Bestselling books from Midwest Independent Bookstores
The Heartland Indie Bestseller List is brought to you by IndieBound, GLIBA, and MBA, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, the Midwest Booksellers Association, and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org .
If you have not read Laura Lippman, I recommend her to you. Well written, well plotted thrillers.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
4. Body Work
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156748
5. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272584
6. The Postcard Killers
James Patterson, Liza Marklund, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316089517
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $27.99, 9780765326355
8. Three Stations
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9780743276740
9. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $26, 9780385340854
10. Lost Empire
Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399156762
11. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $22.99, 9780765326263
12. The Red Queen
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563723
13. I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson, Graywolf, $23, 9781555975562
14. The Cobra
Frederick Forsyth, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399156809
15. I'd Know You Anywhere
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061706554
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704
2. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $23, 9781400067381
3. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $27.50, 9781416591054
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Crown, $26, 9781400052172
5. Women Food and God
Geneen Roth, Scribner, $24, 9781416543077
6. The Power
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $23.95, 9781439181782
7. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
8. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Scott Simon, Random House, $22, 9781400068494
9. Crimes Against Liberty
David Limbaugh, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596986244
10. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
11. A Journey
Tony Blair, Knopf, $35, 9780307269836
12. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659
13. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235
14. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446552448
15. Packing for Mars
Mary Roach, Norton, $25.95, 9780393068474
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546
2. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780060852580
7. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123
8. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
9. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848
10. A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771
11. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307474711
12. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990
13. A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore, Vintage, $15, 9780375708466
14. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600
15. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118428
2. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Rhoda Janzen, Holt, $14, 9780805092257
3. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
4. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
5. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
6. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
7. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097
8. Open
Andre Agassi, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307388407
9. The Living Great Lakes
Jerry Dennis, St. Martin's, $14.95, 9780312331030
10. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469
11. Awkward Family Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307592293
12. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $11, 9780143116387
13. Lit
Mary Karr, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060596996
14. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2011
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985163
15. Michigan Atlas & Gazetteer
Delorme, $19.95, 9780899333359
MASS MARKET
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307476159
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
4. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232816
5. Pursuit of Honor
Vince Flynn, Pocket, $9.99, 9781416595175
6. Ford County: Stories
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246213
7. Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $7.99, 9780441016990
8. 1022 Evergreen Place
Debbie Macomber, Mira, $7.99, 9780778328063
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425236284
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. It's a Book
Lane Smith, Roaring Brook, $12.99, 9781596436060
3. How Rocket Learned to Read
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375858994
4. Heads
Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $17.99, 9781442403796
5. City Dog, Country Frog
Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423103004
6. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
7. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink
Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99, 9780061927324
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future
Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky, $9.99, 9780545175302
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
3. Beezus and Ramona
Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99, 9780061914614
4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia
DK Publishing, $16.99, 9780756663087
5. Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments
Allen Kurzweil, A. Kurzweil, Workman, $17.95, 9780761148258
6. Beautiful OOPS!
Barney Salzberg, Workman, $11.95, 9780761157281
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316013697
8. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733077
9. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95, 9780810996168
10. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756655297
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES
1. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023511
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780439023528
3. Into the Gauntlet (The 39 Clues, #10)
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545060509
4. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023498
5. Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices, #1)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry, $19.99, 9781416975861
6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
7. The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423128199
8. Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard, Harper Teen, $8.99, 9780060887322
9. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316067935
10. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99, 9781423113386