FICTION NONFICTION Other Indie Favorites The German Girl: A Novel, by Armando Lucas Correa (Atria Books, $26.99) “On May 13, 1939, the S.S. St. Louis set sail from Germany to Cuba with many Jewish passengers fleeing Hitler. Despite all best efforts, they were turned away from Cuba, the U.S., and Canada, forcing the ship to return to Europe, where many of the passengers would die in Hitler’s death camps. Correa puts a human face on this shameful episode. Hannah Rosenthal, the daughter of wealthy aristocrats, was 12 when she boarded the St. Louis. Seven decades later, Anna Rosen receives a package from an unknown relative in Cuba that inspires her and her mother to travel to Cuba to learn the truth about their family’s mysterious and tragic past. A masterful debut!” —Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver, OR Indie Bestsellers Hardcover Week of 11.23.16 = Debut = On the Rise Orphans of the Carnival: A Novel, by Carol Birch (Doubleday, $27.95) “Orphans of the Carnival is the story of a time when the oddities of nature could be a lucrative path to fame and fortune. Although heartbreaking, it is the wonderful journey of a talented woman who, in spite of being alternately vilified and celebrated just wants a normal life, . Filled with many unforgettable characters and amazing writing, this is a book that will stay with readers for a long time.” —Mary McBride, Rainy Day Books, Fairway, KS Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1. Night School Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99 2. The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95 3. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95 4. Swing Time Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27 5. Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 6. No Man�s Land David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29 7. Small Great Things Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99 8. The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29 9. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles,Viking, $27 10. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 11. Today Will Be Different Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27 12. News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99 13. Two by Two Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27 14. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26 15. The Trespasser Tana French,Viking, $27 18. Turbo Twenty-Three Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28 1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D.Vance, Harper, $27.99 2. Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In Bernie Sanders, Thomas Dunne Books, $27 3. Settle for More Megyn Kelly, Harper, $29.99 4. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50 5. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95 6. Killing the Rising Sun Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30 7. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28 8. Upstream Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26 9. Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24 10. Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick, Touchstone, $26.99 11. Cooking for Jeffrey Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35 12. Appetites Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $37.50 13. Strangers in Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95 14. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28 15. The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Thomas Nelson, $26.99 19. Superficial Andy Cohen, Holt, $27
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FICTION NONFICTION
Other Indie FavoritesThe German Girl: A Novel, by Armando Lucas Correa (Atria Books, $26.99) “On May 13, 1939, the S.S. St. Louis set sail from Germany to Cuba with many Jewish passengers fleeing Hitler. Despite all best efforts, they were turned away from Cuba, the U.S., and Canada, forcing the ship to return to Europe, where many of the passengers would die in Hitler’s death camps. Correa puts a human face on this shameful episode. Hannah Rosenthal, the daughter of wealthy aristocrats, was 12 when she boarded the St. Louis. Seven decades later, Anna Rosen receives a package from an unknown relative in Cuba that inspires her and her mother to travel to Cuba to learn the truth about their family’s mysterious and tragic past. A masterful debut!” —Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books & Music, Sunriver, OR
Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 11.23.16
= Debut = On the Rise
Orphans of the Carnival: A Novel, by Carol Birch (Doubleday, $27.95) “Orphans of the Carnival is the story of a time when the oddities of nature could be a lucrative path to fame and fortune. Although heartbreaking, it is the wonderful journey of a talented woman who, in spite of being alternately vilified and celebrated just wants a normal life, . Filled with many unforgettable characters and amazing writing, this is a book that will stay with readers for a long time.” —Mary McBride, Rainy Day Books, Fairway, KS
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
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1. Night SchoolLee Child, Delacorte, $28.99
2. The WhistlerJohn Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95
3. The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95
4. Swing TimeZadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27
5. CommonwealthAnn Patchett, Harper, $27.99
6. No Man�s LandDavid Baldacci, Grand Central, $29
7. Small Great ThingsJodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99
8. The Wrong Side of GoodbyeMichael Connelly, Little Brown, $29
9. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Viking, $27
10. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $27
11. Today Will Be DifferentMaria Semple, Little Brown, $27
12. News of the WorldPaulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99
13. Two by TwoNicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27
14. The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26
13. Strangers in Their Own LandArlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95
14. The Girl With the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer, Gallery, $28
15. The Magnolia StoryChip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Thomas Nelson, $26.99
19. SuperficialAndy Cohen, Holt, $27
