1. The Bone Clocks David Mitchell, Random House, $30

2. Personal Lee Child, Delacorte, $28

3. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95

4. The Secret Place Tana French, Viking, $27.95

5.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30

6. The Long Way Home Louise Penny, Minotaur, $27.99

7. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27

8. Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good Jan Karon, Putnam Adult, $27.95

9. Adultery Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95

10. Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $26.95

11. We Are Not Ourselves Matthew Thomas, S&S, $28

12. The Miniaturist Jessie Burton, Ecco, $26.99

13. The Book of Life Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95

14. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95

15. 10:04 Ben Lerner, Faber & Faber, $25

FICTION NONFICTION

Other Indie FavoritesHold the Dark: A Novel, by William Giraldi (Liveright, $24.95) “In a remote Alaskan village where wolves have been taking the local children, a mother calls for a stranger to help locate her missing son. This is the beginning of a harrowing tale of loyalty, dark secrets, and violence, set in the uttermost regions of the Alaskan frontier. Giraldi weaves a sinister story that involves family secrets, ritual, and the wildness of a remote land. Perfect for lovers of the works of Cormac McCarthy and Donald Ray Pollack.” —Helen Gregory, Maria’s Bookshop, Durango, CO

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 09.11.14

1.WhatIf?:SeriousScientificAnswersto Absurd Hypothetical Questions RandallMunroe,HoughtonMifflin,$24

2. What I Know for Sure Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $24.99

3. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99

4. In the Kingdom of Ice Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95

5. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29

6. The Organized Mind Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95

7. Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99

8. A Spy Among Friends Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27

9. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95

10. Goodnight Darth Vader Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

11. How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits Anne Berest, et al., Doubleday, $25

12. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95

13. Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35

14. Diary of a Mad Diva Joan Rivers, Berkley, $26.95

15. The Grumpy Guide to Life Chronicle, $12.95

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The Story of Land and Sea: A Novel, by Katy Simpson Smith (Harper, $26.99) “Simpson’s debut novel is a quiet and radiant book. This story of love and loss is set during the later part of the American Revolutionary War and is told from the shifting viewpoints of a 10-year-old white girl, Tabitha; her family; their slave, Moll; and Moll’s young son, Davy. While we can never know exactly what it felt like to be living on the North Carolina coast, on land and sea, at the end of the 18th century, Smith’s graceful writing seems to capture the very essence of a different way of being in the world. This is an exceptionally written novel with characters whose hard lives are redeemed by moments of both beauty and mercy.” —Sarah Goddin, Quail Ridge Books & Music, Raleigh, NC

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1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15

2. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99

3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99

4. The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99

5. We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99

6. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99

7. The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17

8. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Bantam, $16

9. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95

10. The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16

11. This Is Where I Leave You Jonathan Tropper, Plume, $16

12. How the Light Gets In Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99

13. The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $16

14. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16

15. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95

21. The Drop Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $14.99

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

1. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 2. Outlander Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99 3. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $9.99 4. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 5. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99 6. The Best of Me Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $8 7. Dust Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99 8. W Is for Wasted Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99 9. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 10. The Racketeer John Grisham, Dell, $9.99

1. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16

2. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17

3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95

4. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17

5. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $17

6. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16

7. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16

8. The Smartest Kids in the World Amanda Ripley, S&S, $15.99

9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16

10. Manson Jeff Guinn, S&S, $17

11. Thinking in Numbers Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16

12. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99

13. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16

14. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2015 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95

15. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95

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Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 09.11.14

MASS MARKET

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Another Indie FavoriteThe Lion Seeker: A Novel, by Kenneth Bonert (Mariner, $14.95) “This is a perfect book, and given that it is Bonert’s debut novel, it’s even more astounding. He uses South African apartheid, where blacks are treated like the Jews of Eastern Europe, to convey the drama of a Lithuanian family’s emigration to escape the very debasement that they then perpetrate on those who live in their new community. It’s a complicated story well told, emotional, fraught with angst, but also with some of the most memorable characters in recent fictionalhistory.”—Gayle Shanks, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

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od

nigh

t Mo

on

Margaret W

ise Brown,

Clem

ent Hurd (Illus.), H

arper, $8.99

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he

Day

the

Cray

on

s Qu

it

D

rew D

aywalt, O

liver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel,

$17.99

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tis an

d th

e S

care

crow

Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99

4

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zen

(Little

Go

lde

n B

oo

k)

Victoria Saxon, G

race Lee (Illus.), Random

H

ouse/Disney, $3.99

5

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i the

Un

icorn

Am

y Krouse R

osenthal, Random

House,

$17.99

6. T

he

Ve

ry H

un

gry

Cate

rpilla

r

Eric C

arle, Putnam, $10.99

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ere

the

Wild

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ings A

re

M

aurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99

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ny

Dorothy K

unhardt, Golden, $9.99

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yb

ug G

irl an

d th

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mm

a

Jacky D

avis, David Som

an (Illus.), Dial, $17.99

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ue

st Aaron Becker, C

andlewick, $15.99

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oo

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ight, G

orilla

Peggy Rathm

ann, Putnam, $7.99

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2. F

roze

n: A

nn

a’s Act o

f Lo

ve/E

lsa’s

Icy

Magic Lisa M

arsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.),

Random

House/D

isney, $4.99

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wn

Be

ar, B

row

n B

ear, W

hat

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u S

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Bill M

artin, Eric Carle (Illus.), H

olt, $7.95

14

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zen

(Big G

old

en

Bo

ok

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Bill Scollon, D

isney Storybook Artists (Illus.),

Random

House/D

isney, $9.99

15

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Blu

e T

ruck

Alice Schertle, Jill M

cElmurry (Illus.),

HoughtonM

ifflinHarcourt,$6.99

Children’s Books Indie Bestsellers

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erica. Copyright A

merican Booksellers A

ssociation. All rights reserved.

