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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 25, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending October 21, 2012
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534 Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults. |
1/4 |
| 2. | 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. |
2/20 |
| 3. | The Twelve- Debut Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982 The second book in Cronin's riveting Passage trilogy is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 4. | Winter of the World Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923 Follett's epic follow-up to Fall of Giants is the second book of his Century Trilogy. |
4/5 |
| 5. | This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361 A new collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. |
3/6 |
| 6. | The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247 The masterful new novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/3 |
| 7. | The Panther- Debut Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580847 A breathtaking new thriller featuring Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey, by the bestselling author of The Lion's Game. |
/1 |
| 8. | Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348 Chabon's triumphant new novel set in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/6 |
| 9. | A Thousand Mornings- Debut Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777 In her new collection of poems, Oliver opens our eyes to the mysteries of our daily experience. |
/1 |
| 10. | The Bone Bed- Debut Patricia Cornwell, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399157561 An electrifying new Kay Scarpetta novel by the bestselling author of Red Mist. |
/1 |
| 11. | Phantom Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960474 Nesbø's excellent new thriller featuring Harry Hole is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/3 |
| 12. | Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031 The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. |
/15 |
| 13. | The Secret Keeper- Debut Kate Morton, Atria, $26.99, 9781439152805 A spellbinding new novel of love and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Distant Hours. |
/1 |
| 14. | Live By Night Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.99, 9780060004873 Lehane's latest is at once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, and an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/3 |
| 15. | In Sunlight and in Shadow Mark Helprin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780547819235 Helprin's enchanting and sweeping new novel is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/3 |