National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for October 16, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2019
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1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/3
2. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.		 1/5
3. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/60
5. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982110567
King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.		 5/5
6. Ninth House- Debut
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250313072
Bardugo's debut adult novel is a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
7. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525535270
In Woodson's powerful new novel, an unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2019.		 6/4
8. What Happens in Paradise- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316435574
In Hilderbrand's new novel, secret lives and new loves emerge in the bright Caribbean sunlight.		 /1
9. The Giver of Stars- Debut
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
10. Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538731338
The bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower returns with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 14/2
11. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
Whitehead's masterful and haunting new novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2019.		 7/13
12. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27.00, 9780374277789
Lerner's novel is a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the 21st century. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/2
13. Cilka's Journey- Debut
Heather Morris, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250265708
The new novel by the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on a riveting true story of love and resilience.		 /1
14. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The #1 Indie Next List Pick for June 2019.		 9/19
15. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159
Prescott's thrilling novel of love, duty, and sacrifice about secretaries turned spies, is a September 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/6
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17. Grand Union: Stories
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780525558996
Smith's dazzling first collection of short stories is an October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.		  

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