1. And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95

2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99

3. Inferno Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95

4. Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95

5. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

6. The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26

7. TransAtlantic Colum McCann, Random House, $27

8. The Son Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $27.99

9. Sisterland Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $27

10. Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99

11. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $27.95

12. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95

13. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35

14. The Light in the Ruins Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95

15. Hidden Order Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99

19. The Illusion of Separateness Simon Van Booy, Harper, $23.99

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FICTION NONFICTION

Other Indie FavoritesLetters From Skye: A Novel, by Jessica Brockmole (Ballantine, $25) “‘A letter isn’t always just a letter. Words on the page can drench the soul. If only you knew.’ Through letters, Brockmole shares an exquisitely crafted story of love and loss, sacrifice and perseverance. The novel actually tells two stories: one, the relationship between Scottish writer Elspeth and Davey, an American college student who writes to her after being enthralled by her poetry; the second, the search by Elspeth’s daughter, Margaret, nearly 30 years later to decipher the mystery of her mother’s past. The beautiful language and haunting account of two strangers who form an unbreakable bond despite the uncertainties of war and the impossibilities of life is a story that will be read and read again.” —Katie Bedard-Oytowski, The Cottage Book Shop, Glen Arbor, MI

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 07.18.13

1. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27

2. Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95

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

4. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95

5. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95

6. Vader’s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

7. The Unwinding George Packer, FSG, $27

8. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

9. I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Real and Imagined) Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25

10. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95

11. Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

12. Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $25

13. It’s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32

14. The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95

15. The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40

19. Eating on the Wild Side Jo Robinson, Little Brown, $27

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= Debut = On the Rise

Amy Falls Down: A Novel, by Jincy Willett (St. Martin’s, $24.99) “A once-famed writer considered the voice of her generation 30 years ago, Amy now teaches creative writing online and lives a hermit’s life. One day, she falls down in her yard and receives a concussion, and afterward gives a most peculiar and stirring interview, none of which she remembers. While seemingly inconsequential, the interview restarts her career, and within a year Amy is once again the voice of writers everywhere. Amy Falls Down is a wonderful exploration of the business of writing in our modern era.” —Meaghan Beasley, Island Bookstore, Duck, NC

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1. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99

2. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99

3. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99

4. Joyland Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $12.95

5. The Orphan Master’s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15

6. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15.95

7. The Bat Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95

8. World War Z Max Brooks, Broadway, $14.95

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

10. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95

11. A Hologram for the King Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95

12. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16

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

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

15. The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99

22. Back to Blood Tom Wolfe, Back Bay, $18

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1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 2. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 3. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 4. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 5. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 6. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 7. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99 8. A Wanted Man Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 9. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $7.99 10. Defending Jacob William Landay, Dell, $7.99

1. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95

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

3. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16

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

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16

6. The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15

7. Hallucinations Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15.95

8. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16

9. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $15

10. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99

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

12. The Black Count Tom Reiss, Broadway, $16

13. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15

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

15. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16

16. How Children Succeed Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95

FICTION NONFICTION

Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 07.18.13

MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteThe News From Spain: 7 Variations on a Love Story by Joan Wickersham (Algonquin, $15.95) “The messengers delivering The News From Spain vary among the stories in Wickersham’s collection, but each serves to remind the reader how a short story can rank with the thickest novel as a vehicle for rich character development and breathtaking plot. The stories take us from an assisted living home to a boys’ prep school, from a New York apartment where a paralyzed dancer is confined to a first-person story by Mozart’s librettist set within a contemporary tale. Anyone who doubts that the short story form offers a satisfying literary experience should read this extraordinary collection.” —Cheryl McKeon, Book Passage, San Francisco, CA

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Children’s Books Indie Bestsellers

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CHIldREN’S INTEREST IllUSTRATEd FICTION SERIES

Week of 07.18.13

All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.

1. The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Dutton, $17.99

2. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99

3. Looking for Alaska John Green, Speak, $9.99

4. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99

5. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99

6. Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $9.99

7. An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $9.99

8. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99

9. The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99

10. The Wishing Spell Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $8

11. The Apothecary Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99

12. Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, $9.99

13. Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99

14. The Moon and More Sarah Dessen, Viking, $19.99

15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $15

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1. The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99

2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99

4. Where’s Waldo? Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99

5. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99

6. Steam Train, Dream Train Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99

7. Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99

8. Where’s Waldo Now? Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99

9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99

10. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99

11. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95

12. Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99

13. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99

14. Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99

15. On the Night You Were Born Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99

1. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House

2. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books

3. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

4. Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin

5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet

6. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

7. Mortal Instruments Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books

8. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Harper

9. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic

10. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion

Another Indie Favorite for Ages 9 to 12 AFTER IRIS, by Natasha Farrant (Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99) “Blue Gadsby is never without her video camera, and her chaotic family gives her endless material to document. There’s her dramatic older sister; her younger siblings and their pet rats; her eccentric au pair, Zoran; and the fleeting images of her parents, who work away from home for weeks at a time. Superimposed on these reels of film is the void of Iris, Blue’s twin sister who died three years before. Told from Blue’s witty and heartfelt perspective, After Iris is a sweet and often funny story of one family that finds strength and love in the aftermath of a terrible loss.” —Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

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1. And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95

2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99

3. Inferno Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95

4. Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95

5. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

6. The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26

7. TransAtlantic Colum McCann, Random House, $27

8. The Son Philipp Meyer, Ecco, $27.99

9. Sisterland Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $27

10. Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99

11. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $27.95

12. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95

13. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35

14. The Light in the Ruins Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95

15. Hidden Order Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99

19. The Illusion of Separateness Simon Van Booy, Harper, $23.99

★

★

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 07.18.13

= Debut = On the Rise

1. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99

2. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99

3. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99

4. Joyland Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $12.95

5. The Orphan Master’s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15

6. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15.95

7. The Bat Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95

8. World War Z Max Brooks, Broadway, $14.95

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

10. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95

11. A Hologram for the King Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95

12. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16

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

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

15. The Orchardist Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99

22. Back to Blood Tom Wolfe, Back Bay, $18

1. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95

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

3. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16

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

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16

6. The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15

7. Hallucinations Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15.95

8. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16

9. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $15

10. Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99

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

12. The Black Count Tom Reiss, Broadway, $16

13. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15

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

15. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16

16. How Children Succeed Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95

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 07.18.13

= Debut = On the Rise

1. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27

2. Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95

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

4. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95

5. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95

6. Vader’s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

7. The Unwinding George Packer, FSG, $27

8. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

9. I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Real and Imagined) Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25

10. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95

11. Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

12. Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $25

13. It’s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32

14. The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95

15. The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40

19. Eating on the Wild Side Jo Robinson, Little Brown, $27

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