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Indie Bestsellers Week of 03.14.13

HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. Gone Girl 1. My Beloved World Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95 2. Tenth of December 2. I Could Pee on This George Saunders, Random House, $26 Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 3. The Dinner 3. Help, Thanks, Wow Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24 Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 4. A Week in Winter 4. Wild Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95 Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95 5. Benediction 5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Kent Haruf, Knopf, $25.95 Katherine Boo, Random House, $27 6. The Storyteller 6. Detroit: An American Autopsy Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28.99 Charlie LeDuff, Penguin Press, $27.95 7. The Round House 7. Salt Sugar Fat Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99 Michael Moss, Random House, $28 8. Vampires in the Lemon Grove ★ 8. Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective 9. Flight Behavior Pat Summitt, Sally Jenkins, Crown Archetype, $28 Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99 9. The Future 10. The Accursed ★ Al Gore, Random House, $30 Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco Press, $27.99 10. Life Code 11. The Aviator’s Wife Phillip C. McGraw, Bird Street Books, $26 Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $26 11. Going Clear ★ 12. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $28.95 Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26.95 12. Whitey Bulger 13. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy, Norton, $26.95 Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99 ★ 13. Out of Order: Stories From the History of 14. Alex Cross, Run the Supreme Court James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99 Sandra Day O’Connor, Random House, $26 15. This Is How You Lose Her 14. The World Until Yesterday Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95 Jared M. Diamond, Viking, $36 21. Ghana Must Go 15. Unbroken Taiye Selasi, Penguin Press, $25.95 Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

Other Indie Favorites Frances and Bernard: A Novel, by Carlene Bauer Her: A Memoir, by Christa Parravani (Henry Holt & (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $23) “The main characters Co., $26) “Whether you are a fan of memoirs, a fiction reader, or in this lovely gem of a novel are loosely based on Flannery just plain love great writing, this true story of twin sisters separated O’Connor and Robert Lowell. The story is told entirely in the first by violence and then by tragedy is a must-read. Parravani form of letters—not an easy feat, but Bauer makes it work offers a deep look inside the inner life of twins and shows how beautifully. Frances and Bernard meet in the late 1950s at a addiction can tear at the very heart of a family. A mesmerizing read.” writer’s colony, and though they don’t immediately click, Bernard —Laura Hansen, Bookin’ It, Little Falls, MN sends Frances a letter that begins an intense philosophical, spiritual, and physical relationship. A true treat for readers!” —Cody Morrison, Square Books, Oxford, MS

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 03.14.13

PaperbackFICTION NONFICTION

1. The Paris Wife 1. Proof of Heaven Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15 Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 2. Quiet 2. Life of Pi Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95 ★ 3. Drift: The Unmooring of American 3. The Language of Flowers Military Power Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15 Rachel Maddow, Broadway, $15 4. America the Beautiful 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99 Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14 ★ 5. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) 5. Death Comes to Pemberley Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 P.D. James, Vintage, $15 6. In the Garden of Beasts 6. Rules of Civility Erik Larson, Broadway, $16 Amor Towles, Penguin, $16 7. The Four Agreements 7. The Great Gatsby Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95 F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15 8. The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95 ★ 8. The Orchardist 9. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99 The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99 9. Wolf Hall 10. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16 You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99 10. Canada ★ 11. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Richard Ford, Ecco Press, $15.99 Variations on Voice Terry Tempest Williams, Picador USA, $15 11. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95 12. Prague Winter Madeleine Albright, Harper Perennial, $15.99 12. The Night Circus 13. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15 (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 13. State of Wonder 14. Tiny Beautiful Things Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99 Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95 14. The Snow Child 15. Bossypants Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99 Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99 22. Why Be Happy When You Could Be ★ 15. The Expats Normal? Chris Pavone, Broadway, $15 Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $15

MASS MARKET 1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 Another Indie Favorite 2. Defending Jacob William Landay, Dell, $7.99 The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow: A Novel, by 3. American Sniper Chris Kyle, Harper, $9.99 Rita Leganski (Harper Paperbacks, $14.99) “This 4. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 is storytelling that grabs your heart, mind, and soul. Love, family, secrets, betrayals, and the magical power of listening make this a 5. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 book that will remain with readers for a long time. Bonaventure 6. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 is an unforgettable boy, who captures readers from the first 7. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 page. Pieces of his family’s mysteries unfold in the silence, yet 8. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 no sound or word is ignored by this remarkable boy. Never has 9. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99 silence said or accomplished so much.” —Becky Anderson, 10. Stay Close Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99 Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL

