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FICTION NONFICTION Other Indie Favorites Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey, by Marie Mutsuki Mockett (W.W. Norton, $26.95) “Mockett’s journey begins in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and encompasses a nation’s grieving as well as her own. Through her beautiful descriptions of traditions, rituals, conversations, and quiet moments, she shows the nuances of a people picking up and moving on. By seeking out the cultural context of her subject’s very human reactions and emotions, Mockett walks a fine line that globalization has tried to erase entirely and our understanding of the events and their aftermath is richer for it.” —Rachel Cass, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA Indie Bestsellers Hardcover Week of 03.12.15 = Debut = On the Rise Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, by Sarah Manguso (Graywolf Press, $20) “Ongoingness is at once a calm analysis and a feverishly whispered confession. Built around the ‘dark matter’ of Manguso’s 800,000-word diary, each capsule-sized entry is a meditation on memory, mortality, and what we leave behind — both tangible and not. Highly recommended for fans of Joan Didion’s The White Album and Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams.” —Sarah Hollenbeck, Women & Children First, Chicago, IL ★ ★ 1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95 2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 3. The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $26.95 4. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95 5. The Whites Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt, Holt, $28 6. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99 7. Trigger Warning Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.99 8. The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $25.99 9. Funny Girl Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $27.95 10. Leaving Berlin Joseph Kanon, Atria, $27 11. The Assassin Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Putnam, $28.95 12. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $24.95 13. The First Bad Man Miranda July, Scribner, $25 14. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 15. Gray Mountain John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 19. The Sellout Paul Beatty, FSG, $26 Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. ★ 1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99 2. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 3. Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99 4. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26 5. Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham, Random House, $28 6. Killing Patton Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30 7. Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, Dey Street, $27.99 8. What If? Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24 9. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 10. Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $26.95 11. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99 12. Believer David Axelrod, Penguin Press, $35 13. Small Victories Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95 14. Red Notice Bill Browder, S&S, $28 15. Money: Master the Game Tony Robbins, S&S, $28 ★
Transcript of Indie Bestsellers HardcoverWeek of 03.12 · well as her own. Through her beautiful descriptions of...
FICTION NONFICTION
Other Indie FavoritesWhere the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey, by Marie Mutsuki Mockett (W.W. Norton, $26.95) “Mockett’s journey begins in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and encompasses a nation’s grieving as well as her own. Through her beautiful descriptions of traditions, rituals, conversations, and quiet moments, she shows the nuances of a people picking up and moving on. By seeking out the cultural context of her subject’s very human reactions and emotions, Mockett walks a fine line that globalization has tried to erase entirely and our understanding of the events and their aftermath is richer for it.” —Rachel Cass, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 03.12.15
= Debut = On the Rise
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, by Sarah Manguso (Graywolf Press, $20) “Ongoingness is at once a calm analysis and a feverishly whispered confession. Built around the ‘dark matter’ of Manguso’s 800,000-word diary, each capsule-sized entry is a meditation on memory, mortality, and what we leave behind — both tangible and not. Highly recommended for fans of Joan Didion’s The White Album and Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams.” —Sarah Hollenbeck, Women & Children First, Chicago, IL
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1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95
2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
3. The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $26.95
4. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95
5. The Whites Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt, Holt, $28
6. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99
7. Trigger Warning Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.99
8. The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $25.99
9. Funny Girl Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $27.95
10. Leaving Berlin Joseph Kanon, Atria, $27
11. The Assassin Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Putnam, $28.95
12. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $24.95
13. The First Bad Man Miranda July, Scribner, $25
14.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
15. Gray Mountain John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95
19. The Sellout Paul Beatty, FSG, $26
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
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1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99
2. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
3. Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99
4. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26
5. Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham, Random House, $28
6. Killing Patton Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30
7. Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, Dey Street, $27.99
8. What If? Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24
9. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
10. Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $26.95
11. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99
12. Believer David Axelrod, Penguin Press, $35
13. Small Victories Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95
14. Red Notice Bill Browder, S&S, $28
15. Money: Master the Game Tony Robbins, S&S, $28
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Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
1. American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Harper, $9.99 2. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99 3. Missing You Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99 4. The Target David Baldacci, Vision, $10 5. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $9.99 6. The Heist Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99 7. The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $8 8. Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $8 9. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 10. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9
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Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 03.12.15
MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteThe Enchanted: A Novel, by Rene Denfeld (Harper Perennial, $14.99) “A death row inmate, a fallen priest, and the Lady. These nameless characters are central to this dark, enthralling, magical story. Locked in a dungeon cell, the inmate deals with his incarceration by transforming the prison into a wondrous place. The rumblings of the earth become golden horses running below his cell, molten lava flowing from their manes. The Lady works to have the sentences of the condemned commuted to life in prison while the priest is fallen, lost, and desperately in love with her. These characters live and work in a truly enchanted place, and I was sorry to leave them behind when the book was finished.” —Jessie Martin, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI
1. Redeployment Phil Klay, Penguin, $16
2. One More Thing B.J. Novak, Vintage, $14.95
3. The Martian Andy Weir, Broadway, $15
4. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $14.95
5. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99
6. The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16
7. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99
8. Still Alice Lisa Genova, Gallery, $16
9. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15
10. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95
11. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95
12. Invisible James Patterson, David Ellis, Grand Central, $16
13. China Dolls Lisa See, Random House, $16
14. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17
15. The Matchmaker Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $17
19. The Painter Peter Heller, Vintage, $15.95
1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
2. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95
3. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16
4. American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Morrow, $15.99
5. 10% Happier Dan Harris, Dey Street, $15.99
6. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16
7. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16
8. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16
9. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95
