On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes.

The asterisks by books indicate that they are on our regional bestseller list but not on the national indie bestseller list. Independent bookstores are quite independent, it turns out. However, our regional bestseller list this week has a lot of books with regional connections, including a few sweeps of multiple books by an author on the list.

*7 Hardcover fiction:  Kate & Frida Kim Fay

9. Hardcover fiction:  The Bones Beneath My Skin TJ Klune

*12. Hardcover fiction:  The Gate of the Feral Gods Matt Dinniman

*15. Hardcover fiction:  Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman

3. Hardcover nonfiction:  One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

*8. Hardcover nonfiction:  The Harder I Fight the More I Love You Neko Case

*9. Hardcover nonfiction:  On the Hippie Trail Rick Steves

*10. Hardcover nonfiction:  Source Code Bill Gates

4. Paperback fiction: Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler

*13. Paperback fiction: The Nightingale Kristin Hannah

4. Paperback nonfiction: Eve Cat Bohannon

*10. Paperback nonfiction: A Fever in the Heartland Timothy Egan

12. Paperback nonfiction: A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever Matt Kracht

1. Early & Middle Readers: A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.)

*3. Early & Middle Readers: A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.)

*6. Early & Middle Readers: A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.)

1. Young Adult: Heavenly Tyrant Xiran Jay Zhao

*2. Young Adult: Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao