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Bestseller List for February 15, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending February 12, 2017
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Norse Mythology- Debut Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097 Gaiman fashions primeval Norse stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. |
/1 |
2. |
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364 Whitehead's magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/28 |
3. |
A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026197 Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/23 |
4. |
Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794 Patchett's beautifully written new novel tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2016. |
2/22 |
5. |
The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190 Grisham's electrifying new novel is a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. |
8/16 |
6. |
Universal Harvester- Debut John Darnielle, FSG, $25.00, 9780374282103 A haunting and masterfully unsettling novel by the primary member of American band The Mountain Goats. |
/1 |
7. |
4 3 2 1 Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466 Auster's heartbreaking and satisfying new novel is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/2 |
8. |
The Girl Before J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780425285046 An enthralling psychological thriller about one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception. |
5/3 |
9. |
Difficult Women Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802125392 A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection. |
6/6 |
10. |
Swing Time Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781594203985 The exuberant new novel by the bestselling author of White Teeth is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/13 |
11. |
Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250111173 Pinborough's novel takes the modern day love triangle and not only turns it on its head, but completely reinvents it in a way that will leave readers reeling. |
13/2 |
12. |
The Refugees- Debut Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802126399 This collection of perfectly formed stories exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
13. |
Moonglow Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559 Chabon's moving and inventive new novel is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2016. |
7/12 |
14. |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476746586 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/143 |
15. |
Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957 A woman is caught in a gripping moral dilemma that resonates far beyond her place in time and history. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/18 |
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