National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for September 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 11, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
2/29
2. 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.
1/14
3. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
15/2
4. 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.
4/9
5. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
5/7
6. The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312358341
In his new novel, Perrotta looks at what happens when millions of people suddenly disappear without explanation. A September Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
7. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $25, 9780345525543
Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
6/3
8. Pirate King- Debut
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $25, 9780553807981
In King's latest adventure featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, readers enter the world of silent films-where the pirates are real and the shooting isn't all done with cameras.
/1
9. We the Animals
Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18, 9780547576725
This deeply moving debut novel about growing up is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
14/2
10. 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.
13/19
11. The Magician King
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.
7/5
12. 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.
11/68
13. The Submission- Debut
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565
Waldman's novel is a deeply moving story of Manhattan 10 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
/1
14. A Trick of the Light
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655457
The engrossing new Chief Inspector Gamache mystery by the author of Bury Your Dead is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
9/2
15. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dutton, $25.95, 9780525952480
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/3
ON THE RISE
17. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, FSG, $18, 9780374281144
A new novella suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West, by the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke.


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