Viewpoint bestsellers

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Top titles at the independent Viewpoint Books in downtown Columbus.

Children’s Books

1. “Bluey: Baby Race,” Penguin Young Readers

2. “Barbie: Mermaid Power,” Little Golden Books

3. “The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man Book 12),” Dav Pilkey

4. “Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream,” James Dean

5. “Paw Patrol: Cat Pack Power,” Courtney Carbone

6. “Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club Book 5),” Dav Pilkey

7. “Sesame Street: All Aboard!” Tom Brannon and Lori C. Froeb

8. “The Digger and the Dark,” Joseph Kuefler

9. “Pinkalicious: Kindergarten Fun,” Victoria Kann

10. “Flip-A-Gator,” Sara Ball

11. “Fairy Unicorn Water Pen and Cards,” Floss and Rock

12. “Hooray for Differences!” Random House Disney

13. “Polite As a Princess,” Random House Disney

14. “Poopsie Gets Lost,” Hannah E. Harrison

15. “Bluey: Let’s Play Outside,” Penguin Young Readers

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Adult and New Adult Non-Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback, O for other)

1. *“College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight,” Shawn Cohen (P)

2. “The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South” (signed edition), Michael W. Twitty (H&P)

3. “Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller,” Oliver Darkshire (P)

4. “Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew” (signed edition), Michael W. Twitty (H&P)

5. “Laughter Yoga: Daily Practices for Health and Happiness,” Madan Kataria (P)

6. “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance,” Kellie Carter Jackson (H)

7. *“Wicked Columbus, Indiana” (signed edition), Paul Hoffman (P)

8. “In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife,” Sebastian Junger (H)

9. *“Life’s a Project: The Six A’s of Project Based Learning,” Andrew Larson (P)

10. “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewriting of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” Jonathan Haidt (H)

11. “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism … ” (signed edition), Erik Larson (H)

12. *“Columbus, Indiana,” Thomas Schiff (H)

13. “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma,” Bessel Van Der Kolk (P)

14. “Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith,” Sarah Bessey (H)

15. *“A Scar on Every Road,” Edward Reuter (P)

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Adult and New Adult Fiction (H for hard cover, P for paperback)

1. “All the Colors of the Dark,” Chris Whitaker (H)

2. “Middle of the Night” (signed edition), Riley Sager (H)

3. “The Women,” Kristin Hannah (H)

4. “The Housemaid,” Freida McFadden (P)

5. “The Midnight Feast,” Lucy Foley (H)

6. “The Housemaid Is Watching,” Freida McFadden (P)

7. “Powerless (Powerless Book 1),” Lauren Roberts (H)

8. “Atlas Six (Atlas Book 1),” Olivie Blake (P)

9. “All Good People Here,” Ashley Flowers (P)

10. “The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourge (A Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney Mystery),” Claudia Gray (P)

11. “Summer Fridays,” Suzanne Rindell (P)

12. “Not in Love” (signed edition), Ali Hazelwood (P)

13. “This Summer Will Be Different,” Carley Fortune (P)

14. “Swan Song,” Elin Hilderbrand (H)

15. “All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries Book 1),” Martha Wells (P)