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
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


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