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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for February 2, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 29, 2012
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850 James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. |
1/8 |
| 2. | The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122 In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about. |
2/15 |
| 3. | Believing the Lie Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589 George's masterful new Inspector Lynley mystery is a January Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/3 |
| 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. |
4/19 |
| 5. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309 McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. |
6/49 |
| 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. |
8/34 |
| 7. | Taken- Debut Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158278 A riveting new mystery featuring Elvis Cole and Joe Pike by the author of The First Rule. |
/1 |
| 8. | The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054 An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. |
10/16 |
| 9. | 11/22/63 Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282 King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. |
7/12 |
| 10. | 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. |
5/76 |
| 11. | 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. |
11/20 |
| 12. | 1Q84 Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313 Murakami's stunning new novel is a tremendous feat of imagination, and a November 2011 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/14 |
| 13. | Raylan Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062119469 In his latest masterful novel, Leonard brings back U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the mesmerizing hero of the hit FX series Justified. |
15/2 |
| 14. | The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793 Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea is a January Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/3 |
| 15. | How It All Began- Debut Penelope Lively, Viking, $26.95, 9780670023448 Lively's latest novel explores the powerful role of chance in people's lives and the surprising ways lives intersect. |
/1 |
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| 22. | The Flight of Gemma Hardy Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062064226 Livesey's captivating homage to Jane Eyre is a February Indie Next List Great Read. |
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