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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Deadlocked- Debut
Charlaine Harris, Ace , $27.95, 9781937007447
Book 12 in the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series.
/1
2. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.
2/4
3. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/5
4. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of his Dark Tower fantasy saga.
1/2
5. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
McCall Smith's 13th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
4/5
6. 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.
7/29
7. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.
5/3
8. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
Tyler's haunting and deeply moving new novel about a man grieving the death of his wife is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/5
9. The Newlyweds- Debut
Nell Freudenberger, Knopf , $25.95, 9780307268846
A surprising and suspenseful story about the exhilaration and complications of getting, and staying, married.
/1
10. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.
10/5
11. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
8/63
12. 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.
11/33
13. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Rogan's novel of hard choices and survival is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/4
14. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby- Debut
Ace Atkins, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158032
Atkins keeps Parker's Spenser franchise alive in a riveting new thriller.
/1
15. 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.
15/32


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