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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Night Circus 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. |
1/2 |
| 2. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309 McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. |
2/31 |
| 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. |
3/16 |
| 4. | Reamde- Debut Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961 Stephenson's new thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 5. | 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. |
4/4 |
| 6. | 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. |
5/11 |
| 7. | 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. |
6/9 |
| 8. | Train Dreams- Debut 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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| 9. | 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. |
7/4 |
| 10. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. |
11/21 |
| 11. | 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. |
10/4 |
| 12. | 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. |
8/5 |
| 13. | 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. |
9/70 |
| 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. |
14/3 |
| 15. | Habibi- Debut Craig Thompson, Pantheon, $35, 9780375424144 Thompson's literary graphic novel is a love story, a look at the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and the magic of storytelling. |
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| 19. | The Grief of Others Leah Hager Cohen, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488054 Cohen's novel looks at the devastating effect on a family following the death of a newborn. |
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