National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 17, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 13, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/38
2. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995
Russell's beautiful and inventive debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/2
3. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/105
4. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 2/23
5. A Discovery of Witches- Debut
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410
This richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
6. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316038393
A funny, new collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 7/20
7. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/24
8. A Red Herring Without Mustard- Debut
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342322
The beguiling new novel featuring the clever and unflappable 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce.		 /1
9. Tick Tock
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316037914
The exciting new Michael Bennett novel from the authors of Worst Case.		 11/3
10. The Red Garden
Alice Hoffman, Crown, $25, 9780307393876
Hoffman's beautiful new novel about a small town in rural Massachusetts is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/3
11. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446573641
Martin's latest novel is an engaging and clever look at the New York City art scene.		 6/12
12. While Mortals Sleep
Kurt Vonnegut, Delacorte, $27, 9780385343732
Sixteen previously unpublished short stories from the early years of Vonnegut's career.		 8/3
13. West of Here- Debut
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565129528
Evison's epic novel about the fictional town of Port Bonita, Washington, is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February.		 /1
14. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157073
The new Joe Pike novel by the bestselling author of The First Rule.		 13/5
15. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399157226
Brown's delightful debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/2
ON THE RISE
18. I Think I Love You
Allison Pearson, Knopf , $24.95, 9781400042357
Pearson's latest novel is funny, moving, and full of observations about the awakenings of both youth and middle age.


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