Trade Paperback Fiction
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Paperback Fiction | ||
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A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 |
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Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431 |
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A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 |
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The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 |
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The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 |
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Happy Place Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441190 |
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It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960 |
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933 |
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The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 |
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 |
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Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957 |
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 |
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Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 |
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Bride Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593550403 |
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032 |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Paperback Nonfiction | ||
| 1 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560 |
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 |
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 |
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 |
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All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 |
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 |
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 |
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 |
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593512302 |
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Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553 |
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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791 |
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 |
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120 |
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The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 |
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220 |
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Hardcover Fiction
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction | ||
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The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 |
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James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 |
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Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282 |
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 |
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Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 |
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Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 |
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 |
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Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635 |
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The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918 |
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House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $32.00, 9781635574104 |
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Table for Two: Fictions Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370 |
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All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265 |
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North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $29.00, 9780593597033 |
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The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145 |
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Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction | ||
| 1 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 |
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 |
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 |
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 |
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The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 |
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 |
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240 |
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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663 |
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 |
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895 |
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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.50, 9780316572064 |
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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 |
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The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461 |
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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060 |
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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598 |
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Early & Middle Grade Readers
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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The One and Only Family Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123 |
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The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908 |
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96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076 |
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Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558 |
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The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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Swim School: A Bluey Storybook Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791 |
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Young Adult
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 |
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Ruthless Vows Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250857453 |
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Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919 |
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Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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Reckless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430 |
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The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley, Square Fish, $14.99, 9781250866035 |
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Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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Legendborn (Indies Introduce) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613 |
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The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 |
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Children's Illustrated
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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Buffalo Fluffalo Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530 |
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Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 |
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Where's Bluey? Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593385692 |
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Bluey: The Pool Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685 |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707 |
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 |
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Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228 |
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Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698 |
Children's Series
2024 Indie Bestsellers Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through December 1, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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The Wild Robot Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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I Survived Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember |
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Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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InvestiGators John Patrick Green, First Second |