Indie Bestsellers Week of 12.05.13 HardcoverFICTION NONFICTION 1. The Goldfinch 1. David and Goliath Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 2. Dog Songs 2. The Bully Pulpit Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95 Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 3. Aimless Love 3. I Am Malala Billy Collins, Random House, $26 Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 4. Things That Matter 4. Sycamore Row Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 5. One Summer: America, 1927 5. The Valley of Amazement Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95 Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99 6. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage 6. The Luminaries Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27 7. The Circle 7. Stitches Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95 Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 8. S. 8. My Promised Land J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35 Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 9. The First Phone Call From Heaven 9. Killing Jesus Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99 Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28 10. The Lowland 10. I Could Pee on This Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95 Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 11. The Signature of All Things 11. The Men Who United the States Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95 Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99 12. The Boys in the Boat 12. We Are Water Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95 Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.99 13. Guinness World Records 2014 13. Doctor Sleep Guinness World Records, $28.95 Stephen King, Scribner, $30 14. Jerusalem: A Cookbook 14. The Good Lord Bird Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95 $35 15. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon 15. The Death of Santini Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95 Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 Other Indie Favorites Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories From Chickens in the Road: An Adventure in Ordinary History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings, by Splendor, by Suzanne McMinn (HarperOne, Linda Rodriguez McRobbie (Quirk Books, $28.99) “All those interested in sustainable agriculture, living $19.95) “Everyone knows that princesses are lovely beings who off the grid, dwelling in yurts, organic farming, backyard foraging, live fairy-tale lives. Unless, of course, they are real people. Then it’s a bit messier. McRobbie has written a fascinating account of real beekeeping, cheesemaking, etc., will love this inspiring memoir. It’s princesses who didn’t live happily ever after. Starting in antiquity, also a great gift for rural-wannabes, as it’s filled with the details and she describes the legend that has surrounded each princess dialogues of McMinn’s challenging pursuit of a natural lifestyle. — and attempts to ascertain the truth of what the princess was Susan Thurin, Bookends on Main, Menomonie, really like and the reality of her situation. This book is a thought- WI provoking addition to feminist literature.” —Janice Hunsch, Kaleidosaurus Books, Fishers, IN Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut Indie Bestsellers .org Week of 12.05.13 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. Orange Is the New Black Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99 Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16 4. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 4. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 5. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15 5. Quiet 6. The Dinner Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14 ★ 6. World Almanac and Book of Facts 7. Flight Behavior 2014 Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99 8. Me Before You 7. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2014 Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95 9. The Best American Short Stories 8. Proof of Heaven 2013 Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95 9. How Music Works 10. Telegraph Avenue David Byrne, McSweeney’s, $20 Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99 10. The World Until Yesterday 11. This Is How You Lose Her Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18 Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $16 11. Brain on Fire 12. The Light Between Oceans Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16 M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16 ★ 12. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power 13. The House Girl Jon Meacham, Random House, $20 Tara Conklin, Morrow, $14.99 13. 12 Years a Slave 14. The Orphan Master’s Son Solomon Northup, Penguin, $16 Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 15. The Storyteller 14. Unlikely Friendships Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16 Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95 17. The Aviator’s Wife 15. Far From the Tree Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15 Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50 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 Stop Here: A Novel, by Beverly Gologorsky 3. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 (Seven Stories Press, $16.95) “A seemingly 4. Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 unassuming little novel with a huge heart, Stop Here captures you from page one. Gologorsky, the author of The Things We Do 5. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99 ★ to Make It Home, once again expertly portrays the impact of war 6. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 on the lives of working class families. I got so involved in the 7. Notorious Nineteen Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 lives of the characters working at Murray’s Diner that when my 8. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 basset hound chewed up the last 25 pages of the manuscript, I 9. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $7.99 had to call my sales rep to get another copy ASAP!” —Flossie 10. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 McNabb, Union Avenue Books, Knoxville, TN Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut = On the Rise = Debut Indie Bestsellers Week of 12.05.13 Children’sCHILDREN’S INTEREST Books ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. The Book Thief 1. The Day the Crayons Quit 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99 Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) $17.99 2. Divergent 2. The Fault in Our Stars Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books John Green, Dutton, $17.99 2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), 3. The Hunger Games 3. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99 Harper, $8.99 Suzanne Collins, Scholastic 4. Magic Tree House 4. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated 3. An Otis Christmas Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Adventures Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99 Random House Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 5. The Heroes of Olympus Candlewick, $17.99 Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15 Rick Riordan, Hyperion 5. Looking for Alaska 5. The Elf on the Shelf 6. Ivy & Bean John Green, Puffin, $9.99 Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), and B, $20 Chronicle 6. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims 7. Elephant & Piggie Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $19.99 6. The Christmas Wish Mo Willems, Hyperion Lori Evert, Random House, $17.99 8. Ranger’s Apprentice 7. Star Wars: Jedi Academy 7. The Polar Express John Flanagan, Puffin Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99 Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95 9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians 8. Frog Trouble . and Eleven Other 8. Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella Rick Riordan, Hyperion Pretty Serious Songs Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99 10. Big Nate Sandra Boynton, Workman, $16.95 ★ 9. The Night Before Christmas Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel 9. Fortunately, the Milk Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $14.99 (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99 All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. 10. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar 10. Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99 Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $17.99 Another Indie Favorite for Ages 4 to 8 11. Eleanor & Park 11. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95 The Blessing Cup, by Patricia Polacco (Simon Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99 & Schuster Books for Young 12. Santa! A Scanimation Picture Book ★ Readers, $17.99) “If you loved Polacco’s 12. Paper Towns Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95 John Green, Speak, $9.99 The Keeping Quilt, you’ll feel the same way about 13. Journey this sequel. Repeating the artistic format and 13. The One and Only Ivan Aaron Becker, Candlewick, $15.99 tender storytelling of the first book, Polacco Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), 14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction shares the history of the quilt’s journey to the Harper, $16.99 United States. Her family struggled mightily Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld against the terrors and prejudices of pre-WWI Russia, but somehow 14. Spirit Animals: Wild Born (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99 managed to make it to America. The strength of both a family and Brandon Mull, Scholastic, $12.99 ★15. The Night Before Christmas its story shines in this book. Definitely a classic!” — Margaret 15.