SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER LIST
For the week ending 9/3/2023

Edelweiss Collections:
(sort by "Catalog Order" to see each list according to rating)

Hardcover Fiction | Hardcover Nonfiction | Trade Paperback Fiction | Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Mass Market | Children's Illustrated | Children's Interest | Children's Series

The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 3, 2023. 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. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
5. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
10. None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28, 9781982179007
11. The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375
12. Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29, 9780593317891
13. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
14. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
15. Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
7. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
10. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805
11. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
Harrison Scott Key, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668015506
12. Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
13. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32, 9780744080049
14. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
15. The Mississippi Football Book: Stories and Records From the Greatest Teams, Coaches, and Players - Who Lived and Played in the Greatest Football State
Rick Cleveland (Ed.), Nautilus Publishing, $45, 9781949455397

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
3. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
6. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
7. Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
8. Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Dell, $18, 9780593449578
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
10. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635577990
11. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
12. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central Publishing, $12.99, 9781538742570
14. The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty, Vintage, $17, 9780593467879
15. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
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. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
7. The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
10. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
11. The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, Vintage, $16, 9780525564454
12. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
Scott Dawson, History Press, $23.99, 9781467144339
15. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359

MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
3. The Inferno
Dante Alighieri, Signet Book, $5.95, 9780451531391
4. Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Signet, $5.95, 9780451532244
5. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123
6. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109
7. The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet Book, $5.95, 9780451531841
8. Knockout
Sarah MacLean, Avon, $9.99, 9780063056794
9. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
3. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
4. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
7. Boo! Bluey's Halloween: A Magnet Book
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $14.99, 9780593659540
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
10. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
2. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
3. Belladonna
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780316153621
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
6. Scarlet & Violet Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $11.99, 9781338871371
7. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
9. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
10. Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142426425

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
2. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772
3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
5. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
6. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559
7. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
8. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780316105187
9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
10. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117