Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association


Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

Regional Indie Bestsellers List

Week Ending Sunday, December 11, 2016   

 

 

The Mountains & Plains Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and MPIBA, for the week ending Sunday, December 11, 2016. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

 


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Hardcover Fiction
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
2. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
3. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
4. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
5. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
6. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201
7. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
8. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
9. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27, 9780316403436
10. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
11. The Spy
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22, 9781524732066
12. The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories
P.D. James, Knopf, $24, 9780451494146
13. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
14. El Paso
Winston Groom, Liveright, $27.95, 9781631492242
15. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
 
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
3. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
4. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
5. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
7. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
8. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
9. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26, 9781594206702
10. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
11. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
12. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30, 9780385535731
13. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
14. The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History
Chris Smith, Grand Central, $30, 9781455565382
15. Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders, Thomas Dunne Books, $27, 9781250132925
 
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
3. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
4. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
5. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
6. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
7. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
8. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16, 9780812979527
9. The Best American Short Stories 2016
Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544582897
10. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15, 9781101911921
11. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
12. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
13. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634482
14. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
15. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17, 9781501106484
 
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
2. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
3. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
4. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
5. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
6. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
7. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
8. Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest
Lesley Poling-Kempes, University of Arizona Press, $24.95, 9780816524945
9. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $18, 9781439159866
10. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
11. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18, 9780812983418
12. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177
13. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2017
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572050
14. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
15. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634727
 
Mass Market
1. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
8. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
9. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
10. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
 
Children's Illustrated
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790
2. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Harcourt, $19.99, 9780544580145
3. Gingerbread Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $18.99, 9780399170713
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
6. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Harcourt, $14.99, 9780544320413
7. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780385384742
8. Duck on a Tractor
David Shannon, Blue Sky Press, $16.99, 9780545619417
9. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking, $6.99, 9780670867332
10. What Do You Do With an Idea?
Kobi Yamada, Mae Besom (Illus.), Compendium, $16.95, 9781938298073
 
Children's Interest
1. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
2. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
3. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
4. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750
5. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
6. The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illus.), Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316389556
7. Heartless
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250044655
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
9. Odd and the Frost Giants
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062567956
10. When the Sea Turned to Silver
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316125925
 
Children's Fiction Series Titles
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338109061
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545791328
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (2015)
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545790352
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.99, 9781594749025
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
9. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160922
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $8.99, 978031600395