1. Tenth of December: Stories George Saunders, Random House, $26

2. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

3. A Memory of Light Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99

4. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99

5. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

6. The River Swimmer Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25

7. Suspect Robert Crais, Putnam Adult, $27.95

8. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95

9. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95

10. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95

11. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28

12. A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95

13. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99

14. The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35

15. Standing in Another Man’s Grave Ian Rankin, Reagan Arthur Books, $25.99

16. The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $26

FICTION NONFICTION

Other Indie FavoritesThe Death of Bees: A Novel, by Lisa O’Donnell (Harper, $25.99) “Beginning with two children who bury their parents in their garden, The Death of Bees had me hooked from page one. Streetwise teen Marnie and her younger, socially awkward, violin prodigy sister find their parents dead and attempt to cover up their deaths to avoid foster care, with both help and hindrance from some surprising sources. Told from the point of view of multiple characters, this lively, suspenseful, and darkly hilarious tale transfixed me from gruesome start to wonderfully satisfying finish. Brilliant, delightful, and thought provoking!” —Carol Schneck Varner, Schuler Books & Music, Okemos, MI

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 01.31.13

1. My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95

2. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

3. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

4. Going Clear Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $28.95

5. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95

6. The World Until Yesterday Jared M. Diamond, Viking, $36

7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27

8. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $35

9. Francona: The Red Sox Years Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28

10. The Dude and the Zen Master Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman, Blue Rider Press, $26.95

11. Killing Kennedy Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

12. Fat Chance Robert Lustig, Hudson Street Press, $25.95

13. A Higher Call Adam Makos, Larry Alexander, Berkley, $26.95

14. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35

15. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

16. Shred Ian K. Smith, St. Martin’s, $24.99

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Truth in Advertising: A Novel, by John Kenney (Touchstone, $24.99) “This funny first novel is an accomplished mix of snark and pathos. Finbar Dolan is nearly 40 and has little to show for it. He is ambivalent about his Madison Avenue advertising job, has a failed engagement behind him, and is emotionally distant from his fragmented and dysfunctional family. What he does have, however, are loyal friends, a good heart, and a razor-sharp wit. This book will not only have you laughing out loud but also will leave you keenly sympathetic to Fin’s plight. It is funny and moving and reminiscent of the works of Jonathan Tropper and Nick Hornby with a little Mad Men thrown in.” —Tova Beiser, Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

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1. The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15

2. Life of Pi Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95

3. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16

4. Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Vintage, $15

5. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15

6. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95

7. The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15

8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14

9. State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99

10. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99

11. Canada Richard Ford, Ecco Press, $15.99

12. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

13. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16

14. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15

15. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15

16. The Expats Chris Pavone, Broadway, $15

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 2. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 3. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 4. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 5. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 6. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99 7. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 8. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99 9. Killing Floor Lee Child, Jove, $9.99 10. Fall of Giants Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99

1. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99

2. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21

3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99

4. The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95

5. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16

6. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

7. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

8. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

9. The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99

10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16

11. Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95

12. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95

13. F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

14. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95

15. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99

21. The Money Code Joe John Duran, Greenleaf, $14.95

FICTION NONFICTION

Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 01.31.13

MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteThe 500: A Novel, by Matthew Quirk (Back Bay Books, $7.99) “Wow, can Quirk write an intense thriller! Mike Ford is a reformed confidence man--which makes him perfectly suited to be a junior member of a Washington strategic consulting firm. Perfectly suited, that is, until his conscience gets the best of him and his bosses try to set him up to take a fall. Quirk knows just how to build up suspense with the right mix of insider knowledge, procedural description, and school-of-hard-knocks action, and the reader ends up rooting for the anti-Boy Scout to take down the big dogs.” —Nichole McCown, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

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Children’s Books Indie Bestsellers

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across Am

erica. Copyright A

merican Booksellers A

ssociation. All rights reserved.

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IllUSTRATEd

FICTION SERIES

Week of 01.31.13

All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.

1. T

he F

ault in

Ou

r Stars

John Green, D

utton, $17.99

2. W

on

der

R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $15.99

3. L

oo

king fo

r Alaska

John Green, Puffin, $9.99

4. L

EG

O N

injago

: Ch

aracter En

cyclop

edia

Claire Sipi, D

K Publishing, $18.99

5. T

he B

oo

k Th

ief

M

arkus Zusak, K

nopf, $12.99

6. Wh

o C

ou

ld T

hat B

e at Th

is Ho

ur?

