1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50

2. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28

3. The Pioneers David McCullough, S&S, $30

4. Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30

5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99

6. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $24.99

7. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35

8. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95

9. The Second Mountain David Brooks, Random House, $28

10. Blowout Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30

11. Calm the F*ck Down Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $19.99

12. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27

13. Everything Is F*cked Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99

14. Girl, Stop Apologizing Rachel Hollis, HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99

15. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28

FICTION NONFICTION

Hardcover2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

IndiesIntroduce

1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26

2. The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95

3. The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95

4. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99

5. City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28

6. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

7. The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28

8. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26

9. The Institute Stephen King, Scribner, $30

10. Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26

11. A Better Man Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99

12. Summer of ’69 Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28

13. The Guardians John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95

14. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30

15. Fire & Blood George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35

FICTION NONFICTION

Paperback2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99

2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17

3. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95

4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16

5. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17

6. The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99

7. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16

8. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99

9. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16

10. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17

11. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95

12. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99

13. The Power Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99

14. Ghosted Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16

15. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17

1. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18

2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99

3. The Mueller Report The Washington Post, Scribner, $15

4. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99

5. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16

6. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

7. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95

8. How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18

9. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95

10. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself Harvard Business School Press, $24.95

11. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18

12. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99

13. Shoe Dog Phil Knight, Scribner, $20

14. My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18

15. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16

1. The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99

2. On the Come Up Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99

3. Turtles All the Way Down John Green, Penguin, $14.99

4. The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99

5. Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99

6. Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99

7. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99

8. One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99

9. We Are Okay Nina LaCour, Penguin, $10.99

10. SHOUT Laurie Halse Anderson, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99

11. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99

12. Orphan Monster Spy Matt Killeen, Penguin, $10.99

13. Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich, et al., Poppy, $18.99

14. Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $10.99

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

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT

Children's2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99

2. Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99

3. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton Young Readers, $11.95

4. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

5. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

6. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

7. New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99

8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99

9. Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99

10. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95

11. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo, Timbuktu Labs, $35

12. Refugee Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $16.99

13. A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Monica Armino (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99

14. Camp Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99

15. Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES

Children's2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

2. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99

3. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99

4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99

5. Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99

6. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95

7. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99

8. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99

9. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99

10. Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99

11. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99

12. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99

13. Hello Lighthouse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99

14. The Crayons’ Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99

15. P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, Maria Beddia (Illus.), Sourcebooks Explore, $17.99

1. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix

2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books

3. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

4. Who Was/Is...? Ann Waldron, et al., Penguin Workshop

5. Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic

6. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House

7. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion

8. I Survived Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic

9. The Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers

10. Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Scholastic

1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99

2. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Penguin, $17

3. The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95

4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16

5. Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17

6. The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99

7. There There Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16

8. Less Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99

9. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16

10. Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17

11. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95

12. The Lost Girls of Paris Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99

13. The Power Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99

14. Ghosted Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16

15. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17

FictionHARDCOVER PAPERBACK

2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

IndiesIntroduce

1. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26

2. The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95

3. The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95

4. The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99

5. City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28

6. Circe Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

7. The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28

8. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26

9. The Institute Stephen King, Scribner, $30

10. Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26

11. A Better Man Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99

12. Summer of ’69 Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28

13. The Guardians John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95

14. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30

15. Fire & Blood George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35

NonfictionHARDCOVER PAPERBACK

2019 Indie Bestsellers

Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1, 2019, to December 1, 2019. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

IndiesIntroduce

1. Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50

2. Educated Tara Westover, Random House, $28

3. The Pioneers David McCullough, S&S, $30

4. Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30

5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99

6. Girl, Wash Your Face Rachel Hollis, Thomas Nelson, $24.99

7. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35

8. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95

9. The Second Mountain David Brooks, Random House, $28

10. Blowout Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30

11. Calm the F*ck Down Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $19.99

12. Women Rowing North Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27

13. Everything Is F*cked Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99

14. Girl, Stop Apologizing Rachel Hollis, HarperCollins Leadership, $24.99

15. The Library Book Susan Orlean, S&S, $28

1. Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18

2. Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99

3. The Mueller Report The Washington Post, Scribner, $15

4. Calypso David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99

5. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16

6. White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

7. Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann, Vintage, $16.95

8. How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18

9. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95

10. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself Harvard Business School Press, $24.95

11. Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18

12. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99

13. Shoe Dog Phil Knight, Scribner, $20

14. My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18

15. Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16