The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List, as brought to you by
IndieBound and MIBA, for the week ended Sunday, February 2, 2025. Based on 
reporting from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers
Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
3. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
5. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
6. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
7. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30, 9780593548981
8. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
9. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
10. Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
11. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
13. Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
14. The Briar Club
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $28.99, 9780063244740
15. We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28, 9780593595459
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
3. The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538710500
4. The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593653111
5. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26, 9780593803899
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
8. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
9. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
10. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28, 9780593539217
11. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32, 9780593541678
12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
14. Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35, 9781250859990
15. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin, Chronicle Books, $24.95, 9781797215884
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
2. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
3. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
4. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
5. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
6. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
7. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
8. The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
10. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
11. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
12. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319
13. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
14. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
15. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden, Del Rey, $19, 9780593128275
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18, 9780735225282
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092
7. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593449240
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
9. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
H.W. Brands, Vintage, $22, 9780593469033
10. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
11. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
14. American Bulk: Essays on Excess
Emily Mester, W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324035237
15. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477543
10. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
2. Chooch Helped
Andrea L. Rogers, Rebecca Lee Kunz (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646144549
3. Little Love Songs
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $14.99, 9781665952620
4. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
7. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
9. We Found a Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $10.99, 9781536217025
10. Llama Llama I Love You
Anna Dewdney, Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780451469816
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly, Greenwillow Books, $19.99, 9780063337312
3. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
4. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
5. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
6. Scattergood
H.M. Bouwman, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823457755
7. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
8. Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2025
Guinness World Records, $15.99, 9781913484538
9. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
10. National Geographic Kids Almanac 2025
National Geographic Kids, $15.99, 9781426376023
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
2. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
4. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
6. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781442472433
7. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Leuyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
8. InvestiGators: Class Action
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250849908
9. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
10. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624