National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for July 24, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending July 20, 2014
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Book of Life- Debut
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
Harkness' highly anticipated finale to her bestselling All Souls trilogy, following Shadow of Night.		 /1
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.		 1/39
3. The Heist- Debut
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
Gabriel Allon searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in Silva's latest action-packed tale of international intrigue.		 /1
4. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
A compulsively readable, new crime novel featuring Cormoran Strike by the bestselling author of The Cuckoo's Calling.		 2/5
5. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/11
6. The Vacationers
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594631573
Straub's deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface during an American family's two-week vacation is a June 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/7
7. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014.		 10/28
8. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585
The irresistible new novel by the bestselling author of Me Before You is a July 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/3
9. California
Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818
California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience shows how far we will go to protect the ones we love.		 4/2
10. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128
A pulse-pounding new thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Patriot.		 8/2
11. Midnight in Europe
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069491
A suspenseful, romantic, and richly rendered novel of spies and secrets in Paris, New York, Warsaw, and Odessa on the eve of World War II.		 12/7
12. The Queen of the Tearling- Debut
Erika Johansen, Harper, $26.99, 9780062290366
Johansen's compelling debut novel of magic, adventure, mystery, and romance is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for July 2014.		 /1
13. Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476754451
In King's latest bestseller, three unlikely heroes try to stop a lone killer from killing thousands.		 6/7
14. Invisible
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $28, 9780316405348
An FBI researcher tries to prove that hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and murders are all connected. Could one person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes?		 /3
15. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432
The brilliant next chapter in Gabaldon's Outlander series.		 9/6
ON THE RISE
16. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792
Burke's novel is a tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller that crosses continents and decades of American history.		  

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