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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for May 22, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending May 19, 2019
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/39 |
| 2. |
Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26.00, 9781984822178 In her new novel Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship. |
2/5 |
| 3. |
The Guest Book Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250110251 Blake's triumphant new novel tells the story of a family and a country that buries its past in quiet, until the present calls forth a reckoning. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for May 2019. |
3/2 |
| 4. |
Redemption David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761410 Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in Baldacci's latest Memory Man thriller. |
5/5 |
| 5. |
Orange World and Other Stories- Debut Karen Russell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656135 A stunning new collection of short fiction by the bestselling author of Swamplandia!. |
/1 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/50 |
| 7. |
The 18th Abduction James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316420266 Detective Lindsay Boxer's investigation into the disappearance of three teachers quickly escalates from missing persons to murder in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. |
7/3 |
| 8. |
Exhalation Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883 Chiang's groundbreaking new collection of short fiction is a May 2019 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/2 |
| 9. |
Lost Roses 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. |
4/6 |
| 10. |
Machines Like Me Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385545112 In his new novel, McEwan asks whether a machine can understand the human heart--or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. |
10/4 |
| 11. |
The Farm Joanne Ramos, Random House, $27.00, 9781984853752 Ramos' gripping debut novel pushes to the extremes our thinking on motherhood, money, and merit and raises crucial questions about the trade-offs women will make to fortify their futures and the futures of those they love. |
14/2 |
| 12. |
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. |
9/11 |
| 13. |
Disappearing Earth- Debut Julia Phillips, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520412 Phillips' suspenseful and haunting debut novel is a May 2019 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 14. |
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. |
13/15 |
| 15. |
The Flight Portfolio Julie Orringer, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307959409 Orringer's gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust. |
12/2 |
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