Editor’s note: Top sellers from the local independent store in downtown Columbus.
* Asterisk denotes a local author or Indiana connection
Children and Young Adult
1. “The Berenstain Bears Around the World,” Mike Berenstain
2. “For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man #7),” Dav Pilkey
3. “The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science,” Joyce Sidman
4. “The Buddy Bench,” Patty Brozo
5. “The King of Kindergarten,” Derrick Barnes
6. “Old McDonald Had a Farm (Poke-A-Dot Books),” Melissa & Doug
7. “The Night Before Kindergarten,” Natasha Wing
8. “Richard Scarry’s Busy Busy Cars and Trucks (Little Golden Books),” Richard Scarry
9. “Peek-A-Bruce,” Ryan Higgins
10. “The Wonderful Things You Will Be,” Emily Winfield Martin
11. “Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars,” David Stabler
12. “Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave,” Jessica Hische
13. “The Pout-Pout Fish Hide-and-Seek,” Deborah Diesen
14. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers,” Fred Rogers
15. “With the Fire on High (Signed First Edition),” Elizabeth Acevedo
Adult Non-Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “Natural Causes: Epidemic of Wellness, Certainty of Dying & Killing Ourselves…,” Barbara Ehrenreich (P)
2. “Get Your … Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do …,” Sarah Knight (H)
3. * “Frost Flowers: Thoughts & Observations from the Heartland,” John B. DeLap (H & P)
4. * “Field Guide to the Art of Looking.,” Michele Pollock (P)
5. “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777,” Rick Atkinson (H)
6. “You Are a Bad…: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness…,” Jen Sincero (P)
7. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” Yuval Noah Harari (P)
8. “Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife,” Mary Roach (P)
9. * “Wicked Columbus, Indiana,” Paul Hoffman (P)
10. * “Unafraid: A Survivor’s quest for Human Interaction,” Niyati Tamaskar (P)
11. “Educated: A Memoir,” Tara Westover (H)
12. “Calypso,” David Sedaris
13. “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” Casey Cep (H)
14. “The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life,” David Brooks (H)
15. “Gift from the Sea,” Anne Morrow Lindbergh (P)
Adult Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Delia Owens (H)
2. “The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1),” Brandon Sanderson (P)
3. “My Dear Hamilton,” Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie (P)
4. “The Immortalists,” Chloe Benjamin (P)
5. “Little Fires Everywhere,” Celeste Ng (P)
6. “The Marriage of Opposites,” Alice Hoffman (P)
7. “The Nickel Boys (Signed First Edition),” Colson Whitehead (H)
8. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” Heather Morris (P)
9. “The Power,” Naomi Alderman (P)
10. “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Signed First Edition),” Ocean Vuong (H)
11. “City of Girls (Signed First Edition),” Elizabeth Gilbert (H)
12. “There There,” Tommy Orange (P)
13. “Unraveling Oliver,” Liz Nugent (P)
14. “The New Girl (Gabriel Allon #19),” Daniel Silva (H)
15. “The Gone Dead,” Chanelle Benz (H)
