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 |
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| 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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