National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 24, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending February 21, 2016
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 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.		 1/88
2. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26.00, 9781400067695
The unforgettable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/6
3. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669
Hawkins' debut is a psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. A January 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/52
4. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
Hannah's heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women is a February 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/49
5. The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $28.00, 9780345528698
Benjamin's triumphant new novel about the friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and socialite Babe Paley is the #1 Indie Next List Pick for February 2016.		 5/4
6. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594634475
Groff's exhilarating new novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception is an October 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/23
7. Midnight Sun- Debut
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $23.95, 9780385354202
The new novel by the bestselling author of Blood on Snow is a tightly wound tale about a man who, running from retribution, goes to ground far above the Arctic circle, where the never-setting sun might slowly drive a man insane.		 /1
8. Cometh the Hour- Debut
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250061621
The penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.		 /1
9. The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $27.00, 9780812997170
The new novel by the author of Life of Pi takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century--and through the human soul.		 7/3
10. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539432
Gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best.		 9/18
11. Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee, Harper, $27.99, 9780062409850
Lee's landmark new novel, which is set two decades after To Kill a Mockingbird, is actually the first draft of the story she reworked to create her Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.		 /21
12. A Doubter's Almanac- Debut
Ethan Canin, Random House, $28.00, 9781400068265
Canin's masterful new novel explores the nature of genius, rivalry, ambition, and love among multiple generations of a gifted family.		 /1
13. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $28.00, 9781501116971
Allende's exquisitely crafted love story and multi-generational new novel is a November 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/15
14. All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $25.99, 9780765379948
This stunning novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future--is a February 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/4
15. NYPD Red 4- Debut
James Patterson, Marshall Karp, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316407069
NYPD Red chases a ruthless murderer with an uncontrollable lust for money--and blood.		 /1
ON THE RISE
17. The Widow
Fiona Barton, NAL, $26.00, 9781101990261
Barton's electrifying thriller takes readers into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.		  

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