National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for October 13, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 9, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
2/4
2. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
The suspenseful new Jack Reacher novel by the bestselling author of Worth Dying For.
1/2
3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
4/33
4. The Cat's Table- Debut
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
Ondaatje's wonderful new novel about an eleven-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September Indie Next List Great Read.
5/6
6. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.
3/18
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
7/13
8. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
Stephenson's new thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
6/3
9. The Dovekeepers- Debut
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing new novel, set in ancient Israel, is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
10. Shock Wave- Debut
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157691
A thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel by the bestselling author of Bad Blood.
/1
11. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091
Frazier's dazzling new novel of suspense and love is set in a small North Carolina town in the early 1960s.
12/2
12. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186
Coelho's new novel is the story of a man facing a grave crisis of faith who seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth.
11/2
13. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26.99, 9781451643114
Burke's masterful sequel to his 2009 novel Rain Gods is an October Indie Next List Great Read.
9/2
14. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
8/11
15. The Great Leader- Debut
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119704
Harrison's enthralling, witty, and expertly crafted novel following one man's hunt for an elusive cult leader.
/1
ON THE RISE
19. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Crown , $25, 9780307394996
A gripping modern-day ghost story by the bestselling author of Skeletons at the Feast.


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