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Bestseller List for August 8, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 4, 2013
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846 A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. |
1/2 |
2. |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655 Gaiman's stirring, terrifying new novel is a July 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/7 |
3. |
And the Mountains Echoed 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. |
3/11 |
4. |
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. |
4/12 |
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. |
5/60 |
6. |
Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272591 A wildly entertaining new, satirical novel by the bestselling author of Lucky You. |
6/8 |
7. |
The English Girl Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073167 A gripping new thriller featuring Gabriel Allon by the bestselling author of The Fallen Angel. |
7/3 |
8. |
Light of the World James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710761 Burke's latest is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil, and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced. |
10/2 |
9. |
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish David Rakoff, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385535212 Published posthumously, Rakoff's book is a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse, with a scope that spans the 20th century. |
8/3 |
10. |
TransAtlantic Colum McCann, Random House, $27, 9781400069590 The soaring new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/9 |
11. |
The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781451661507 Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/8 |
12. |
The Son Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062120397 Meyer's masterful new novel of the American west is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/10 |
13. |
& Sons- Debut David Gilbert, Random House, $27, 9780812993967 Gilbert's novel is a deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. |
/1 |
14. |
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. |
15/64 |
15. |
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. |
/17 |
ON THE RISE | ||
23. |
The Highway C.J. Box, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312583200 A masterful new novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Back of Beyond. |
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