National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 3, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2014
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
A new novel of shocking narrative energy and power, plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art, by the bestselling author of The Secret History.
1/23
2. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014.
2/12
3. Missing You
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525953494
Coben's latest is a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past, and the lies that bind us together.
3/2
4. Bark
Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307594136
Moore's masterly collection of stories is a March 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/5
5. Still Life With Bread Crumbs
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400065752
A superb new love story by the bestselling author of A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
6/9
6. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry- Debut
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616203214
Zevin's truly enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books--and booksellers--and is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2014.
/1
7. One More Thing
B.J. Novak, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385351836
A highly entertaining short story collection by the writer and actor known for his work on NBC's The Office.
8/8
8. The Martian
Andy Weir, Crown, $24, 9780804139021
Weir's remarkable debut novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars, and his fight for survival, is a February 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/7
9. Shotgun Lovesongs
Nickolas Butler, Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, 9781250039811
Butler's debut novel about four childhood friends together again in their small Wisconsin hometown to attend a wedding is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2014.
13/2
10. Raising Steam
Terry Pratchett, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385538268
The fortieth novel in Pratchett's bestselling Discworld saga.
5/2
11. Redeployment
Phil Klay, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204999
Klay's stories take readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there and what happened to the soldiers who returned. A March 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/4
12. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451693560
Hoffman's mesmerizing new novel of impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century is a March 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/6
13. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399159343
A highly entertaining new novel by the bestselling author of What Alice Forgot.
12/9
14. 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.
15/81
15. The Black-Eyed Blonde
Benjamin Black, Holt, $27, 9780805098143
Black's masterful new novel featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe, is a March 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
/2
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16. Every Day Is for the Thief
Teju Cole, Random House, $23, 9780812995787
A wholly original work of fiction by the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Open City.
 

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