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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for May 19, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 15, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/2 |
| 2. | Dead Reckoning Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9780441020317 The new Sookie Stackhouse novel by the author Dead in the Family. |
2/2 |
| 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. |
5/12 |
| 4. | The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831 Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011. |
3/10 |
| 5. | She Walks in Beauty Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459 Caroline Kennedy has marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay tribute to the human experience. |
1/6 |
| 6. | The Land of Painted Caves Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516 The sixth and final installment in Auel's popular Earth's Children series. |
6/7 |
| 7. | The Snowman- Debut Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867 Nesbø's latest thriller involving a search for a serial killer is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 8. | Sixkill Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157264 An extraordinary new Spenser novel by the author of Painted Ladies. |
7/2 |
| 9. | Buried Prey- Debut John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157387 Sandford's brilliant new Lucas Davenport thriller. |
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| 10. | 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. |
12/51 |
| 11. | The Pale King David Foster Wallace, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316074230 A deeply compelling and satisfying novel that remained unfinished at the time of Wallace's death in 2008. |
14/7 |
| 12. | The Sixth Man David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573108 Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in Baldacci's latest bestselling thriller. |
11/4 |
| 13. | The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069359 Connelly's latest legal thriller featuring Mickey Haller. |
10/6 |
| 14. | The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378392 The new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel following The Double Comfort Safari Club. |
9/8 |
| 15. | The Story of Beautiful Girl- Debut Rachel Simon, Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446574464 Simon's enthralling new novel is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 18. | 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America Albert Brooks, St. Martin's , $25.99, 9780312583729 The popular comedian and filmmaker's debut novel is a serious and thought-provoking look at our possible future. |
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