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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 4, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
2/20
2. 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.
1/13
3. Lone Wolf - Debut
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749
Picoult's latest novel describes the nature of family: the love, protection, and strength it can offer -- and the price we might have to pay for those gifts.
/1
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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/24
5. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709
This collection of eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander is an Indie Next List Great Read for February 2012.
5/3
6. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
3/54
7. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
CIA super agent Mitch Rapp returns in the latest thriller by the author of American Assassin.
6/4
8. 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.
11/17
9. 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.
7/21
10. 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.
10/39
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 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/25
12. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119
An intriguing novel about the making of a werewolf, as only Anne Rice could create.
14/3
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
15/25
14. The House I Loved
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312593308
A poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants.
8/2
15. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227
Landay's suspenseful novel about guilt, betrayal, and a family in crisis is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
13/3
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27. The Dressmaker
Kate Alcott, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535588
This historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the Titanic disaster only to find herself embroiled in a media frenzy is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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