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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending March 6, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle--Day Two - Debut
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95, 9780756404734
The mesmerizing sequel to Rothfuss' debut fantasy, The Name of the Wind.
/1
2. Sing You Home - Debut
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102725
Picoult's new book is about about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood.
/1
3. The Paris Wife
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
4. 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.
3/4
5. 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.
2/41
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.
6/108
7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.
5/26
8. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995
Russell's beautiful and inventive debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
4/5
9. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Viking , $26.95, 9780670022328
The new novel by the author of The Women is a March Indie Next Great Read.
7/2
10. Minding Frankie - Debut
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307273567
Binchy is back with a tale about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.
/1
11. 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.
10/5
12. 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.
9/27
13. 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.
8/23
14. 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.
11/4
15. 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.
12/4
ON THE RISE
17. Open City
Teju Cole, Random House, $25, 9781400068098
This debut from Nigerian author Cole is a haunting novel of national identity, race, liberty, and loss.
 


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