National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for October 24, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307265746
The extraordinary new novel by the author of The Namesake was short-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and is an October Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/4
2. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351393
An exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King.		 4/2
3. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95, 9780670024858
The highly anticipated new novel by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
4. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204784
Oliver's new collection of poems paints a portrait of her relationships with the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work.		 3/2
5. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476727653
King's riveting sequel to The Shining is about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save.		 5/4
6. Just One Evil Act- Debut
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $29.95, 9780525952961
A new masterpiece of suspense by the bestselling author of Believing the Lie.		 /1
7. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy- Debut
Helen Fielding, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385350860
Bridget Jones returns in Fielding's timely, tender, witty, and wise new novel.		 /1
8. Police- Debut
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960498
A riveting new Harry Hole novel by the the bestselling author of The Redeemer.		 /1
9. The Luminaries- Debut
Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27, 9780316074315
Catton's breathtaking feat of storytelling in which everything is connected but nothing is as it seems is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize.		 /1
10. Identical- Debut
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $28, 9781455527205
A new novel of murder, sex, and betrayal by the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent.		 /1
11. Someone
Alice McDermott, FSG, $25, 9780374281090
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning McDermott is a fully realized portrait of one woman's life in all its complexity, and a September 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/6
12. Longbourn- Debut
Jo Baker, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385351232
Baker's irresistibly imagined below-stairs answer to Pride and Prejudice is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
13. 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.		 7/22
14. 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.		 15/18
15. The Longest Ride
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27, 9781455520657
Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience, have their lives converge in the latest novel by the bestselling author of The Notebook.		 8/5

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