National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 23, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 19, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/11
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
French's new novel about the investigation of the murder of a family is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/4
3. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
14/2
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.
4/9
5. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/10
6. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
The thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/6
7. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/2
8. 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.
5/48
9. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
7/3
10. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
A new Vatican-set thriller featuring Gabriel Allon, from the bestselling author of Portrait of a Spy.
6/5
11. Where'd You Go, Bernadette- Debut
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.
/1
12. The Kingmaker's Daughter- Debut
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781451626070
Gregory's latest Cousin's War novel is a story of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England.
/1
13. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
A dazzling new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of Spies of the Balkans.
10/10
14. In the Shadow of the Banyan- Debut
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708
Ratner's brilliantly wrought tale of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and human resilience is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
15. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/13


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