National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 30, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 26, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858
In Brown's latest thriller, Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante's Inferno.		 1/2
2. And the Mountains Echoed- Debut
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764
The unforgettable new novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. A Delicate Truth
John le Carré, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897
A masterful new novel of international intrigue by the bestselling author of Our Kind of Traitor.		 2/3
4. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
Atkinson's utterly original novel about a woman who lives and dies over and over again is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/8
5. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/50
6. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
The remarkable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/9
7. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
Messud's brilliant novel of passion and artistic fulfillment is a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/4
8. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
Wolitzer's dazzling new novel features complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City.		 11/7
9. The Redeemer- Debut
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595850
A gripping new thriller featuring Harry Hole, by the bestselling author of The Snowman.		 /1
10. Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
Fowler's novel is a compelling look at the life and times of Zelda Fitzgerald, and a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/9
11. Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385535304
By the bestselling author of London and New York, Paris is a a dazzling portrait of the City of Light.		 7/5
12. Maya's Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
In Allende's startling new novel, a young woman records her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.		 12/5
13. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271082
A dazzling new novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun.		 14/2
14. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26, 9780770436407
In Marra's sweeping debut novel, a resilient doctor risks everything to save the life of a hunted child during wartime. A May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/2
15. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
A riveting new thriller featuring Will Robie by the bestselling author of The Innocent.		 13/5

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