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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 13, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 9, 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. |
2/4 |
| 2. | The Affair Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326 The suspenseful new Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For. |
1/2 |
| 3. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309 McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. |
4/33 |
| 4. | The Cat's Table- Debut Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117 Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an eleven-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s 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. |
5/6 |
| 6. | 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. |
3/18 |
| 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. |
7/13 |
| 8. | 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. |
6/3 |
| 9. | The Dovekeepers- Debut Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474 Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing new novel, set in ancient Israel, is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
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| 10. | Shock Wave- Debut John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157691 A thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel by the bestselling author of Bad Blood. |
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| 11. | Nightwoods 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. |
12/2 |
| 12. | Aleph 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. |
11/2 |
| 13. | Feast Day of Fools 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. |
9/2 |
| 14. | 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. |
8/11 |
| 15. | The Great Leader- Debut Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119704 Harrison's enthralling, witty, and expertly crafted novel following one man's hunt for an elusive cult leader. |
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| 19. | The Night Strangers Chris Bohjalian, Crown , $25, 9780307394996 A gripping modern-day ghost story by the bestselling author of Skeletons at the Feast. |
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