Viewpoint Bestsellers

Viewpoint Books’ Bestseller List

Top titles at the local independent book store in downtown Columbus.

*Asterisk denotes a local, regional, or Indiana author connection

Children’s books

  1. “Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13),” Dav Pilkey
  2. “Busy Betty and the Perfect Christmas (Signed Edition),” Reese Witherspoon
  3. “The Little Reindeer,” Nicola Killen
  4. “The Mitten,” Jan Brett
  5. “It’s Christmas, Curious George,” H.A. Rey
  6. “The Polar Express,” Chris Van Allsburg
  7. “Hot Mess (The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19),” Jeff Kinney
  8. “A Boy Called Christmas,” Matt Haig
  9. “The Mystery at Snowflake Inn (A Christmas Boxcar Children Mystery),” Gertrude Chandler Warner
  10. “Merry Christmas, Squirrels!” Nancy Rose
  11. “Alice in a Winter Wonderland (Signed Edition),” Jan Brett
  12. “Cat’s Cradle: A Book of String Figures (with Colored Cords),” Klutz
  13. “Sesame Street! Let’s Take a Bath! (Indestructibles),” Amy Pixton
  14. “Wild Robot Protects (Wild Robot Book 3),” Peter Brown
  15. “We All Play,” Julie Flett

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

  1. *“Deep Calls to Deep (Signed Edition),” Brandon Andress (P)
  2. “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Signed Edition),” Robin Wall Kimmerer (H)
  3. *“American Modern: Architecture. Community. Columbus, Indiana,” Matt Shaw (P)
  4. “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” Cher (H)
  5. “Patriot: A Memoir,” Alexei Navalny (H)
  6. “Sip & Solve Two-Minute Brainteasers,” Paul Sloane and Des Machale (P)
  7. “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music,” Rob Sheffield (H)
  8. “Greenlights,” Matthew McConaughey (P)
  9. “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell (H)
  10. “The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Official Guide to All the Books,” Erika Berlin (H)
  11. “Brothers (Signed Edition),” Alex Van Halen (H)
  12. “What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions,” Randall Munroe (H)
  13. “Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life (Signed Edition),” Arnold Schwarzenegger (H)
  14. “Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy: A Cookbook,” Tieghan Gerard (H)
  15. “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Graphic Edition),” Timothy Snyder (P)

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

  1. “Now or Never (Stephanie Plum Book 31),” Janet Evanovich (H)
  2. “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” Haruki Murakami (H)
  3. “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon (P)
  4. “James (Signed Edition),” Percival Everett (H)
  5. “Counting Miracles (Signed Edition),” Nicholas Sparks (H)
  6. “The Boyfriend,” Freida McFadden (P)
  7. “The Christmas Jigsaw Murders,” Alexandra Benedict (P)
  8. “Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology,” Edited by Ellen Datlow (P)
  9. “Holly,” Stephen King (P)
  10. “Martyr! (Signed Edition)” Kaveh Akbar (H)
  11. *“What Can’t Be Hidden (Signed Edition),” Brandon Andress (P)
  12. “The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor Book 3),” Laurie Gilmore (P)
  13. “The Mistletoe Mystery (Signed Edition),” Nita Prose (H)
  14. “The Life Impossible (Signed Edition),” Matt Haig (H)
  15. “Small Things Like These,” Claire Keegan (H)