National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 26, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending April 23, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
Gaiman fashions primeval Norse stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants.		 1/11
2. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
Whitehead's magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/38
3. The Fix- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586561
Amos Decker returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Mile.		 /1
4. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9780812995343
The brilliant first novel by the author of Tenth of December is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/10
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026197
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/33
6. The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062563668
Shattuck's evocative and utterly enthralling novel offers a fresh perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in history, the end of World War II. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2017.		 5/4
7. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See, Scribner, $27.00, 9781501154829
In her thrilling new novel, See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple. An April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/5
8. The Black Book
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316273886
An ingenious and inventive thriller about power, corruption, and the secrets that scandalize a city--and possibly destroy a family.		 7/4
9. Exit West
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26.00, 9780735212176
Hamid's novel is an astonishingly visionary love story that imagines the forces that drive ordinary people from their homes into the uncertain embrace of new lands. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2017.		 9/7
10. American War
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $26.95, 9780451493583
El Akkad's stunning debut novel about a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle is an April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/3
11. The Stars Are Fire- Debut
Anita Shreve, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385350907
Shreve's new novel is an exquisitely suspenseful story about an extraordinary young woman tested by a catastrophic event and its aftermath. A May 2017 Indie Nest List Great Read.		 /1
12. Earthly Remains
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25.00, 9780802126474
A riveting new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery by the bestselling author of A Sea of Troubles.		 10/3
13. Mississippi Blood
Greg Iles, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062311153
The final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy is an April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/5
14. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti, Dial Press, $27.00, 9780812989885
Tinti's second novel is a coming-of-age tale and a literary thrill ride about the price we pay to protect the people we love most. An April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/4
15. The Shadow Land- Debut
Elizabeth Kostova, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780345527868
The suspenseful and beautifully written new novel by the bestselling author of The Historian is an April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
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17. The Perfect Stranger
Megan Miranda, S&S, $25.00, 9781501107993
In Miranda's suspenseful new novel a journalist sets out to find a missing friend--a friend who may never have existed at all.		  

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