Children’sChildren’s Interest Books ILLUSTRATEd FICTION SERIES 1. The Fault in Our Stars 1. Goodnight Moon 1. Magic Tree House John Green, Dutton, $17.99 Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 Random House 2. The One and Only Ivan 2. This Is Not My Hat 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99 Debut Harper, $16.99 3. Elephant & Piggie = 3. Emeraldalicious Mo Willems, Hyperion 3. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99 Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $14.99 4. Ivy & Bean 4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), 4. Looking for Alaska Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99 Chronicle John Green, Puffin, $9.99 5. Where the Wild Things Are 5. Beautiful Creatures 5. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99 Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95 Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Little Brown 6. Green Eggs and Ham 6. Captain Underpants 6. The Book Thief Dav Pilkey, Scholastic Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99 Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99 7. Big Nate 7. I Want My Hat Back 7. The Apothecary Maile Meloy, Puffin, $7.99 Lincoln Peirce, Harper Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99 8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book 8. Warriors 8. Good Night, Gorilla Erin Hunter, Harper Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95 Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99 New in Series:The Sun Trail 9. LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia 9. I Am a Bunny 9. Harry Potter Claire Sipi, DK Publishing, $18.99 Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 10. The Colossus Rises $5.99 10. Delirium Trilogy Lauren Oliver, Harper Peter Lerangis, Harper, $17.99 ★10. Ollie’s Easter Eggs New in Series: Requiem 11. Exclamation Mark Olivier Dunrea, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), $6.99 All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Scholastic Press, $17.99 11. The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99 Another Indie Favorite for Ages 9 to 12 12. The Phantom Tollbooth The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, by 12. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Charles de Lint, Charles Vess (Illus.) Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99 Fish 13. Drama (Little, Brown Young Readers, $17.99) Dr. Suess, Random House, $8.99 “There are so many brilliant characters in and Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 13. Easter Egg about Tanglewood Forest! de Lint has filled the ★ 14. A Little Book of Sloth Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99 forest to bursting, weaving a tapestry of a tale out of folklore and myth, both American and Lucy Cooke, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 14. Pat the Bunny international. Set in a time when wild things still $16.99 Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99 roamed on the edges of farmland and neighbors 15. Paper Towns 15. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! still knew each other, this is another classic from John Green, Speak, $9.99 Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99 a fantasy master!” —Elizabeth Anker, Alamosa Books, Albuquerque, NM ★ Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers Fiction Week of 03.14.13

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. Gone Girl 1. The Paris Wife Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15 2. Tenth of December 2. Life of Pi George Saunders, Random House, $26 Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95 3. The Dinner 3. The Language of Flowers Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24 Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15 4. A Week in Winter Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14 5. Benediction Kent Haruf, Knopf, $25.95 5. Death Comes to Pemberley 6. The Storyteller P.D. James, Vintage, $15 Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28.99 6. Rules of Civility 7. The Round House Amor Towles, Penguin, $16 Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99 7. The Great Gatsby 8. Vampires in the Lemon Grove F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15 Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95 ★ 8. The Orchardist 9. Flight Behavior Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99 Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99 9. Wolf Hall ★ 10. The Accursed Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16 Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco Press, $27.99 10. Canada 11. The Aviator’s Wife Richard Ford, Ecco Press, $15.99 Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $26 ★ 12. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 11. The Sense of an Ending Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26.95 Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95 13. Where’d You Go, Bernadette 12. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15 Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99 14. Alex Cross, Run 13. State of Wonder James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99 Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99 15. This Is How You Lose Her 14. The Snow Child Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95 Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99 21. Ghana Must Go ★ 15. The Expats Taiye Selasi, Penguin Press, $25.95 Chris Pavone, Broadway, $15

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

1. My Beloved World 1. Proof of Heaven Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95 Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 2. I Could Pee on This 2. Quiet Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 ★ 3. Drift: The Unmooring of American 3. Help, Thanks, Wow Military Power Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 Rachel Maddow, Broadway, $15 4. Wild 4. America the Beautiful Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95 Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99 5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers ★ 5. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: Katherine Boo, Random House, $27 (A Mostly True Memoir) Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 6. Detroit: An American Autopsy 6. In the Garden of Beasts Charlie LeDuff, Penguin Press, $27.95 Erik Larson, Broadway, $16 7. Salt Sugar Fat 7. The Four Agreements Michael Moss, Random House, $28 Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95 ★ 8. Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight 8. The Swerve Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95 and a Life in Perspective 9. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey Pat Summitt, Sally Jenkins, Crown Archetype, $28 The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99 9. The Future 10. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Al Gore, Random House, $30 Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99 10. Life Code ★ 11. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Phillip C. McGraw, Bird Street Books, $26 Variations on Voice Terry Tempest Williams, Picador USA, $15 11. Going Clear Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $28.95 12. Prague Winter Madeleine Albright, Harper Perennial, $15.99 12. Whitey Bulger 13. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy, Norton, $26.95 (And Other Concerns) ★ 13. Out of Order: Stories From the History of Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 the Supreme Court 14. Tiny Beautiful Things Sandra Day O’Connor, Random House, $26 Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95 15. Bossypants 14. The World Until Yesterday Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99 Jared M. Diamond, Viking, $36 22 Why Be Happy When You Could Be 15. Unbroken Normal? Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27 Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $15