1. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35 2. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 3. Mr. Mercedes Stephen King, Scribner, $30 4. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 5. Midnight in Europe Alan Furst, Random House, $27 6. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95 7. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd,Viking, $27.95 8. China Dolls Lisa See, Random House, $27 9. The Matchmaker Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28 10. The One & Only Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28 11. Natchez Burning Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99 12. The Target David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28 13. The Vacationers Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95 14. The Son Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95 15. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman, Dial Press, $27 17. Summer House With Swimming Pool Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24 FICTION NONFICTION Other Indie Favorites The Girl With All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey (Orbit, $25) “Meet Melanie, a child prodigy around whom circles a group of adults that protect, educate, covet, study, fear, and love her. She is the answer to the countless questions that have arisen since much of the planet and population have been destroyed by a fungal virus. Her intelligence, resilience, and chemical makeup could possibly shed a light on the future of the human race. In a near-future in which critical decisions must be made at a moment’s notice, Melanie and her four adult companions will find that their morality is constantly tested and changing. Humans become monsters, but monsters become human, too.” —Katie Capaldi, Between the Covers, Harbor Springs, MI Indie Bestsellers Hardcover Week of 06.19.14 1. Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35 2. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95 3. Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99 4. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 5. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95 6. Tibetan Peach Pie Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99 7. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28 8. Carsick John Waters, FSG, $26 9. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 10. One Nation Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95 11. The Closer Mariano Rivera, Little Brown, $28 12. A Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28 13. Stress Test Timothy Geithner, Crown, $35 14. No Place to Hide Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan, $27 15. Congratulations, by the Way George Saunders, Random House, $14 16. Good Talk, Dad Bill Geist,Willie Geist, Grand Central, $27 ★ = Debut = On the Rise ★ ★ ★ The Transcriptionist: A Novel, by Amy Rowland (Algonquin Books, $24.95) “Lena works as a transcriptionist for The Record, a major newspaper based in New York City. Her job is to transcribe reporters’ stories and interviews in preparation for publication. Her life is a quiet one, full of other people’s voices. The reader is drawn into Lena’s isolated life, where she’s haunted by the brutal stories she records every day as well as memories of her childhood. This is a thoughtful, ultimately hopeful novel about the degree of tenderness we bring to the millions of fine details in other people’s lives that we encounter every day.” —Julie Wernersbach, BookPeople, Austin, TX Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
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1. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35
2.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
3.Mr.Mercedes Stephen King, Scribner, $30
4. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
5. Midnight in Europe Alan Furst, Random House, $27
6. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95
7. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95
8. China Dolls Lisa See, Random House, $27
9.TheMatchmaker Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28
10. The One & Only EmilyGiffin,Ballantine,$28
11.NatchezBurning Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99
12. The Target David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28
13. TheVacationers Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95
14. The Son Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95
15. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman, Dial Press, $27
17.SummerHouseWithSwimmingPool Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24
FICTION NONFICTION
Other Indie FavoritesThe Girl With All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey (Orbit, $25) “Meet Melanie, a child prodigy around whom circles a group of adults that protect, educate, covet, study, fear, and love her. She is the answer to the countless questions that have arisen since much of the planet and population have been destroyed by a fungal virus. Her intelligence, resilience, and chemical makeup could possibly shed a light on the future of the human race. In a near-future in which critical decisions must be made at a moment’s notice, Melanie and her four adultcompanionswillfindthattheirmoralityisconstantlytested and changing. Humans become monsters, but monsters become human, too.” —Katie Capaldi, Between the Covers, Harbor Springs, MI
Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 06.19.14
1.HardChoices Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35
2. Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95
3.ThinkLikeaFreak Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99
4. Everything I Need to Know I Learned FromaLittleGoldenBook Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
5. Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95
6.TibetanPeachPie Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99
7.Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28
8.Carsick John Waters, FSG, $26
9. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29
10. One Nation Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95
11. The Closer Mariano Rivera, Little Brown, $28
12.AFightingChance Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28
15. Congratulations, by the Way George Saunders, Random House, $14
16.GoodTalk,Dad Bill Geist, Willie Geist, Grand Central, $27
★
= Debut = On the Rise
★
★ ★
TheTranscriptionist:ANovel,byAmyRowland(AlgonquinBooks,$24.95) “Lena works as a transcriptionist for The Record, a major newspaper based in New York City. Her job is to transcribe reporters’ stories and interviews in preparation for publication. Her life is a quiet one, full of other people’s voices. The reader is drawn into Lena’s isolated life, where she’s haunted by the brutal stories she records every day as well as memories of her childhood. This is a thoughtful, ultimately hopeful novel about the degree of tenderness we bring to the millions of finedetailsinotherpeople’slivesthatweencountereveryday.” —JulieWernersbach,BookPeople,Austin,TX
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
10.TheYonahlosseeRidingCampfor Girls Anton DiSclafani, Riverhead, $16
11. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99
12.TheRosieProject Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99
13. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $16
14. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17
15. The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
1.AGameofThrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 2. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99 4.NeverGoBackLee Child, Dell, $9.99 5.ADanceWithDragonsGeorge R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 6. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 7.TheRacketeerJohn Grisham, Dell, $9.99 8. Hidden Order Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99 9. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 10. The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10
1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17 3. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $16 4.OneSummer:America,1927 Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95 5.LawrenceinArabia:War,Deceit, ImperialFollyandtheMaking of the Modern Middle East Scott Anderson, Anchor, $17.95 6. Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99 7. Dad Is Fat JimGaffigan,ThreeRiversPress,$15.99 8. The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16
9. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 10. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16
13. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99 14. RevolutionarySummer:TheBirthof AmericanIndependence Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $15.95
15.AmericanGun:AHistoryoftheU.S.in TenFirearms Chris Kyle, Morrow, $15.99 16. A Higher Call Adam Makos, Berkley, $17
FICTION NONFICTION
Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 06.19.14
MASS MARKET
★
Another Indie FavoriteTheTiltedWorld:ANovel,byTomFranklinandBethAnnFennelly(WilliamMorrowPaperbacks,$14.99)“In a compelling, poetic, and detailed manner, Franklin and Fennelly bring to life a little-known catastrophe in American history. The Tilted World weaves together the stories of two endearing characters—an orphan who grows up to be a decorated World War I hero turnedProhibitionrevenuerandabootleggingfirecrackerofawoman who yearns for her lost child. Add the setting of a town on the brink of destruction by a deluge and some unsavory characterslookingtoprofitfromcalamity,andthereaderwillbeswept away by their story.” —Sara Peyton, CoffeeTree Books,Morehead,KY
= Debut = On the Rise
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ePlacesY
ou’llG
o!
Dr. Seuss, R
andom H
ouse, $17.99
2. G
oo
dn
ight M
oo
n
M
argaret Wise Brow
n, Clem
ent Hurd (Illus.),
Harper, $8.99
3.F
rozen
(LittleG
oldenBook)
Victoria Saxon, G
race Lee (Illus.), Random
H
ouse/Disney, $3.99
4
. Th
e D
ay th
e C
rayo
ns Q
uit
Drew
Dayw
alt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philom
el,
$17.99
5.T
hePige
onNeedsaB
ath!
Mo W
illems, D
isney Press, $16.99
6.F
rozen
:Anna’sA
ctofLove/E
lsa’s
IcyM
agic Lisa Marsoli, Joey C
hou (Illus.),
R
andom H
ouse/Disney, $4.99
7
. I Love M
y Dad
dy G
iles Andreae, Em
ma
Dodd (Illus.), D
isney/Hyperion, $6.99
8
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nu
and
Dad
dy T
oo
Anna D
ewdney, Viking C
hildren’s Books, $17.99
9.F
rozen
(BigG
oldenBook)
Bill Scollon, Disney Storybook A
rtists (Illus.),
Random
House/D
isney, $9.99
10
. Th
e Very H
un
gry Caterp
illar
Eric C
arle, Putnam, $10.99
1
1. A
Day in
the Su
n
Frank Berrios, R
H D
isney (Illus.), Random
H
ouse/Disney, $3.99
1
2. W
here th
e Wild
Th
ings A
re
M
aurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99
1
3. P
at the B
un
ny
Dorothy K
unhardt, Golden, $9.99
14.M
akeWayfo
rDucklings
RobertM
cCloskey,Puffin,$7.99
1
5. A
Tale o
f Drago
ns
Fabio Laguna, Simon Spotlight, $3.99
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.