Lemony Snicket, Little Brow

n, $15.99

7. T

he W

impy K

id D

o-It-Yo

urself B

oo

k

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet, $12.95

8. Dram

a

Raina Telgem

eier, Graphix, $10.99

9. S

tar Wars O

rigami

Chris A

lexander, Workm

an, $16.95

10. Pap

er Town

s

John G

reen, Speak, $9.99

11. C

harlo

tte’s Web

E.B. White, H

arperTrophy, $7.99

12. E

very Day

David Levithan, K

nopf, $17.99

13. Th

e Ab

solu

tely Tru

e Diary o

f a Part-

T

ime In

dian

Sherman A

lexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown,

$14.99

14. T

he G

irl Wh

o C

ircum

navigated

Fairylan

d in

a Sh

ip o

f Her O

wn

Makin

g

C

atherynne M. Valente, A

na Juan (Illus.), Square Fish,

$6.99

15. A

n A

bu

nd

ance o

f Kath

erines

John Green, Speak, $9.99

1. G

oo

dn

ight M

oo

n

M

argaret Wise Brow

n, Clem

ent Hurd (Illus.),

Harper, $8.99

2. W

here th

e Wild

Th

ings A

re

M

aurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95

3. G

oo

dn

ight, G

oo

dn

ight, C

on

structio

n

Site Sherri D

uskey Rinker, Tom

Lichtenheld

(Illus.), C

hronicle, $16.99

4. T

he Very Hungry C

aterpillar

Eric C

arle, Putnam, $10.99

5. G

oo

d N

ight, G

orilla

Peggy Rathm

ann, Putnam, $7.99

6. S

afari: A P

ho

ticular B

oo

k D

an Kainen,

Carol K

aufmann, W

orkman, $24.95

7. T

he Very Fairy Princess Follow

s Her

Heart Julie A

ndrews, Em

ma W

alton Ham

ilton,

Little Brow

n, $16.99

8. I Have a D

ream

M

artin Luther King, Jr., K

adir Nelson (Illus.),

Schwartz &

Wade, $18.99

9. T

his Is Not M

y Hat

Jon Klassen, C

andlewick, $15.99

10. T

his Moose B

elongs to Me

Oliver Jeffers, Philom

el, $16.99

11. Sp

lat the C

at: Fu

nny V

alentin

e

R

ob Scotton, HarperFestival, $6.99

12. P

at the Bunny

Dorothy K

unhardt, Golden, $9.99

13. I W

ant M

y Hat B

ack

Jon K

lassen, Candlew

ick, $15.99

14. Brow

n B

ear, Brow

n B

ear, Wh

at Do

Yo

u S

ee?

Bill M

artin, Eric Carle (Illus.), H

olt, $7.95

15. H

uggy K

issy! Leslie Patricelli, Candlew

ick,

$6.99

1. M

agic Tree H

ou

se

M

ary Pope Osborne, Sal M

urdocca (Illus.),

R

andom H

ouse

2. Diary o

f a Wim

py Kid

Jeff Kinney, A

mulet (hardcover)

3. C

aptain

Un

derp

ants

Dav Pilkey, Scholastic

4. T

he H

un

ger Gam

es

Suzanne C

ollins, Scholastic

5. Ivy & B

ean

Annie Barrow

s, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),

Chronicle

6.

Elep

han

t & P

iggie

M

o Willem

s, Hyperion

7. T

he H

eroes o

f Olym

pu

s

R

ick Riordan, H

yperion

8. Divergen

t

Veronica Roth, K

atherine Tegen Books

9. Harry P

otter

J.K. Row

ling, Scholastic/Arthur A

. Levine Books

10. Percy Jackso

n an

d th

e Olym

pian

s

R

ick Riordan, M

iramax

An

oth

er Ind

ie Favo

rite for A

ges 4 to 8

Gru

mpy G

oat, by B

rett Helq

uist

(Harp

erCo

llins, $17.99) “T

he only bad thing about Sunny A

cres farm—

the friendliest farm

in the country—is the great big G

rumpy

Goat. Ignoring the other anim

als, tearing down

fences, and being irritable in general, Grum

py G

oat finds himself face-to-face w

ith a dandelion. Suddenly, Grum

py G

oat is reminded to enjoy the beauty around him

, and before long he is as happy as all the other anim

als at Sunny Acres. D

elightful!” —

Meagh

an B

easley, Island

Bo

oksto

re, Du

ck, NC

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ebut

★★ ★

1. Tenth of December: Stories George Saunders, Random House, $26

2. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

3. A Memory of Light Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99

4. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99

5. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

6. The River Swimmer Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25

7. Suspect Robert Crais, Putnam Adult, $27.95

8. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95

9. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95

10. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95

11. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28

12. A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95

13. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99

14. The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35

15. Standing in Another Man’s Grave Ian Rankin, Reagan Arthur Books, $25.99

16. The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $26

★

1. The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15

2. Life of Pi Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95

3. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16

4. Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Vintage, $15

5. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15

6. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95

7. The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15

8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14

9. State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99

10. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99

11. Canada Richard Ford, Ecco Press, $15.99

12. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

13. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16

14. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15

15. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15

16. The Expats Chris Pavone, Broadway, $15

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

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Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 01.31.13

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★

1. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99

2. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21

3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99

4. The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95

5. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16

6. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

7. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

8. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

9. The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99

10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16

11. Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95

12. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95

13. F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

14. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95

15. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99

21. The Money Code Joe John Duran, Greenleaf, $14.95

1. My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95

2. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

3. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

4. Going Clear Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $28.95

5. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95

6. The World Until Yesterday Jared M. Diamond, Viking, $36

7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27

8. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $35

9. Francona: The Red Sox Years Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28

10. The Dude and the Zen Master Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman, Blue Rider Press, $26.95

11. Killing Kennedy Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

12. Fat Chance Robert Lustig, Hudson Street Press, $25.95

13. A Higher Call Adam Makos, Larry Alexander, Berkley, $26.95

14. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35

15. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

16. Shred Ian K. Smith, St. Martin’s, $24.99

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

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Indie BestsellersNonfiction Week of 01.31.13

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