Trade Paperback Fiction
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Trade Paperback Fiction | ||
| 1. |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933 |
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| 2. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780593540480 |
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| 3. |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 |
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| 4. |
Verity Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736 |
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| 5. |
Book Lovers Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836 |
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| 6. |
Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 |
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| 7. |
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 |
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| 8. |
People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758 |
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| 9. |
It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226 |
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| 10. |
Ugly Love Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188 |
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| 11. |
The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 |
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| 12. |
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295 |
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| 13. |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987 |
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| 14. |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569 |
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| 15. |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Trade 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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| 2. |
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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| 3. |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 |
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| 4. |
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231 |
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| 5. |
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Crown, $20.00, 9780385348737 |
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| 6. |
Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title) Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528 |
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| 7. |
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321 |
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| 8. |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 |
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| 9. |
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 |
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| 10. |
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780679729778 |
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| 11. |
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797212272 |
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| 12. |
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18.00, 9780399588600 |
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| 13. |
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525565994 |
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| 14. |
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431 |
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| 15. |
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 |
Hardcover Fiction
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction | ||
| 1. |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 |
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| 2. |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474 |
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| 3. |
Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25.00, 9780593321447 |
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| 4. |
Horse Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969 |
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| 5. |
The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles, Viking, $30.00, 9780735222359 |
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| 6. |
Fairy Tale Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179 |
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| 7. |
The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057 |
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| 8. |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 |
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| 9. |
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982168438 |
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| 10. |
Call Us What We Carry: Poems Amanda Gorman, Viking, $24.99, 9780593465066 |
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| 11. |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 |
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| 12. |
Time Is a Mother Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24.00, 9780593300237 |
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| 13. |
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780593492543 |
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| 14. |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30.00, 9780307268990 |
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| 15. |
Carrie Soto Is Back Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593158685 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction | ||
| 1. |
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 |
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| 2. |
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553 |
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| 3. |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 |
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| 4. |
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 |
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| 5. |
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38.00, 9780593230572 |
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| 6. |
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316392457 |
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| 7. |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 |
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| 8. |
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465 |
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| 9. |
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35.00, 9780374157357 |
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| 10. |
Taste: My Life Through Food Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982168018 |
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| 11. |
Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984822789 |
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| 12. |
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780525537113 |
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| 13. |
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099 |
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| 14. |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $30.00, 9780593133231 |
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| 15. |
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35.00, 9780679406419 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324 |
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| 2. |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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| 3. |
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087 |
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| 4. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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| 5. |
Odder Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424 |
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| 6. |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 7. |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 8. |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 9. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 |
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| 10. |
New Kid: A Graphic Novel Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 11. |
Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 12. |
A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943 |
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| 13. |
The Last Cuentista Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140893 |
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| 14. |
The Ogress and the Orphans Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $19.95, 9781643750743 |
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| 15. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
Young Adult
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Young Adult | ||
| 1. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 2. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 4. |
Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564 |
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| 5. |
I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451 |
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| 6. |
Gallant V.E. Schwab, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062835772 |
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| 7. |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780525555278 |
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| 8. |
The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574 |
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| 9. |
Family of Liars E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859 |
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| 10. |
Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934 |
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| 11. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613 |
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| 12. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 13. |
I Must Betray You Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9781984836038 |
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| 14. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 15. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $14.99, 9780062498540 |
Children's Illustrated
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 2. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 3. |
Creepy Crayon! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886 |
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| 4. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 5. |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 6. |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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| 7. |
Woodland Dance! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687 |
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| 8. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 9. |
The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861 |
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| 10. |
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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| 11. |
Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228 |
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| 12. |
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274 |
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| 13. |
Disney Encanto Little Golden Book Naibe Reynoso (Adapt.), Alejandro Mesa (Illus.), Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736442350 |
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| 14. |
Bluey: The Pool Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685 |
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| 15. |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
Children's Series
2022 Indie Bestseller Highlights
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 27, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 2. |
Heartstopper Alice Oseman, Graphix |
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| 3. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 4. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 5. |
The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 6. |
Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 7. |
Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 8. |
Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 9. |
Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 10. |
I Survived Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |