regional bestsellers
The bestselling titles in the Reading the West region, for the week ended Sunday, January 10, 2021, based on reporting from the bookstores in the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association..
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
4. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837
5. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
6. The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27, 9780593085684
7. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
8. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
9. Outlawed by Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26, 9781635575422
10. The Guest List by Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
11. The Searcher by Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650
12. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
13. The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28, 9780316422048
14. Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735216723
15. Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593157718
Hardcover NonFiction
1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Untamed by Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
4. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
5. Wintering by Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
6. Breath by James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
7. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
9. The Best of Me by David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316628242
10. Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
11. A Wealth of Pigeons by Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28, 9781250262899
12. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35, 9781571311771
14. Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984826961
15. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Circe by Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
2. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
3. The Overstory by Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
4. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
5. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17, 9781476749303
6. Home Body by Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
7. Devotions by Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
8. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
9. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
10. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590610
11. Normal People by Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
12. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
13. The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654
15. News of the World by Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953
Trade Paperback NonFiction
1. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
4. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
5. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
6. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
7. The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18, 9780525560739
8. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
9. What Unites Us by Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
10. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
11. The Winter Army by Maurice Isserman, Mariner, $16.99, 9780358414247
12. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
14. Imperfect Union by Steve Inskeep, Penguin, $18, 9780735224377
Mass Market
1. Dune by Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984 by George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
4. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553208849
6. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
7. Animal Farm by George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
9. Bridgerton: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
10. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
Children’s Illustrated
1. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
3. Cozy by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
5. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
9. The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987
10. If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797
Children’s Interest
1. Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
2. The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
6. Twins by Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
8. Smile by Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
9. From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks, Katherine Tegen Books, $7.99, 9780062875860
10. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
Children’s Series Titles
2. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
3. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
4. Front Desk by Kelly Yang, Arthur A. Levine Books, $7.99, 9781338157826
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
6. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
8. Spy School by Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781442421837
9. The Selection by Kiera Cass, HarperTeen, $12.99, 9780062059949