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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 15, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 10, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
2/14
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.
1/21
3. Lone Wolf
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.
3/2
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.
4/25
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
6/55
6. 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.
5/4
7. 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.
10/40
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.
8/18
9. 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.
11/26
10. The Expats- Debut
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354
Pavone's thriller about an American abroad who finds herself in a complex web of intrigue is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
11. The Starboard Sea- Debut
Amber Dermont, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312642808
A powerful debut novel about life and death, friendship and love, as one young man must navigate the depths of his emotions.
/1
12. 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.
9/22
13. 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.
/18
14. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
CIA super agent Mitch Rapp returns in the latest thriller by the author of American Assassin.
7/5
15. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119
An intriguing novel about the making of a werewolf, as only Anne Rice could create.
12/4
ON THE RISE
19. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
Anshaw's novel about a tragic car accident and the lives of those involved is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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