National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for September 28, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16.00, 9780735212152
Hawkins' bestselling debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives is now a major motion picture.		 1/11
2. 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.		 2/55
3. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634482
Groff's exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.		 6/2
4. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331
Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture.		 5/13
5. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501106484
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is a major motion picture.		 3/53
6. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501115073
This warmhearted novel by the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.		 4/23
7. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944
Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.		 7/23
8. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798
George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.		 8/27
9. After You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143108863
After You is quintessential Jojo Moyes--a novel that will make you laugh, cry, and rejoice at being back in the world she creates.		 9/10
10. See Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455520626
See Me reminds us that those who see us for who we truly are may not always be the ones easiest to recognize.		 10/8
11. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000
Acclaimed Swedish journalist and author Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this adrenaline-charged thriller.		 12/18
12. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Bantam, $17.00, 9781101967669
Gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best.		 14/8
13. 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.		 /31
14. 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.		 11/69
15. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109464
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. Now a major motion picture.		 13/86

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