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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803 The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/12 |
| 2. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309 This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/27 |
| 3. | A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477 The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire. |
3/7 |
| 4. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/5 |
| 5. | The Magician King Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311 Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/3 |
| 6. | Maine J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126 By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family. |
5/11 |
| 7. | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997 The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy. |
7/66 |
| 8. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/17 |
| 9. | The Keeper of Lost Causes- Debut Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480 The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 10. | Portrait of a Spy Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184 International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair. |
8/6 |
| 11. | The Language of Flowers- Debut Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543 Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 12. | Ready Player One Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436 Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044, is an August Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/2 |
| 13. | The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831 Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011. |
12/25 |
| 14. | The Family Fang Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035 Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read. |
14/3 |
| 15. | House of Holes Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511 A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox. |
10/3 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 18. | Flash and Bones Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439102411 Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of Spider Bones. |
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