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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 6, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 2, 2011
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Affair- Debut Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326 The suspenseful new Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For. |
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| 2. | 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. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
3/17 |
| 4. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309 McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. |
2/32 |
| 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. |
5/5 |
| 6. | Reamde 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. |
4/2 |
| 7. | 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. |
6/12 |
| 8. | 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. |
7/10 |
| 9. | Feast Day of Fools- Debut James Lee Burke, S&S, $26.99, 9781451643114 Burke's masterful sequel to his 2009 novel Rain Gods is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 10. | Lost Memory of Skin- Debut Russell Banks, Ecco, $25.99, 9780061857638 Banks' provocative new novel illuminating the shadowed edges of contemporary American culture is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 11. | Aleph- Debut Paulo Coelho, Knopf , $24.95, 9780307700186 Coelho's new novel is the story of a man facing a grave crisis of faith who seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth. |
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| 12. | Nightwoods- Debut Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091 Frazier's dazzling new novel of suspense and love is set in a small North Carolina town in the early 1960s. |
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| 13. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. |
10/22 |
| 14. | 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. |
8/2 |
| 15. | 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. |
12/6 |