The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List, as brought to you by
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from the independent booksellers of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association.
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
4. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
5. Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
6. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
7. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
8. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
9. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
10. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
11. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
12. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227
13. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
14. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
15. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
4. Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35, 9781250859990
5. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
6. 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
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
8. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
10. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
11. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book: 100 Best Recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest
Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $29.95, 9781517918170
12. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30, 9780593475522
13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461
14. Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
15. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
2. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
3. Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
5. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
6. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
7. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
8. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
9. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
11. The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $19.99, 9781982179229
12. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
13. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
14. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
15. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of 
Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
6. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
7. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
8. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781476773933
9. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
10. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
11. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
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. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Tim Alberta, Harper Paperbacks, $21.99, 9780063226890
15. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2025
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510780866
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
5. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
6. Murder at an Irish Christmas
Carlene O'Connor, Kensington, $8.99, 9781496719096
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. That Christmas Magic
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine Books, $9.99, 9780593496114
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
2. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
3. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
4. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
6. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
7. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
9. Where's Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
10. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
3. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475
4. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Jślia Sardą (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
5. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
6. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
7. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
8. A Rover's Story
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780063113930
9. The Puppets of Spelhorst
Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536239874
10. Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
 
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. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412
6. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Leuyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
7. Unraveled Book 9.5 (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781665967419
8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368051477
9. The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (The Bad Guys, #20)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99, 9781546111801
10. Happy Narwhalidays (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #5)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $7.99, 9780735262522