CHILDREN’S INTEREST
ILLUSTRATED
FICTION SERIES
Week of 06.19.14
All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.
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e F
au
lt in O
ur S
tars
John Green, D
utton, $17.99
2.L
ookingfo
rAlask
a
John G
reen, Speak, $9.99
3
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er T
ow
ns
John Green, Speak, $9.99
4.T
heBookThief
Markus Z
usak, Knopf, $12.99
5.A
nAbundanceofK
atherin
es
John Green, Speak, $9.99
6
. Wo
nd
er
R.J. Palacio, K
nopf, $15.99
7. M
inecra
ft:Esse
ntialH
andbook
Scholastic, $7.99
8.M
inecra
ft:Redsto
neHandbook
Scholastic, $7.99
9
. If I Stay
Gayle Form
an, Speak, $10.99
1
0. W
e W
ere
Lia
rs
E. Lockhart, D
elacorte, $17.99
1
1. T
he
Give
r Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99
1
2. W
ill Gray
son
, Will G
rayso
n
John G
reen, David Levithan, Speak, $9.99
13.E
leanor&
Park
Rainbow
Row
ell,St.Martin’sG
riffin,$18.99
14.F
rozen:T
heJu
niorN
ovelizatio
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R
andom H
ouse/Disney, $4.99
15.F
loraa
ndUlysse
s:TheIllu
minate
d
A
dve
ntu
res
Kate D
iCam
illo, K.G
. Cam
pbell (Illus.),
Candlew
ick, $17.99
1
. Dive
rgen
t
Veronica R
oth, Katherine Tegen Books
2.M
agicT
reeHouse
Mary Pope O
sborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.),
Random
House
3.T
heMaze
Runner
James D
ashner, Delacorte
4.D
iaryofaW
impyKid
Jeff K
inney, Am
ulet
5.M
issPeregrin
e’sP
eculiarC
hildren
R
ansom R
iggs, Quirk
6
. Iv
y &
Be
an
A
nnie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),
Chronicle
7.M
ortalIn
struments
Cassandra C
lare, Margaret K
. McElderry
Books
8. E
lep
han
t & P
iggie
Mo W
illems, H
yperion
9. T
heHeroeso
fOlympus
Rick R
iordan, Hyperion
1
0. P
ercy
Jacksonandth
eOlympians
Rick R
iordan, Hyperion
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ebut★ ★
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Favo
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off (Illu
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12.99)
“Summershouldbefilledw
ithbaseball,library visits, and friends for 11-year-old Suzy. Everything seem
s to change when her little
brother becomes a local hero for dialing 911.
Suddenly, he is the center of attention, and Suzy decides to retreat from
the world like
her hero, Emily D
ickinson. It takes a little tim
e, a few good friends, and Suzy’s spirit to
set things right. This sw
eet, funny tale, told in verse, helps readers rem
ember that everyone
can be the hero of their own story.” —
Julie
Wilso
n, T
he
Bookworm
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1. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35
2.TheGoldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
3.Mr.Mercedes Stephen King, Scribner, $30
4. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
5. Midnight in Europe Alan Furst, Random House, $27
6. The Last Kind Words Saloon Larry McMurtry, Liveright, $24.95
7. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95
8. China Dolls Lisa See, Random House, $27
9.TheMatchmaker Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28
10. The One & Only EmilyGiffin,Ballantine,$28
11.NatchezBurning Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99
12. The Target David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28
13. TheVacationers Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95
14. The Son Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95
15. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman, Dial Press, $27
17.SummerHouseWithSwimmingPool Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24
