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Indie Bestsellers Week of 12.12.13 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Goldfinch 1. David and Goliath Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 2. Dog Songs 2. Things That Matter Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95 Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 3. The Bully Pulpit 3. Sycamore Row Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 4. I Am Malala 4. The Valley of Amazement Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99 5. One Summer: America, 1927 5. Aimless Love Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95 Billy Collins, Random House, $26 6. Stitches Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 6. The First Phone Call From Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99 7. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 7. S. J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35 8. Killing Jesus Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28 8. The Luminaries ★ 9. George Washington’s Secret Six: The Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27 Spy Ring That Saved the American ★ 9. The Gods of Guilt Revolution Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28 Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95 10. The Boys in the Boat 10. The Circle Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95 Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95 11. The Men Who United the States 11. The Good Lord Bird Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99 James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95 12. My Promised Land 12. The Lowland Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95 13. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 ★ 13. Command Authority Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $29.95 ★ 14. Humans of New York Brandon Stanton, St. Martin’s, $29.99 14. The Signature of All Things 15. Guinness World Records 2014 Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95 Guinness World Records, $28.95 15. Doctor Sleep 21. The Kid Stephen King, Scribner, $30 Ben Bradlee, Jr., Little Brown, $35

Other Indie Favorites At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel, by Jeeves and the Wedding Bells: An Homage Daniel Alarcón (Riverhead, $27.95) “Set in an to P.G. Wodehouse, by Sebastian Faulks (St. unnamed South American country years after a protracted civil Martin’s Press, $25.99) “Dash it all! Jeeves and Bertie war has ended, At Night We Walk in Circles chronicles the life Wooster return in Faulks’ homage to Wodehouse. Jeeves seems and dark fate of Nelson, a bright and promising young man who joins a small guerrilla theatre group. Nelson and the group’s two to interfere with Bertie’s plans to save the engagement of a friend. founders, one of whom is a psychically battle-scarred casualty of Georgiana, a right smashing gal by any standard and the cousin of the political conflict, bring their play, to villages in the countryside Woody’s fiancée, dives right into the bumbles and misguided efforts and mountains, looking for escape, renewal, and perhaps that seem to surround any Wooster plan. Jeeves impersonates a redemption. The village that is the troupe’s final destination holds lord while Bertie becomes his butler—and a thief—but all in a deep secrets, and an innocent and kind act results in a shocking good cause, of course. Great fun and a wonderful entrée into the outcome.” —Cathy Langer, Tattered Cover Book world of Wodehouse!” —Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Store, Denver, CO Vancouver, WA

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut = On the Rise Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 12.12.13

PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION

1. Dear Life 1. Hyperbole and a Half Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95 Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99 2. Where’d You Go, Bernadette 2. Unlikely Loves Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99 Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95 3. The Round House 3. Wild Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99 Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 4. World Almanac and Book of Facts 4. Beautiful Ruins 2014 Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99 5. Me Before You 5. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2014 Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95 6. The Dinner 6. Orange Is the New Black Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14 Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16 7. Flight Behavior 7. Quiet Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99 Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 8. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore 8. Proof of Heaven Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15 Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 9. How Music Works 9. The Best American Short Stories 2013 David Byrne, McSweeney’s, $20 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, 10. Dog Shaming $14.95 Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15 10. The Light Between Oceans 11. Wreck This Journal M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 Keri Smith, Perigee, $15 ★ 11. The Aviator’s Wife 12. The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18 Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15 13. Holidays on Ice 12. Telegraph Avenue David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10 Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99 ★ 14. Awkward Family Holiday Photos 13. The Orphan Master’s Son Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers Press, Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 $15 14. The Art Forger 15. Outliers B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95 Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99 ★ 15. Orphan Train 23. Philomena Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99 Martin Sixsmith, Penguin, $16

MASS MARKET 1. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite 2. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure 3. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 & Discovery on the Road, James Oseland, Ed. 4. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99 (Lonely Planet, $15.99) “The tastes of new places— from the sublime to the ridiculous—are the ingredients of 5. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 these essays. Writers as varied as Padma Lakshmi and Frances 6. Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 Mayes consider a pivotal meal or taste that simultaneously 7. Notorious Nineteen Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 brings a place and a moment to vivid life and makes it live 8. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99 forever in memory. With tales about fishheads and Twinkies 9. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.999 and dishes more exotic still, these essays will stir wonderful 10. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 personal memories for every reader. Bon appétit!” —Michael Barnard, Rakestraw Books, Danville, CA