10. Uganda Be Kidding Me Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $16
11. The Future of the Mind Michio Kaku, Anchor, $16
12. The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver, Penguin, $17
13. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99
14. The Heart of Everything That Is Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $17
15. How to Love Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95
17. This Idea Must Die John Brockman, Harper Perennial, $15.99
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1. Looking for Alaska (Special 10th Anniversary Edition) John Green, Dutton, $19.99
2. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Speak, $12.99
3. Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $9.99
4. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99
5. I Was Here Gayle Forman, Viking, $18.99
6. Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $17.99
7. The Giver Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99
8. If I Stay Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99
9. An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $9.99
10. All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99
11. Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99
12. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Delacorte, $17.99
13. I’ll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson, Dial, $17.99
14. Mosquitoland David Arnold, Viking Children's Books, $17.99
15. Where She Went Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99
Children’s Indie Bestsellers
Week of 03.12.15
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT
Another Indie Favorite for Ages 9 to 12 Masterminds, by Gordon Korman (Balzer + Bray, $16.99) “Korman’s latest is thilling! Only 30 kids live in the idyllic town of Serenity. It is a perfect place where people are happy and kind, there is no crime, and everyone has what they need. But all is not as it seems. Evil lies beneath the perfection. Told through the alternating voices of five of Serenity’s kids, this surprising tale unfolds with relentless suspense, and readers are as shocked as the narrators when the truth about Serenity becomes clear. I could not stop reading!” —Christopher Rose, Andover Bookstore, Andover, MA
Another Indie Favorite for Teen Readers The Doubt Factory, by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18) “The Doubt Factory is a complex, intelligent thriller. With themes involving the pharmaceutical industry, bad science, and the companies that orchestrate cover-ups, this book is intriguing, relevant, and boasts a broad variety of bright, if not totally law abiding, teens. Bacigalupi knows how to present believable characters of both genders, and the variety of racial backgrounds is refreshingly accurate. A great, important read!” —Flannery Fitch, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99
2. Minecraft: Construction Handbook Scholastic, $7.99
3. Minecraft: Combat Handbook Scholastic, $7.99
4. The Terrible Two Jory John, Mac Barnett, Kevin Cornell (Illus.), Amulet, $13.95
5. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99
6. Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
7. Minecraft: Essential Handbook Scholastic, $7.99 8. Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
9. Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99
10. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook Scholastic, $7.99
11. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $14.99
12. El Deafo Cece Bell, Amulet, $10.95
13. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99
14. A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum (Illus.), Harper, $9.99
15. Echo Pam Muñoz Ryan, Scholastic Press, $19.99
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Children’s Indie Bestsellers
Week of 03.12.15
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES
Another Indie Favorite Finding Spring, by Carin Berger (Greenwillow Books, $17.99) “Beautiful collage illustrations help tell the story of one little bear’s exuberant search for spring—even though he should be hibernating. All ages can relate to the theme of looking for something that you’ve never actually seen before—something that you can’t find by traveling across a distance. Or can you? A sweet ending helps readers celebrate the changing of the seasons.” —Leslie Hawkins, Spellbound Children’s Bookshop, Asheville, NC
1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
2. The Book With No Pictures B.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99
3. The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99
4. Aqualicious Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99
6. Home Carson Ellis, Candlewick, $16.99
7. Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99
8. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99
9. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99
10. The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99
11. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99
12. Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99
13. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99
14. On the Night You Were Born Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99
15. I Am a Bunny Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99
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1. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. The Maze Runner James Dashner, Delacorte
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover)
4. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
5. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk
7. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. The Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam Juvenile
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1. Redeployment Phil Klay, Penguin, $16
2. One More Thing B.J. Novak, Vintage, $14.95
3. The Martian Andy Weir, Broadway, $15
4. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $14.95
5. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99
6. The Husband’s Secret Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16
7. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99
8. Still Alice Lisa Genova, Gallery, $16
9. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15
10. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95
11. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95
12. Invisible James Patterson, David Ellis, Grand Central, $16
13. China Dolls Lisa See, Random House, $16
14. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17
15. The Matchmaker Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $17
19. The Painter Peter Heller, Vintage, $15.95
1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95
2. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
3. The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $26.95
4. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95
5. The Whites Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt, Holt, $28
6. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.99
7. Trigger Warning Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.99
8. The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $25.99
9. Funny Girl Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $27.95
10. Leaving Berlin Joseph Kanon, Atria, $27
11. The Assassin Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Putnam, $28.95
12. Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $24.95
13. The First Bad Man Miranda July, Scribner, $25
14.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
15. Gray Mountain John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95
19. The Sellout Paul Beatty, FSG, $26
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 03.12.15
= Debut = On the Rise
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1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
2. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95
3. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16
4. American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Morrow, $15.99
5. 10% Happier Dan Harris, Dey Street, $15.99
6. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16
7. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16
8. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16
9. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95
10. Uganda Be Kidding Me Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $16
11. The Future of the Mind Michio Kaku, Anchor, $16
12. The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver, Penguin, $17
13. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99
14. The Heart of Everything That Is Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $17
15. How to Love Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95
17. This Idea Must Die John Brockman, Harper Perennial, $15.99
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
Indie BestsellersNonfiction Week of 03.12.15
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1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99
2. Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26
3. Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99
4. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26
5. Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham, Random House, $28
6. Killing Patton Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30
7. Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, Dey Street, $27.99
8. What If? Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24
9. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
10. Leaving Before the Rains Come Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $26.95
11. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99
12. Believer David Axelrod, Penguin Press, $35
13. Small Victories Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95
14. Red Notice Bill Browder, S&S, $28
15. Money: Master the Game Tony Robbins, S&S, $28
