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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 1, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending July 28, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Cuckoo's Calling- Debut
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846
A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
/1
2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655
Gaiman's stirring, terrifying new novel is a July 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/6
3. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764
The unforgettable new novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/10
4. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858
In Brown's latest thriller, Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante's Inferno.
3/11
5. 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.
5/59
6. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272591
A wildly entertaining new, satirical novel by the bestselling author of Lucky You.
6/7
7. The English Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073167
A gripping new thriller featuring Gabriel Allon by the bestselling author of The Fallen Angel.
4/2
8. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
David Rakoff, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385535212
Published posthumously, Rakoff's book is a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse, with a scope that spans the 20th century.
7/2
9. TransAtlantic
Colum McCann, Random House, $27, 9781400069590
The soaring new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/8
10. Light of the World- Debut
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710761
Burke's latest is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil, and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced.
/1
11. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781451661507
Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/7
12. The Son
Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062120397
Meyer's masterful new novel of the American west is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/9
13. The Light in the Ruins
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534819
The new novel by the bestselling author of The Sandcastle Girls is a gripping story of love, despair, and revenge set in war-ravaged Tuscany.
12/3
14. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594486401
DiSclafani's evocative debut novel of family secrets and girls'-school rituals, set in the 1930s South is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/8
15. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
/63
ON THE RISE
16. & Sons
David Gilbert, Random House, $27, 9780812993967
Gilbert's novel is a deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide.
 

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