The Southern Indie Bestseller List

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ending Sunday, April 7, 2024. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
3. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
5. The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493434
6. First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780593492918
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
8. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
9. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
10. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
11. A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen, Del Rey, $29.99, 9780593599839
12. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
13. How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $28, 9780593474013
14. Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle, Atria Books, $27, 9781982166823
15. City in Ruins
Don Winslow, William Morrow, $32, 9780063079472

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393239232
3. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere
Savannah Guthrie, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400341122
4. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
6. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
7. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32, 9780593448793
8. There Are Dads Way Worse Than You: Unimpeachable Evidence of Your Excellence as a Father
Glenn Boozan, Priscilla Witte (Illus.), Workman, $15, 9781523524334
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
10. Barbie: The World Tour
Margot Robbie, Andrew Mukamal, Craig McDean (Photo.), Rizzoli, $55, 9780789345578
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461
14. Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, MCD, $27, 9780374609849
15. Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul
Gisele Bündchen, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780593580486

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
3. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
5. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
6. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
7. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry, Atria Books, $17.99, 9781668011843
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
11. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
12. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
13. In the Lives of Puppets
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $19.99, 9781250217431
14. The House on Biscayne Bay
Chanel Cleeton, Berkley, $18, 9780593440513
15. Homecoming
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063020900

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
6. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
7. Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Scribner, $9.99, 9781668050804
8. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
9. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
Laurence Leamer, Putnam, $20, 9780593328101
10. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
Christopher Knowlton, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982128388
12. Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta
Richard Grant, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781476709642
13. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
14. A Grief Observed
C.S. Lewis, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780060652388
15. The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689

MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
7. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
9. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
4. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
5. Treehouse Town
Gideon Sterer, Charlie Mylie (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316592628
6. Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609
7. Flip-a-Gator
Sara Ball, Abbeville Kids, $17.95, 9780789214829
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
9. Bluey: Hooray, It's Easter!
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593750841
10. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419768774

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
3. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
4. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
5. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
6. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
7. The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum
Lisa Yee, Dan Santat (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984830296
8. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
9. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
10. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
2. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
3. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766947
5. Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club, #5)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338896398
6. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
7. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741049
8. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
9. Evil Spy School the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665931939
10. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book 2)
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896438

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