Children’sCHILDREN’S INTEREST Books ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99 1. The Day the Crayons Quit 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) 2. The Fault in Our Stars $17.99 John Green, Dutton, $17.99 2. Divergent 2. Goodnight Moon Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books 3. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99 Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), 3. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic 4. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Harper, $8.99 Adventures 4. Magic Tree House 3. An Otis Christmas Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99 Random House Candlewick, $17.99 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 5. Ivy & Bean 5. Fortunately, the Milk Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15 Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $14.99 5. The Polar Express Chronicle Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95 6. The Heroes of Olympus 6. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims Rick Riordan, Hyperion Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $19.99 6. The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore, Holly Hobbie (Illus.), 7. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 7. Star Wars: Jedi Academy Little Brown, $18 Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99 8. Ranger’s Apprentice 7. The Christmas Wish John Flanagan, Puffin 8. Looking for Alaska Lori Evert, Random House, $17.99 9. Harry Potter John Green, Puffin, $9.99 8. The Elf on the Shelf J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine 9. Frog Trouble . . . and Eleven Other Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA Books Pretty Serious Songs and B, $20 10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Hyperion Sandra Boynton, Workman, $16.95 9. Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella 10. Counting by 7s Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99 All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Holly Goldberg Sloan, Dial, $16.99 10. Journey Aaron Becker, Candlewick, $15.99 11. The One and Only Ivan 11. Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $17.99 Another Indie Favorite for Teen Readers Reality Boy, by A.S. King (Little, Brown Books Harper, $16.99 12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction for Young Readers, $18) “I’m not Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld 12. God Got a Dog sure if there is a subject that A.S. King cannot (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99 Cynthia Rylant, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, handle with perfect dexterity. She wins your $17.99 13. Where the Wild Things Are trust by creating characters that are real and 13. Eleanor & Park Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95 then paves the story’s way with glass shards, Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99 14. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy heartbreak, and, ultimately, gold. Reality Boy is Evening Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), a fascinating emotional dissection of life under 14. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Dutton, $16.99 the watchful eye of the American public and the Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99 15. Snowflakes Falls subsequent fallout for one angry young man.” 15. Spirit Animals: Wild Born Patricia MacLachlan, Steven Kellogg (Illus.), —Jane Knight, Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT Brandon Mull, Scholastic, $12.99 Random House, $17.99 ★ Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. Indie Bestsellers Fiction Week of 12.12.13

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. The Goldfinch 1. Dear Life Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95 2. Dog Songs 2. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95 Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99 3. Sycamore Row 3. The Round House John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99 4. The Valley of Amazement 4. Beautiful Ruins Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99 Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 5. Aimless Love 5. Me Before You Billy Collins, Random House, $26 Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 6. The First Phone Call From Heaven 6. The Dinner Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99 Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14 7. S. 7. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99 J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35 8. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore 8. The Luminaries Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15 Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27 9. The Best American Short Stories ★ 9. The Gods of Guilt 2013 Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, 10. The Circle $14.95 Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95 10. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 11. The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95 ★ 11. The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15 12. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95 12. Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99 13. Command Authority ★ 13. The Orphan Master’s Son Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $29.95 Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 14. The Signature of All Things 14. The Art Forger Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95 B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95 15. Doctor Sleep ★ 15. Orphan Train Stephen King, Scribner, $30 Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. David and Goliath 1. Hyperbole and a Half Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99 2. Things That Matter 2. Unlikely Loves Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95 3. The Bully Pulpit 3. Wild Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 4. I Am Malala 4. World Almanac and Book of Facts Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 2014 5. One Summer: America, 1927 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95 5. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2014 6. Stitches Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95 Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 6. Orange Is the New Black 7. I Could Pee on This Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16 Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 7. Quiet 8. Killing Jesus Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28 8. Proof of Heaven ★ 9. George Washington’s Secret Six: The Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 Spy Ring That Saved the American 9. How Music Works Revolution David Byrne, McSweeney’s, $20 Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95 10. Dog Shaming 10. The Boys in the Boat Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15 Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95 11. Wreck This Journal 11. The Men Who United the States Keri Smith, Perigee, $15 Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99 12. The World Until Yesterday 12. My Promised Land Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18 Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 13. Holidays on Ice 13. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10 Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 ★ 14. Awkward Family Holiday Photos ★ 14. Humans of New York Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers Press, Brandon Stanton, St. Martin’s, $29.99 $15 15. Guinness World Records 2014 15. Outliers Guinness World Records, $28.95 Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99 21. The Kid 23. Philomena Ben Bradlee, Jr., Little Brown, $35 Martin Sixsmith, Penguin, $16