National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for June 7, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 3, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
1/4
2. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man is a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/4
3. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
4. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison new novel is a taut and tortured story about one man's desperate search for himself in a world disfigured by war.
4/4
5. Istanbul Passage- Debut
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414
Kanon's haunting novel about a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
6. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
Moore's delectable confection of wit, intrigue, passion, and art history is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/9
7. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball.
6/8
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
7/37
9. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
8/67
10. A Blaze of Glory- Debut
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $28, 9780345527356
Shaara's latest riveting historical novel looks at the Battle of Shiloh.
/1
11. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
A historical novel of love, family, risk, and destiny by the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia.
14/9
12. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447
Book 12 in the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series.
11/5
13. The Yard- Debut
Alex Grecian, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399149542
Grecian's outstanding debut novel about Scotland Yard in late Victorian London is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
14. Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157684
Lucas Davenport investigates the killing of an entire family in Sandford's latest bestseller.
10/3
15. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
A riveting new thriller by the bestselling author of Absolute Power.
12/7


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