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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 18, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Night Circus- Debut Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635 Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 2. | 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. |
1/30 |
| 3. | 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. |
2/15 |
| 4. | 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. |
3/3 |
| 5. | 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. |
4/10 |
| 6. | 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. |
5/8 |
| 7. | 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. |
6/3 |
| 8. | 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. |
7/4 |
| 9. | 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. |
12/69 |
| 10. | 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. |
9/3 |
| 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. |
10/20 |
| 12. | 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. |
15/4 |
| 13. | Pirate King 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. |
8/2 |
| 14. | The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka, Knopf, $22, 9780307700001 Otsuka's new novel tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. |
/2 |
| 15. | 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. |
11/6 |
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| 19. | New York to Dallas J.D. Robb, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157783 Robb's latest thriller is an intense and terrifying new case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas. |
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