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Bestseller List for January 31, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending January 27, 2013
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Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Tenth of December George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806 Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/3 |
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. |
2/33 |
3. | A Memory of Light Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765325952 Sanderson's conclusion to Jordan's bestselling fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time. |
3/3 |
4. | Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265 Kingsolver's powerful new novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/12 |
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 and the winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction. |
5/16 |
6. | The River Swimmer Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120731 Harrison's latest collection of novellas are written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. |
11/2 |
7. | Suspect- Debut Robert Crais, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399161483 An explosive new novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Taken. |
/1 |
8. | The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385350280 In her debut novel, Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. A January 2013 Indie Next Great Read and an Oprah Book Club selection. |
6/7 |
9. | 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. |
9/18 |
10. | Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385536820 McEwan's wonderfully witty novel of betrayal and intrigue is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/11 |
11. | 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. |
/24 |
12. | 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. |
10/14 |
13. | Where'd You Go, Bernadette 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. |
/9 |
14. | The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534 Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults. |
13/17 |
15. |
Standing in Another Man's Grave ON THE RISE |
12/2 |
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