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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Istanbul Passage Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $16

10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce, Random House, $15

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

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

13. The Prisoner of Heaven Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper Perennial, $14.99

14. Last Friends Jane Gardam, Europa Editions, $16

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

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 Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 3. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 4. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 5. Defending Jacob William Landay, Dell, $7.99 6. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $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. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 10. American Sniper Chris Kyle, Harper, $9.99

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. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 5. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 6. America the Beautiful Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99 7. Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95 8. Drift Rachel Maddow, Broadway, $15 9. Escape From Camp 14 Blaine Harden, Penguin, $15 10. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16 11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 12. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99 13. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

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

15. When Women Were Birds Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $15

19. How to Be Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) Jessica Hagy, Workman, $10.95

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Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 04.25.13

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Another Indie FavoriteVengeance: A Novel, by Benjamin Black (Picador, $16) “If you haven’t yet discovered Benjamin Black (a.k.a. John Banville) and his marvelous creation, Dr. Quirke, then you are missing some first-rate writing and entertainment. Vengeance is the fourth in a series set in Dublin in the late 1950s featuring the good doctor, a somewhat grumpy pathologist, and his drinking and sleuthing companion, Inspector Detective Hackett. Quirke is a flawed man of many weaknesses, yet he manages to be in a state of permanent self-deprecation that he takes as a sign of virtue, and that makes him an irresistible and believable character.” —Darwin Ellis, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

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