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Indie Bestsellers

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Midwest Connections Pick“Abby Geni is the absolute master of storytelling about the destructive beauty of nature and wildlife, and in The Wildlands she had my heart in my throat as she explores the battle between human and mother nature.” —Jamie Thomas, Women & Children First (Chicago, IL)

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections Pick “...Illustrates our present moment through a keen and unflinching look at our past. Thompson’s work centers on the Midwest, what some call ‘fly over’ country, but in her hands, we come to see that it is the center.” — Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage

1. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26

2. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95

3. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

4. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99

5. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

6. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95

7. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27

8. Kingdom of the BlindLouise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99

9. My Sister, the Serial KillerOyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95

10. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26

11. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95

12. The New Iberia BluesJames Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99

13. An Anonymous GirlGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s, $27.99

14. Night of Miracles Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $26

15. The Great Alone Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99

1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50

2. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28

3. Girl, Wash Your FaceRachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99

4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99

5. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28

6. Be FearlessJean Case, S&S, $25

7. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20

8. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Col-bert, S&S, $14.99

9. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $28

10. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95

11. Heartland Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $26

12. How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28

13. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28

14. Leadership: In Turbulent TimesDoris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30

15. Gmorning, Gnight!Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, $8.502. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.993. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.994. Light It Up, Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.995. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.996. The Cuban Affair, Nelson DeMille, Pocket, $9.997. Burning Bright. Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.998. Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.999. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8, 9910. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99

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Midwest Connections Pick“Franzen displays his signature precision and deadpan humor.” — Vanity Fair

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for the week ending 1/13/2019

1. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.992. MilkmanAnna Burns, Graywolf Press, $163. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.994. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $165. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.996. AsymmetryLisa Halliday, S&S, $167. Tangerine Christine Mangan, Ecco, $16.998. If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin, Vintage, $14.959. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.9910. Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Algonquin Books, $15.9511. Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.9912. The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani, Penguin, $1613. The Au Pair Emma Rous, Berkley, $1614. The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.9915. Celine Peter Heller, Vintage, $16

1. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18

2. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95

3. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17

4. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99

5. Code GirlsLiza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99

6. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

7. A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities John J. Moriarty, University of Minnesota Press, $29.95

8. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Tristan Gooley, Experiment, $16.95

9. This Blessed Earth Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95

10. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22

11. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95

12. The View from Flyover Country Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron Books, $12.99

13. The World Almanac and Book of Facts Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99

14. The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99

15. White Rage Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17

Children’s

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 1/13/2019

Children’s Series Titles1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.992. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.953. The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2), Holly Black, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.994. Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1), Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $4.995. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass), Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury YA, $19.996. Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass), Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury YA, $11.997. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $5.998. The Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.999. I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967, Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $4.9910. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99

ILLUSTRATED1. P Is for PterodactylRaj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, Maria Beddia (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $17.99

2. Pat the BunnyDorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99

3. My HeartCorinna Luyken, Dial Books, $17.99

4. Barnyard Dance! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95

5. The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99

6. The Wonky DonkeyCraig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99

7. Winter Dance Marion Dane Bauer, Richard Jones (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99

8. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99

9. There Are No Bears in This Bakery Julia Sarcone-Roach, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99

10. Red and Lulu Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99

Midwest Connections Pick

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Children of Blood and BoneTomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99

2. The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99

3. Hidden Figures (Young Readers’ Edition) Margot Lee Shetterly, Harper, $7.99

4. A Velocity of BeingMaria Popova, Claudia Bedrick (Eds.), Enchanted Lion Books, $34.95

5. Louisiana’s Way HomeKate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $16.99

6. The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen, $17.99

7. What If It’s Us Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, HarperTeen, $18.99

8. We Are DisplacedMalala Yousafzai, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99

9. Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $12.99

10. SistersRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

Midwest Connections Pick“Hilarious...a laugh on each spread. And readers will cheer on Leopold as he opts to take the high road--and ends up on top.” --Publishers Weekly

"There’s lots of hugging and happiness in this book that will make readers of all ages smile." --Pioneer Press

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PAPERBACK

Midwest Connections Pick Midwest Connections Pick “A Key to Treehouse Living is revelatory, a literary lighthouse that forges new routes of understanding. Every life is uncharted terrain, but Elliot Reed gives us a roadmap so that we might understand in more clearer terms how to transverse our terrifying, wonderful world.” – Rachel Kaplan, Avid Bookshop

“The Great Believers kept me up reading late into the night, and I’d wake up thinking about Makkai’s vibrant, complex, and deeply human characters. This is an immersive, heartbreaking novel—I loved it.” —Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me

HARDCOVER1. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26

2. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95

3. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

4. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99

5. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27

6. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95

7. Virgil Wander Leif Enger, Grove Press, $27

8. Kingdom of the BlindLouise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99

9. My Sister, the Serial KillerOyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95

10. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $26

11. An American Marriage Tayari Jones, Algonquin, $26.95

12. The New Iberia BluesJames Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99

13. An Anonymous GirlGreer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s, $27.99

14. Night of Miracles Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $26

15. The Great Alone Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $28.99

1. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.992. MilkmanAnna Burns, Graywolf Press, $163. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.994. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $165. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.996. AsymmetryLisa Halliday, S&S, $167. Tangerine Christine Mangan, Ecco, $16.998. If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin, Vintage, $14.959. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.9910. Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Algonquin Books, $15.9511. Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.9912. The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani, Penguin, $1613. The Au Pair Emma Rous, Berkley, $1614. The Best American Short Stories 2018 Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.9915. Celine Peter Heller, Vintage, $16

Nonfiction

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 1/13/2019

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Midwest Connections Pick“A fantastic essay collection... Blending personal reflec-tion with historical analysis and cultural and literary crit-icism, these essays are a sharp, illuminating response to the nation’s continuing racial conflicts.”--Ron Charles, The Washington Post

1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50

2. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28

3. Girl, Wash Your FaceRachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $22.99

4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99

5. The Library BookSusan Orlean, S&S, $28

6. Be FearlessJean Case, S&S, $25

7. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20

8. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Col-bert, S&S, $14.99

9. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $28

10. These Truths Jill Lepore, Norton, $39.95

11. Heartland Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $26

12. How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28

13. Calypso David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28

14. Leadership: In Turbulent TimesDoris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30

15. Gmorning, Gnight!Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22

1. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18

2. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95

3. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17

4. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99

5. Code GirlsLiza Mundy, Hachette, $16.99

6. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

7. A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities John J. Moriarty, University of Minnesota Press, $29.95

8. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Tristan Gooley, Experiment, $16.95

9. This Blessed Earth Ted Genoways, Norton, $15.95

10. Grant Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22

11. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95

12. The View from Flyover Country Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron Books, $12.99

13. The World Almanac and Book of Facts Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99

14. The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99

15. White Rage Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17

1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, $8.502. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.993. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.994. Light It Up, Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.995. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.996. The Cuban Affair, Nelson DeMille, Pocket, $9.997. Burning Bright. Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.998. Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.999. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8, 9910. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99