2015 Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction  
1. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15.00, 9781101903582
 
2. Euphoria
Lily King, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802123701
 
3. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20.00, 9780316055444
 
4. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
 
5. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95, 9780804172448
 
6. Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101946343
 
7. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616204518
 
8. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786
 
9. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
 
10. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
 
11. Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143127550
 
12. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $14.99, 9780060935467
 
13. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16.00, 9780425267721
 
14. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143121701
 
15. Leaving Time
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780345544940
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Nonfiction  
1. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471
 
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101873441
 
3. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16.00, 9780812987119
 
4. The Mindfulness Coloring Book
Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95, 9781615192823
 
5. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062376336
 
6. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.00, 9780316204378
 
7. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay, $16.00, 9780316322423
 
8. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250062185
 
9. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
 
10. 10% Happier
Dan Harris, Dey Street, $15.99, 9780062265432
 
11. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
 
12. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695
 
13. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15.00, 9780399161940
 
14. What the Dog Knows
Cat Warren, Touchstone, $16.00, 9781451667325
 
15. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062218346
 


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Hardcover Fiction



2015 Indie Betsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction  
1. Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee, Harper, $27.99, 9780062409850
 
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476746586
 
3. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669
 
4. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
 
5. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385354288
 
6. A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101874271
 
7. The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271037
 
8. Purity
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28.00, 9780374239213
 
9. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539432
 
10. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780345534187
 
11. In the Unlikely Event
Judy Blume, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101875049
 
12. Make Me
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178778
 
13. Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062330260
 
14. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Crown, $25.00, 9780553418774
 
15. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Knopf, $24.00, 9781101875896
 


Reprint Guidelines.

Hardcover Nonfiction



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction  
1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
 
2. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Crown, $28.00, 9780307408860
 
3. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781476728742
 
4. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 9780805095159
 
5. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24.00, 9780812993547
 
6. H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802123411
 
7. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993257
 
8. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
 
9. Yes Please
Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99, 9780062268341
 
10. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594206276
 
11. Killing Reagan
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627792417
 
12. Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096682
 
13. The Motivation Manifesto
Brendon Burchard, Hay House, $19.99, 9781401948078
 
14. M Train
Patti Smith, Knopf, $25.00, 9781101875100
 
15. What If?
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24.00, 9780544272996
 


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
 
2. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780061992278
 
3. The Isle of the Lost
Melissa de la Cruz, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484720974
 
4. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
5. Minecraft: Construction Handbook
Matthew Needler, Phil Southam, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545823258
 
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
7. Minecraft: Combat Handbook
Stephanie Milton, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545823234
 
8. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
9. El Deafo
Cece Bell, Amulet, $10.95, 9781419712173
 
10. Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99, 9780399252518
 
11. Minecraft: Essential Handbook
Stephanie Milton, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545823265
 
12. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763676711
 
13. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein, Yearling, $6.99, 9780307931474
 
14. Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142422861
 
15. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
 


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Young Adult



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1. Paper Towns
John Green, Penguin, $10.99, 9780147517654
 
2. Looking for Alaska (Special 10th Anniversary Edition)
John Green, Dutton, $19.99, 9780525428022
 
3. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160915
 
4. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
 
5. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
 
6. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews, Amulet, $9.95, 9781419719462
 
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
 
9. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530
 
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.00, 9780316013697
 
11. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $10.99, 9780142418475
 
12. A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness, Candlewick, $12.00, 9780763680817
 
13. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
 
14. Where She Went
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780142420898
 
15. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte, $17.99, 9780385741262
 


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Children's Illustrated



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1. What Pet Should I Get?
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780553524260
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
 
4. The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $18.99, 9780399172755
 
5. The Book With No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99, 9780803741713
 
6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
 
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
 
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
10. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Dan Santat, Little Brown, $17.00, 9780316199988
 
11. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547248288
 
12. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
 
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
 
15. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
 


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Children's Series



2015 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.



  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
 
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
4. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
5. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
 
7. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
 
8. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Harper
 
9. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
 
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 

 

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