Patti Callahan's ONCE UPON A WARDROBE Hardcover Fiction Category #15
THE SOUTHERN BOOKSELLER REVIEW
NOV 10, 2021
The Southern Indie Bestseller List
The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 7, 2021. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Congratulations, Patti!
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
3. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385546027
4. The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Mitch Albom, Harper, $23.99, 9780062888341
5. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812989434
6. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678
7. Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $28, 9781984855121
8. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30, 9780374181178
9. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393881141
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
11. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
12. Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818508
13. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780593490594
14. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
15. Once Upon a Wardrobe
Patti Callahan, Harper Muse, $24.99, 9780785251729
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
2. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32, 9780316558792
3. Renegades: Born in the USA
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Crown, $50, 9780593236314
4. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $30, 9780062964618
5. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
6. Going There
Katie Couric, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316535861
7. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
Adam Schiff, Random House, $30, 9780593231524
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28, 9780525540571
10. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
11. Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
John McWhorter, Portfolio, $28, 9780593423066
12. Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
Andrew Lawler, Doubleday, $32.5, 9780385546850
13. The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People
Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26, 9780525658818
14. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $100, 9781631492563
15. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's Press, $29.99, 9781250151261
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780593438374
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
6. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18, 9780735224674
7. Christmas in Peachtree Bluff
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Gallery, $16.99, 9781982185206
8. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
11. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
12. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
13. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
14. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
15. Lore Olympus: Volume One
Rachel Smythe, Del Rey, $19.99, 9780593356074
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
5. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
6. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
Rick Bragg, Vintage, $17, 9780593310809
7. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love: Recipes to Unlock the Secrets of Your Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer
Noor Murad, Yotam Ottolenghi, Clarkson Potter, $32, 9780593234365
8. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
9. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.95, 9781635863321
10. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19, 9780143036494
11. Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
Ben Wilson, Anchor, $18, 9780525436331
12. The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
Sonia Shah, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635577860
13. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
14. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
15. Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
Rax King, Vintage, $15.95, 9780593312728
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
6. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
8. Small Gods
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062237378
9. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062984630
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Smart Cookie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063045408
2. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
3. There's a Ghost In This House
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $27.99, 9780593466186
4. Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781419753961
5. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
6. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
7. Return of the Underwear Dragon
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Studio, $17.99, 9780593119921
8. Five Little Thank-Yous
Cindy Jin, Dawn M. Cardona (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781534451391
9. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
10. The Sweet Smell of Christmas
Patricia M. Scarry, J.P. Miller (Illus.), Golden Books, $9.99, 9780375826436
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan, Disney-Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368077927
2. Gilded
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250618849
3. The Christmas Pig
J.K. Rowling, Jim Field (Illus.), Scholastic, $24.99, 9781338790238
4. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
6. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
7. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
8. Pony
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553508116
9. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
10. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749155
2. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
3. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439064873
5. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
6. The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys, #14)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329544
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
8. Spy School at Sea
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479432
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
10. Terciel & Elinor (Old Kingdom)
Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780063049321
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