National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for February 10, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending February 7, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786
A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors.		 1/36
2. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172707
Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read and a National Book Award finalist.		 3/2
3. The Revenant
Michael Punke, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250101198
A thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the 19th-century American frontier. Now a major motion picture.		 2/6
4. The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307455796
Ishiguro's novel tells a luminous story about the act of forgetting and the power of memory.		 5/5
5. Brooklyn
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $15.00, 9781501106477
The bestselling coming-of-age novel set in Ireland and Brooklyn in the 1950s is now a major motion picture.		 4/12
6. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15.00, 9781101903582
Weir's remarkable debut novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars and his fight for survival is now a major motion picture.		 6/67
7. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.		 /53
8. Euphoria
Lily King, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802123701
A breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives.		 7/47
9. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024
In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.		 10/22
10. God Help the Child
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307740922
Morrison weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult.		 11/2
11. Descent
Tim Johnston, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616204778
When a young woman goes missing on a family vacation to the Rocky Mountains, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.		 8/10
12. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609451349
Two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others.		 9/9
13. A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316176507
This stunning companion to her novel Life After Life proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.		 13/4
14. The Good Girl
Mary Kubica, Mira, $14.95, 9780778317760
Kubica's propulsive debut novel reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.		 12/20
15. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609452339
Ferrante's third Neapolitan novel, following The Story of a New Name.		 /3

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