NEIBA
Best Sellers
for the week ended
Sunday December 1, 2019
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of
NEIBA and IndieBound
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
2. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
3. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
5. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
6. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
7. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780399562488
8. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
9. Under Occupation
New!
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9780399592300
10. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
11. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27, 9780374277789
12. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593543
13. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
14. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
15. The Nickel Boys
New!
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
2. A Warning
Anonymous, Twelve, $30, 9781538718469
3. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
4. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
5. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
6. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World
Ian Wright, The Experiment, $19.95, 9781615196258
7. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
8. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95, 9781452182759
9. How To
New!
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
10. Little Weirds
New!
Jenny Slate, Little Brown, $27, 9780316485340
11. Finding Chika
Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99, 9780062952394
12. Guinness World Records 2020
New!
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286836
13. Me
Elton John, Holt, $30, 9781250147608
14. The Yellow House: A Memoir
New!
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
15. Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump
New!
Glenn Simpson, Peter Fritsch, Random House, $30, 9780593134153
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
3. The Best American Short Stories 2019
Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328484246
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
6. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
7. The Great Alone
New!
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
8. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
9. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $17, 9780812971835
10. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
11. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
12. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
13. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17, 9780525435761
14. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
15. A Spark of Light
New!
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17, 9780345545008
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
New!
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
3. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
4. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
5. Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17, 9780143130086
6. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
7. Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump
New!
Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman, Mariner Books, $14.99, 9780358391173
8. These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
9. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
10. The Best American Food Writing 2019
Samin Nosrat, Sylvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328662255
11. The Spy and the Traitor
New!
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
12. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18, 9781476795935
13. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
14. The Best American Essays 2019
New!
Rebecca Solnit, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328465801
15. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019
New!
Sy Montgomery, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328519009
MASS MARKET
1. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. Outlander
New!
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
7. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
8. The Catcher in the Rye
New!
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
9. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New!
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
2. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376
3. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
4. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
5. The Mitten
New!
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094
6. The Snowy Nap
New!
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
7. The Shortest Day
Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
10. Sisters First
Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Ramona Kaulitzki (Illus.), Little, Brown Books
for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316534789
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
3. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
4. A Tale of Magic...
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523479
5. My Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593111017
6. Drama
New!
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
7. The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs
New!
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492677697
8. The Midwinter Witch
New!
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338540550
9. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
10. Allies
New!
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245721
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419739033
2. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
3. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419737046
4. The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780553510669
5. The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle
New!
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536202212
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
7. The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781481497060
8. Dog Man Unleashed
New!
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition
New!
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $47.99, 9780545791427
10. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
New!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402