National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 9, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 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.		 1/6
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.		 2/5
3. Maya's Notebook
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.		 6/2
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.		 4/47
5. The Woman Upstairs- Debut
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
Messud's brilliant novel of passion and artistic fulfillment is a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
6. 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.		 5/4
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.		 7/6
8. 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.		 9/5
9. Paris
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.		 8/2
10. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
A riveting new thriller featuring Will Robie by the bestselling author of The Innocent.		 3/2
11. NOS4A2- Debut
Joe Hill, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062200570
Hill's new spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense is a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
12. 12th of Never- Debut
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316210829
A new Women's Murder Club novel by the bestselling authors of 11th Hour.		 /1
13. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/17
14. Best Kept Secret- Debut
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250000989
The latest installment in The Clifton Chronicles by the bestselling author of The Sins of the Father.		 /1
15. 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.		 11/12

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