Viewpoint Books’ Bestseller List
* Asterisk denotes a local or regional author or Indiana connection
Editor’s note: Top sellers from Columbus’ independent book store.
Children and Young Adult
1. “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country,” Amanda Gorman
2. “Realm Breaker (Signed Edition),” Victoria Aveyard
3. “Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2),” Leigh Bardugo
4. “Thrilling Tales from the Treehouse (Last Kids on Earth),” Max Brallier
5. “Blueberries for Sal,” Robert McCloskey
6. “Where’s Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt,” Martin Handford
7. “5 Big and Busy Trucks,” Scholastic Publishing
8. “Little Naturalist: Henry David Thoreau in the Woods,” Kate Coombs
9. “Thrills and Chills: Garbage Pail Kids #2 (Signed Edition),” R.L. Stine
10. * “Rally,” Janice Taylor
11. “Inch by Inch,” Leo Lionni
12. “Earth: DK Pocket Genius,” DK Publishing
13. “Kate in Waiting (Signed Edition),” Becky Albertalli
14. “The Electric Kingdom (Signed Edition),” David Arnold
15. * “Kid Architect Goes to Columbus,” Gary Vance
Adult Non-Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation and the Longest Night…(Signed Edition),” Malcolm Gladwell (H)
2. “Laughter Yoga: Daily Practices for Health and Happiness,” Madan Kataria (P)
3. * “Birds of Indiana Field Guide,” Stan Tekiela (P)
4. “The Anxiety First Aid Kit: Quick Tools for Extreme, Uncertain Times,” Rick Hanson (P)
5. “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” Jessica Bruder (P)
6. “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest,” Suzanne Simard (H)
7. * “J. Irwin Miller: The Shaping of An American Town,” Nancy Kriplen (H)
8. “Grandmother Remembers,” Judith Levy (H)
9. “Shakespeare Saved My Life,” Laura Bates (P)
10. “Floret’s Farm Cut Flower Garden Notebook Collection,” Erin Benzakein (P)
11. “Everything Beautiful in Its Time (Signed Edition),” Jenna Bush Hager (H)
12. “Ways to Fall Asleep: 100 Hacks for When You Just Can’t Get to Sleep,” Pyramid Publishing (H)
13. “On Juneteenth,” Annette Gordon-Reed (H)
14. “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Signed Edition),” Isabel Wilkerson (H)
15. “How Y’all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived,” Leslie Jordan (H)
Adult Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)
1. “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country,” Amanda Gorman (H)
2. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,” Charlie Mackesy (H)
3. “Project Hail Mary (Signed Edition),” Andy Weir (H)
4. “We Begin at the End,” Chris Whitaker (H)
5. “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Laura Dave (H)
6. “Sooley,” John Grisham (H)
7. “Hour of the Witch,” Chris Bohjalian (H)
8. “21st Birthday,” James Patterson (H)
9. “Great Circle,” Maggie Shipstead (H)
10. “The Book of Longings,” Sue Monk Kidd (P)
11. “The Paris Library,” Janet Skeslien Charles (H)
12. “This Tender Land,” William Kent Krueger (P)
13. “Her Last Flight,” Beatriz Williams (P)
14. “The Other Bennet Sister,” Janice Hadlow (P)
15. “Girl in the Walls,” A.J. Gnuse (H)
