National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for June 14, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 10, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl- Debut
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
2. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
1/5
3. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/3
4. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man is a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/5
5. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.
7/9
6. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison new novel is a taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war.
4/5
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
8/38
8. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/10
9. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414
Kanon's haunting novel about a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/2
10. A Blaze of Glory
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $28, 9780345527356
Shaara's latest riveting historical novel looks at the Battle of Shiloh.
10/2
11. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
9/68
12. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.
15/8
13. Kiss the Dead- Debut
Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, $27.95, 9780425247549
When a 15-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it's up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her.
/1
14. Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157684
Lucas Davenport investigates the killing of an entire family in Sandford's latest bestseller.
14/4
15. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.
/6
ON THE RISE
16. Redshirts
John Scalzi, Tor, $24.99, 9780765316998
A riveting new science fiction novel by the author of Old Man's War.
 


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