National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 17, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending April 14, 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.
1/34
2. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781524798628
Reid's gripping new novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2019.
2/6
3. Lost Roses- Debut
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524796372
Kelly's remarkable prequel to her bestselling novel Lilac Girls is an April 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
4. Run Away
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538748466
A perfect family is shattered when a daughter goes missing in Coben's latest novel of domestic suspense.
5/4
5. 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.
4/45
6. 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.
6/45
7. Women Talking
Miriam Toews, Bloomsbury, $24.00, 9781635572582
Toews's masterful novel uses wry, politically engaged humor to relate this tale of women claiming their own power. An April 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/2
8. The American Agent
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436665
Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in Winspear's new novel.
3/3
9. 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.
7/10
10. Cemetery Road
Greg Iles, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062824615
The bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.
10/6
11. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $27.00, 9781501154850
See's beautiful new novel about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island is a March 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/5
12. My Lovely Wife
Samantha Downing, Berkley, $26.00, 9780451491725
Downing's compulsively readable debut thriller about a couple whose 15-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting. An April 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/2
13. 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.
11/10
14. The River
Peter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525521877
Heller's gripping novel about two college students on a wilderness canoe trip is a March 20919 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/5
15. Metropolis- Debut
Philip Kerr, Putnam, $28.00, 9780735218895
In his new novel, Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad.
/1

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