John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $14.95

3. The Trump Survival GuideGene Stone, Dey Street, $9.994. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $205. Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.996. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.957. I Am Not Your Negro James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $158. March: Book Two John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.95

9. What We Do NowDennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.9910. March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.99

11. Dark MoneyJane Mayer, Anchor, $1712. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $1613. We Should All Be FeministsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.9514. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $1715. The Constitution of the United States, with Index, and the Declaration of Independence National Center for Constitutional Studies, $1.50

for the week ending 2/12/2017

Children’s

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 2/12/2017

Children’s Series Titles1. Dog Man Unleashed Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.992. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.953. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.994. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.995. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter) J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.996. The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie) Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.997. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.998. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.999. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.9910. The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation Shannon Hale, Candlewick, $14.99

ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.992. A is for ActivistInnosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.993. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her MarkDebbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.994. Baby Faces Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.955. Love From the Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.996. Baby Peekaboo Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.957. Mother Bruce Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.998. Llama Llama I Love YouAnna Dewdney, Viking, $5.999. The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats, Viking, $19.9910. All the World Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99

Midwest Connections Pick

“It’s a sweet, but never saccharine, tale of family—and so cozy in every possible way that readers will want to return to it again and again. Pair it with your best hot cocoa recipe. Read. Repeat.” —BookPage

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE

1. The Girl Who Drank the MoonKelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.952. WonderR.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.993. Hidden Figures (Young Readers’ Edition)Margot Lee Shetterly, Harper, $7.994. Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai, Harper, $7.995. The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak, Knopf, $12.996. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.997. Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.998. The Sun Is Also a StarNicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.999. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $6.9910. Frog and Toad Storybook Treasury Arnold Lobel, Harper, $11.99

Midwest Connections Pick“This novel touches on sensitive and tragic moments in history and gives them fantastical remediation for a provocative, immersive read.” — Kirkus Reviews

Fiction

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for the week ending 2/12/2017Midwest Indie Bestsellers

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

Midwest Connections Pick“So delicately calibrated and precisely beautiful that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What powerful tension and depth this provides!” — Aimee Bender

Midwest Connections Pick“A twist-filled psychological suspense novel exploring the nature of good, evil, duplicity, obsession, love and the power of past decisions.” --Huffington Post

1. Norse MythologyNeil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95

2. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95

3. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99

4. Universal HarvesterJohn Darnielle, FSG, $25

5. History of Wolves Emily Fridlund, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25

6. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

7. MoonglowMichael Chabon, Harper, $28.99

8. The RefugeesViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25

9. Difficult WomenRoxane Gay, Grove Press, $25

10. Pachinko Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $27

11. Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99

12. Wintering Peter Geye, Knopf, $26.95

13. The WhistlerJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

14. 4 3 2 1Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50

15. Homesick for Another World Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $26

1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood, Anchor Books, $15.953. A Dog’s PurposeW. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.994. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.995. Britt-Marie Was HereFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $166. The SelloutPaul Beatty, Picador USA, $167. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $168. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s SorryFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $169. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $1610. My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $1611. The WidowFiona Barton, Berkley, $1612. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick, Mira, $15.9913. Everybody’s FoolRichard Russo, Vintage, $16.9514. Still Life Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.9915. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16

Nonfiction

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 2/12/2017

1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. It Can’t Happen Here Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.993. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.994. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.995. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.996. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, Penguin, $117. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.998. Murder Wears White Stephanie Blackmoore, Kensington, $7.999. Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.9910. This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald, Signet, $6.95

Mass Market

PAPERBACKHARDCOVER

Midwest Connections Pick“Goldbarth belongs by rights to the company of Amer-ica’s premiere literary essayists, somewhere between Annie Dillard and David Foster Wallace.” --Publishers Weekly

1. Hillbilly ElegyJ.D. Vance, Harper, $27.992. The Hidden Life of TreesPeter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.953. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $254. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy LivingMeik Wiking, Morrow, $19.995. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $256. The Book of JoyThe Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $267. Thank You for Being LateThomas L. Friedman, FSG, $288. Killing the Rising SunBill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $309. The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection Louisa Thomsen Brits, Plume, $2210. Born a CrimeTrevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $2811. Hero of the EmpireCandice Millard, Doubleday, $3012. Tears We Cannot StopMichael Eric Dyson, St. Martin’s, $24.9913. Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White Michael Tisserand, Harper, $3514. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Lydia Reeder, Algonquin, $26.9515. The Princess DiaristCarrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26

1. Hidden FiguresMargot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.992. March: Book One John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $14.95

3. The Trump Survival GuideGene Stone, Dey Street, $9.994. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $205. Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.996. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Sun Yung Shin (Ed.), Minnesota Historical Society Press, $18.957. I Am Not Your Negro James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $158. March: Book Two John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.95

9. What We Do NowDennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.9910. March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.99

11. Dark MoneyJane Mayer, Anchor, $1712. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $1613. We Should All Be FeministsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.9514. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $1715. The Constitution of the United States, with Index, and the Declaration of Independence National Center for Constitutional Studies, $1.50