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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846 A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
2/8 |
| 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. |
3/12 |
| 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. |
4/13 |
| 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. |
5/61 |
| 6. |
Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272591 A wildly entertaining new, satirical novel by the bestselling author of Lucky You. |
6/9 |
| 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. |
7/4 |
| 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. |
9/4 |
| 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. |
10/10 |
| 10. |
Light of the World 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. |
8/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
12/11 |
| 12. |
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. |
11/9 |
| 13. |
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. |
14/65 |
| 14. |
The Sound of Things Falling- Debut Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487484 Vásquez's second novel is a gorgeously wrought and intimate portrayal of the drug wars in his home country, Colombia. |
/1 |
| 15. |
& 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. |
13/2 |
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| 21. |
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Adelle Waldman, Holt, $25, 9780805097450 Waldman's debut novel is an absorbing tale of a young man's search for happiness and an inside look at what he really thinks about women, sex, and love. |
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