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),” Dave Pilkey
  2. “Unraveled (Keeper of the Lost Cities Book 9.5),” Shannon Messenger
  3. “I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Books),” Mary Man-Kong
  4. “The Book That Can Read Your Mind,” Marianne Coppo
  5. “Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19),” Jeff Kinney
  6. “Pop-Up Peekaboo! Disney Moana,” DK Publishing
  7. “Where’s The Reindeer?” Ingela Arrhenius
  8. “I Am Glinda (Little Golden Books),” Mary Man-Kon
  9. “I Am the Grinch (Based on Dr. Seuss’s ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’),” Alastair Heim
  10. “The Polar Express (30th Anniversary Edition),” Chris Van Allsburg
  11. “Peekaboo Santa (Peekaboo You),” Camilla Reid
  12. “The Little Reindeer,” Nicola Killen
  13. “The Snow Thief,” Alice Hemming
  14. “Can You Find Santa?” Axel Scheffler
  15. “Alice in a Winter Wonderland (Signed Edition),” Jan Brett

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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,” Robin Wall Kimmerer (H)
  3. *“American Modern: Architecture. Community. Columbus, Indiana,” Matt Shaw (P)
  4. “Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions,” John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (H)
  5. “Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets,” Rachel Feder (H)
  6. “Rand McNally 2025 Road Atlas,” Rand McNally (P)
  7. “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell (H)
  8. *“The Whiteboard Daily Book of Cues for Everyone: A Visual Guide to Efficient Movement…” Karl Eagleman (P)
  9. “The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir,” Kelly Bishop (H)
  10. “Signs and Skymates Astrological Compatibility Deck,” Dosse-Via Trenou (O)
  11. “What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird,” Sy Montgomery (H)
  12. “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants,” Robin Wall Kimmerer (P)
  13. “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver,” Mary Oliver (P)
  14. *“Columbus, Indiana,” Thomas Schiff (H)
  15. “Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures,” Katherine Rundell (H)

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

  1. “Small Things Like These,” Claire Keegan (H)
  2. “The God of the Woods,” Liz Moore (H)
  3. *“What Can’t Be Hidden (Signed Edition),” Brandon Andress (P)
  4. “James,” Percival Everett (H)
  5. “The Frozen River,” Ariel Lawhon (P)
  6. “The Christmas Jigsaw Murders,” Alexandra Benedict (P)
  7. *“And So By Fire (Signed Edition),” Brandon Andress (P)
  8. “Holly,” Stephen King (P)
  9. “The Mistletoe Mystery (Signed Edition),” Nita Prose (H)
  10. “Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive Book 5),” Brandon Sanderson (H)
  11. “Here One Moment (Signed Edition),” Liane Moriarty (H)
  12. “The Twelve Dogs of Christmas,” Susan Wiggs (P)
  13. “When We Were Enemies,” Emily Bleeker (P)
  14. “The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore (Dream Harbor Book 2),” Laurie Gilmore (P)
  15. *“Rush of Ravens (Til Kingdom Come Book 1),” Abigail Brier (P)