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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 3, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 27, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Paris Wife - Debut
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
2. 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.
2/40
3. A Discovery of Witches
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.
3/3
4. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995
Russell's beautiful and inventive debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
1/4
5. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.
4/25
6. 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.
5/107
7. When the Killing's Done - Debut
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022328
The new novel by the author of The Women is a March Indie Next Great Read.
/1
8. 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.
6/22
9. 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.
7/26
10. 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.
12/4
11. West of Here
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.
11/3
12. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342322
The beguiling new novel featuring the clever and unflappable 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce.
8/3
13. I Think I Love You - Debut
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.
/1
14. Tick Tock
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316037914
The exciting new Michael Bennett novel from the authors of Worst Case.
9/5
15. Gideon's Sword - Debut
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446564328
The latest thriller from the bestselling authors of Relic and Mount Dragon.
/1
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16. Treachery in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399157035
Robb's latest is a fast-paced, intricate detective novel in a futuristic setting.
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