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ILLUSTRATED

FICTION SERIES

Week of 09.11.14

All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.

1

. If I Stay

Gayle Form

an, Speak, $10.99

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e G

iver

Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99

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lt in O

ur S

tars

John Green, D

utton, $17.99

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ecra

ft: Co

mb

at Han

db

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Scholastic, $7.99

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rs

R

aina Telgemeier, G

raphix, $10.99

6

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ere

Sh

e W

en

t

G

ayle Forman, Speak, $10.99

7. L

oo

kin

g for A

laska

John Green, Speak, $9.99

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nd

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R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $15.99

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ecra

ft: Esse

ntial H

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db

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Scholastic, $7.99

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craft: R

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ston

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Scholastic, $7.99

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he

Bo

ok

Th

ief

Markus Z

usak, Knopf, $12.99

1

2. P

ercy Jackson’s Greek G

ods

R

ick Riordan, John R

occo (Illus.), Hyperion,

$24.99

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3. 3

65

Day

s of W

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r: Mr. B

row

ne

’s

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ok

of P

rece

pts

R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $14.99

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ap

er T

ow

ns John G

reen, Speak, $9.99

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5. T

he

Ab

solu

tely

Tru

e D

iary

of a

Part-T

ime

Ind

ian

Sherman A

lexie,

Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brow

n, $15

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aze R

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Jam

es Dashner, D

elacorte

2. D

iverge

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Veronica Roth, K

atherine Tegen Books

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agic T

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use

Mary Pope O

sborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.),

Random

House

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tain

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de

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D

av Pilkey, Scholastic

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tain U

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ph

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t & P

iggie

Mo W

illems, H

yperion

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ry o

f a Wim

py K

id

Jeff Kinney, A

mulet (hardcover)

7

. Ivy &

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an

A

nnie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),

C

hronicle

8. A

mu

let

Kazu K

ibuishi, Graphix (paperback)

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w in

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scape F

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cien

9. O

rigam

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da

Tom A

ngleberger, Am

ulet

10

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rien

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gacies

Pittacus Lore, Harper

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r, by S

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tton

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nile

, $1

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“Perkins is a master of rom

ance and she is forever a favorite of m

ine. She has truly outdone herself w

ith her latest book. I loved every m

inute of Isla and Josh’s journey, and with

the inclusion of cameos from

some of Perkins’

most beloved characters from

previous books, readers w

ill not be disappointed. I’m only sad

that, after Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy N

ext Door, this is the end of this

enjoyable trilogy.” —C

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, Mrs.

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1. The Bone Clocks David Mitchell, Random House, $30

2. Personal Lee Child, Delacorte, $28

3. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95

4. The Secret Place Tana French, Viking, $27.95

5.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30

6. The Long Way Home Louise Penny, Minotaur, $27.99

7. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27

8. Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good Jan Karon, Putnam Adult, $27.95

9. Adultery Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95

10. Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $26.95

11. We Are Not Ourselves Matthew Thomas, S&S, $28

12. The Miniaturist Jessie Burton, Ecco, $26.99

13. The Book of Life Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95

14. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95

15. 10:04 Ben Lerner, Faber & Faber, $25

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1. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15

2. Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99

3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99

4. The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99

5. We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99

6. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99

7. The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17

8. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Bantam, $16

9. Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95

10. The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16

11. This Is Where I Leave You Jonathan Tropper, Plume, $16

12. How the Light Gets In Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99

13. The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $16

14. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16

15. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95

21. The Drop Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $14.99

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

HARDCOVER PAPERBACK

Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 09.11.14

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1. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16

2. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17

3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95

4. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17

5. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $17

6. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16

7. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16

8. The Smartest Kids in the World Amanda Ripley, S&S, $15.99

9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16

10. Manson Jeff Guinn, S&S, $17

11. Thinking in Numbers Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16

12. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99

13. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16

14. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2015 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95

15. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95

1.WhatIf?:SeriousScientificAnswersto Absurd Hypothetical Questions RandallMunroe,HoughtonMifflin,$24

2. What I Know for Sure Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $24.99

3. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99

4. In the Kingdom of Ice Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95

5. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29

6. The Organized Mind Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95

7. Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99

8. A Spy Among Friends Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27

9. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95

10. Goodnight Darth Vader Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

11. How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits Anne Berest, et al., Doubleday, $25

12. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95

13. Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35

14. Diary of a Mad Diva Joan Rivers, Berkley, $26.95

15. The Grumpy Guide to Life Chronicle, $12.95

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

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