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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for November 8, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending November 4, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Racketeer- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144
A federal judge is murdered, and an imprisoned former attorney knows who is responsible in Grisham's latest legal thriller.
/1
2. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults.
1/5
3. 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.
2/21
4. Back to Blood- Debut
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $30, 9780316036313
Set in Miami, Wolfe's new novel is a funny and insightful look at America in the 21st century.
/1
5. 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.
6/4
6. 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.
5/7
7. 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.
4/6
8. The Panther
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.
7/2
9. 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.
8/7
10. The Twelve
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982
The second book in Cronin's riveting Passage trilogy is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
11. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
In her new collection of poems, Oliver opens our eyes to the mysteries of our daily experience.
9/2
12. The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton, Atria, $26.99, 9781439152805
A spellbinding new novel of love and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Distant Hours.
13/2
13. 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.
12/16
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.
14/4
15. Phantom
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960474
Nesbø's excellent new thriller featuring Harry Hole is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/4
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16. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326
Shapiro's dazzling literary thriller is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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