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Indie Bestsellers

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Midwest Connections Pick“A story told in turns by a rich and real cast of charac-ters, brought to life by an author with an acute eye for what makes us all so very human. . . . At times laugh-out-loud funny, We’re All In This Together deftly taps into the fears and failures of all of us.” -- Toronto Star

Midwest Indie Bestsellers

Midwest Connections Pick“Readers will have a hard time putting this story down, even as it pulls them deeper into the rabbit hole that is Limetown.” --Publishers Weekly

1. Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James, Riverhead Books, $30

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

3. DevotionsMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30

4. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95

5. Lost Children ArchiveValeria Luiselli, Knopf, $27.95

6. Love Poems for Married PeopleJohn Kenney, Putnam, $15

7. Finding Dorothy Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $28

8. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

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

10. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99

11. Leading Men Christopher Castellani, Viking, $27

12. The Current Tim Johnston, Algonquin Books, $27.95

13. My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95

14. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95

15. The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $26.99

1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50

2. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28

3. Dreyer’s EnglishBenjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25

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

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

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

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

8. MaidStephanie Land, Hachette Books, $27

9. Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95

10. The Source of Self-Regard Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95

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

12. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $28

13. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20

14. Upstream Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26

15. Under Pressure Lisa Damour, Ballantine, $27

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Midwest Indie Bestsellers

1. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.992. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.993. The Color Purple, Alice Walker, Mariner, $8.954. The Disappeared, C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.995. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.996. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.997. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.998. Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $7.999. Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.9910. Orphan X, Gregg Hurwitz, St. Martin’s, $9.99

Mass Market

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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 2/17/2019

1. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $162. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.993. The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.994. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.995. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $166. An American MarriageTayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.957. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.998. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $179. The FriendSigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $1610. The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani, Penguin, $1611. The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.9912. MilkmanAnna Burns, Graywolf Press, $1613. Paris by the Book Liam Callanan, Dutton, $1614. Still Life Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $16.9915. Love and RuinPaula McLain, Ballantine, $17

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

2. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

3. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99,

4. The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17

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

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

7. Go Ahead in the RainHanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95

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

9. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17

10. The Line Becomes a River Francisco Cantú, Riverhead Books, $17

11. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador, $17

12. Craft Alexander Langlands, Norton, $16.95

13. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95

14. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.99

15. The Collected Schizophrenias Esme Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16

Children’s

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 2/17/2019

Children’s Series Titles1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild, Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.992. Bloodwitch (The Witchlands, #3), Susan Dennard, Tor Teen, $18.99,3. Narwhal’s Otter Friend (Narwhal and Jelly, #4), Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $12.994. An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (Elephant and Piggie), Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $16.995. The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.996. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1), Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.997. The 26-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books), Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Square Fish, $7.998. The 13-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books), Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illus.), Square Fish, $7.99. Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom (Frazzled, #2), Booki Vivat, Harper, $12.9910. Crush (Berrybrook Middle School, #3), Svetlana Chmakova, JY, $11

ILLUSTRATED1. The Wonky DonkeyCraig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99

2. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

3. I Love You, Little PookieSandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99

4. The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99

5. Love, ZJessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99

6. The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Putnam, $10.99

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

8. I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), Harp-er, $17.99

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

10. Hello LighthouseSophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99

Midwest Connections Pick

YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE

1. On the Come UpAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99

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

3. Astrophysics for Young People in a HurryNeil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton Young Readers, $11.95

4. Merci Suárez Changes GearsMeg Medina, Candlewick, $16.99

5. Max and the MidknightsLincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Read-ers, $13.99

6. King of ScarsLeigh Bardugo, Imprint, $19.99

7. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America’s Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Jab-berwocky, $19.99

8. The Lost Girl Anne Ursu, Walden Pond Press, $16.99

9. The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99

10. The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

Midwest Connections Pick“Brilliant, breathtaking, insightful and absolutely impos-sible to put down, Speechless is Jimmy’s story, Patrick’s story, Sophia’s story. Is everyone’s story who has been asked to do the impossible.” -- Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC

"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. Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James, Riverhead Books, $30

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

3. DevotionsMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30

4. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95

5. Lost Children ArchiveValeria Luiselli, Knopf, $27.95

6. Love Poems for Married PeopleJohn Kenney, Putnam, $15

7. Finding Dorothy Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $28

8. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27

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

10. UnshelteredBarbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99

11. Leading Men Christopher Castellani, Viking, $27

12. The Current Tim Johnston, Algonquin Books, $27.95

13. My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite, Doubleday, $22.95

14. The OverstoryRichard Powers, Norton, $27.95

15. The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $26.99

1. The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $162. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.993. The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.994. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.995. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $166. An American MarriageTayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.957. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.998. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $179. The FriendSigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $1610. The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani, Penguin, $1611. The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.9912. MilkmanAnna Burns, Graywolf Press, $1613. Paris by the Book Liam Callanan, Dutton, $1614. Still Life Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $16.9915. Love and RuinPaula McLain, Ballantine, $17

Nonfiction

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Midwest Indie Bestsellersfor the week ending 2/17/2019

Mass Market

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

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. Dreyer’s EnglishBenjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25

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

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

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

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

8. MaidStephanie Land, Hachette Books, $27

9. Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95

10. The Source of Self-Regard Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95

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

12. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $28

13. Almost Everything Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20

14. Upstream Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26

15. Under Pressure Lisa Damour, Ballantine, $27

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

2. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16

3. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99,

4. The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17

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

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

7. Go Ahead in the RainHanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95

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

9. Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17

10. The Line Becomes a River Francisco Cantú, Riverhead Books, $17

11. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Picador, $17

12. Craft Alexander Langlands, Norton, $16.95

13. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95

14. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.99

15. The Collected Schizophrenias Esme Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16

1. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.992. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $9.993. The Color Purple, Alice Walker, Mariner, $8.954. The Disappeared, C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.995. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.996. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.997. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.998. Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $7.999. Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.9910. Orphan X, Gregg Hurwitz, St. Martin’s, $9.99