National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 2, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending April 28, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
The remarkable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/5
2. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
Atkinson's utterly original novel about a woman who lives and dies over and over again is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/4
3. The Hit- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
A riveting new thriller featuring Will Robie by the bestselling author of The Innocent.
/1
4. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/46
5. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
Wolitzer's dazzling new novel features complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City.
6/3
6. Maya's Notebook- Debut
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
In Allende's startling new novel, a young woman records her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.
/1
7. Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
Fowler's novel is a compelling look at the life and times of Zelda Fitzgerald, and a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/5
8. Paris: The Novel- Debut
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385535304
By the bestselling author of London and New York, Paris is a a dazzling portrait of the City of Light.
/1
9. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132
Salter's masterful new novel is a sweeping, seductive, and deeply moving story set in the years after World War II.
5/4
10. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/16
11. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24, 9780770437855
Koch's novel revealing the dark side of genteel society is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/11
12. Manuscript Found in Accra
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22, 9780385349833
In his new novel, Coelho shows that who we are, what we fear, and what we hope for come from the knowledge and belief that can be found within us, and not from the adversity that surrounds us.
9/4
13. Leaving Everything Most Loved
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049605
Winspear's latest Maisie Dobbs novel is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/5
14. 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.
13/28
15. 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.
15/24
ON THE RISE
17. The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker, Harper, $26.99, 9780062110831
Wecker's novel about a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through turn-of-the-century New York. A May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
 

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