Note from the Times: This bestseller list comes to us straight from The Raven Book Store in Lawrence. See other editions of the list here.
Last week I was feeling proud and inspired that four of our weekly bestsellers were local titles. Well, this week features SEVEN local titles, including two from Sarah Henning!
This is one of my favorite parts of independent bookstores: that each store’s bestseller list looks different because local readers love local authors. In an increasingly homogenizing American landscape, it’s fun to see these pockets of local uniqueness.
Keep reading, Kansas, and keep reading Kansas.
1. Sarah Henning, The Queen Will Betray You
2. Sharice Davids, Sharice’s Big Voice
3. Rainbow Rowell, Any Way the Wind Blows
4. Meg Heriford, Ladybird, Collected
5. Sarah Henning, The Princess Will Save You
6. Danny Caine, How to Resist Amazon and Why:The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future
7. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
8. Rebekah Taussig, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
9. Bettina Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
10. Devon A. Mihesuah, Hatak Witches