National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 31, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending May 28, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Into the Water
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28.00, 9780735211209
A riveting new novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.		 1/4
2. Norse Mythology
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.		 3/16
3. Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27.00, 9780812989403
In Strout's new novel an unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss. A May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/5
4. Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780451494627
A dazzling new collection of short stories by the bestselling author of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.		 5/3
5. 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.		 4/38
6. Dragon Teeth- Debut
Michael Crichton, Harper, $28.99, 9780062473356
This recently discovered novel--a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting--is a June 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
7. No Middle Name
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $27.00, 9780399593574
A thrilling new novella and eleven previously published Jack Reacher stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection.		 7/2
8. Testimony
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781455553549
A page-turning legal thriller about an American prosecutor's investigation of a refugee camp's mystifying disappearance.		 8/2
9. 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.		 6/43
10. Since We Fell
Dennis Lehane, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062129383
A new novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best.		 9/3
11. Beartown
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $26.99, 9781501160769
Backman's latest is a profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true. A May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/5
12. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9780812995343
The brilliant first novel by the author of Tenth of December is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/15
13. The Fix
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586561
Amos Decker returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Mile.		 11/6
14. The Thirst
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385352161
Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims on Tinder.		 12/3
15. Rich People Problems- Debut
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385542234
An uproarious new novel by the bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians.		 /1

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