National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for December 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
A brilliant collection of stories from one of the most beloved writers of our time and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.		 1/18
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.		 2/36
3. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062065254
The masterful novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is the 2012 National Book Award-winner for fiction.		 3/11
4. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.		 4/36
5. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.		 8/19
6. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
Koch's novel reveals the dark side of genteel society.		 6/6
7. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
Kingsolver's powerful novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia.		 7/27
8. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756
Sloan's dazzling literary adventure, set mostly in a small San Francisco bookstore, is now available in paperback.		 5/11
9. The Best American Short Stories 2013
Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547554839
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.		 9/9
10. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.		 12/36
11. The Aviator's Wife- Debut
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15, 9780345528681
Benjamin's fascinating novel about the marriage of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.		 /1
12. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061493355
Chabon's big-hearted, exhilarating novel explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families.		 10/13
13. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.		 14/34
14. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.		 /28
15. Orphan Train- Debut
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.		 /1

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