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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803 The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/10 |
| 2. | A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477 The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire. |
2/5 |
| 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. |
3/25 |
| 4. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694 Towles's captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/3 |
| 5. | The Magician King- Debut Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311 Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 6. | 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. |
6/64 |
| 7. | Portrait of a Spy Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184 International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair. |
5/4 |
| 8. | Maine J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126 By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family. |
7/9 |
| 9. | 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. |
12/23 |
| 10. | The Last Werewolf Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089 Duncan's original tale of Jake, a werewolf who is the last of his species, is a July Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/5 |
| 11. | 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. |
10/15 |
| 12. | Ghost Story Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791 The 13th book in Butcher's popular Dresden Files series. |
9/3 |
| 13. | This Beautiful Life Helen Schulman, Harper, $24.99, 9780062024381 Schulman's novel is a devastating exploration of both the blurring boundaries of privacy and the fragility of self and the sacrifices and choices we make in the name of love. |
15/2 |
| 14. | The Family Fang- Debut Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035 Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 15. | House of Holes- Debut Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511 A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox. |
/1 |