National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 20, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending February 17, 2019
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/26
2. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780735220171
James' stunning first novel in his Dark Star fantasy trilogy is a February 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/2
3. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. The #1 June 2018 Indie Next List Great Read and a Summer 2018 Indies Introduce title.
3/37
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316556347
Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is an April 2018 Indie Next List Great read.
6/37
5. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780399563249
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
5/16
6. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
Michaelides' debut novel is a gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. A February 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/2
7. Love Poems for Married People- Debut
John Kenney, Putnam, $15.00, 9780525540007
Based on his wildly popular New Yorker piece, Thurber Prize winner John Kenney presents a hilarious collection of love poems for, well, married people.
/1
8. Lost Children Archive- Debut
Valeria Luiselli, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520610
Luiselli's novel is the story of an indelible journey told with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity. A February 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
9. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $35.00, 9781524796280
The history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire.
4/13
10. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
Kingsolver's timely new novel interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.
7/18
11. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
Reminiscent of the finest tradition of Southern Gothic storytelling, The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham's signature layers of legal suspense, and he delivers on every page.
10/17
12. 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.
13/118
13. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635522
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. An April 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/19
14. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty's latest novel, nine perfect strangers are about to find out.
11/15
15. Crucible
James Rollins, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062381781
In a race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind.
14/4

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