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1. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99 2. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99 3. Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 4. Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 5. George Washington�s Secret Six Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $9.99 6. Tom Clancy: Commander in Chief Mark Greaney, Berkley, $9.99 7. The Crossing Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99 8. Inferno Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99 9. The Survivor Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.9910. Cross Justice James Patterson, Vision, $9.99
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Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 11.23.16
MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteOnly Love Can Break Your Heart: A Novel, by Ed Tarkington (Algonquin Books, $15.95) “Tarkington's debut novel feels positively Shakespearean in its sense of family dynamics and the sometimes destructive power of love, but it speaks with the deceptively plain, poignant language of a Neil Young song. Set in the 1980s in a small Virginia town, it tells the coming-of-age story of Rocky Askew as he copes with fraternal abandonment, dangerous liaisons, caregiving, and one scandal after another with little help other than his brother Paul’s old vinyl collection. Only Love Can Break Your Heart speaks to anybody working to function, however imperfectly, in any type of family.” —Andrew Hedglin, Lemuria Bookshop, Jackson, MS
1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
2. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16
3. The SelloutPaul Beatty, Picador USA, $16
4. My Name Is Lucy BartonElizabeth Strout, Random House, $16
5. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She�s Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16
6. In a Dark, Dark WoodRuth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16
7. The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16
8. The Best American Short Stories 2016Junot Díaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95
9. The Swans of Fifth AvenueMelanie Benjamin, Bantam, $16
10. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17
11. Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99
12. Fates and FuriesLauren Groff, Riverhead, $16
13. ArrivalTed Chiang, Vintage, $16
14. The Magic Strings of Frankie PrestoMitch Albom, Harper, $15.99
15. The Good GirlMary Kubica, Mira, $14.95
1. The Road to Little DribblingBill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95
2. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient RomeMary Beard, Liveright, $17.95
3. The WitchesStacy Schiff, Back Bay, $18.99
4. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $16
5. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17
6. The Road to CharacterDavid Brooks, Random House, $18
7. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $20
8. Big MagicElizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16
9. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $17
10. Modern RomanceAziz Ansari, Penguin, $17
11. HBR�s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95
12. Why Not Me?Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers Press, $16
13. Just MercyBryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16
14. The Invention of NatureAndrea Wulf, Vintage, $17
15. We Should All Be FeministsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95
3. The Sun Is Also a StarNicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99
5. What LightJay Asher, Razorbill, $18.99
6. The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99
7. The GiverLois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99
8. The DiabolicS.J. Kincaid, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99
9. Dan and Phil Go OutsideDan Howell, Phil Lester, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99
10. NimonaNoelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $14.99
11. All the Bright PlacesJennifer Niven, Ember, $10.99
12. The Way Things Work NowDavid Macaulay, HMH Books for Young Readers, $35
13. Looking for AlaskaJohn Green, Dutton, $19.99
14. The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green, Speak, $12.99
15. Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.99
Children’s Indie Bestsellers
Week of 11.23.16
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EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT
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For Teen Readers Wrecked: A Novel, by Maria Padian (Algonquin Young Readers, $17.95) “Conundrum: The name of the campus house where Haley’s freshman roommate claims to have been raped, and the exact position Haley is put in when she finds herself drawn into the campus investigation. At the same time, Haley is growing closer to Richard, a housemate of the accused and a boy who annoys her, excites her, makes her furious, and makes her laugh. Haley and Richard find themselves on opposite sides of somebody else’s war, struggling and scrambling to discern just who is telling the truth about what really happened. Timely, poignant, and thought-provoking, Wrecked should be required reading for every high-school senior.” —Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
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For Ages 9 to 12 Furthermore, by Tahereh Mafi (Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99) “Welcome to Ferenwood, where the flowers are edible, colors are magic, and magic is currency. It is the home of Alice, who, in a world of beauty and magic, struggles with poverty, a missing father, and the fact that she alone in the entire village has almost no color. As her future seems empty, Alice grabs the chance for adventure and joins her nemesis, Oliver, in a bid to rescue her father from the dangerous land of Furthermore, but she finds far more adventure than she bargained for. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!” —Kelly Morton, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH
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Children’s Indie Bestsellers
Week of 11.23.16
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES
For Ages 4 to 8 A Child of Books, by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston (Candlewick, $17.99) “This book is a quiet and powerful homage to the transformative power of children’s literature. Readers follow a young girl as she travels a sea of words to collect a boy in need of an adventure. The imaginations of both the reader and the boy bloom under the guidance of the young girl, and by journey’s end everyone becomes a Child of Books. Jeffers’ colorful illustrations draw new and familiar fans alike into the story, while Winston’s typographic scenery holds many rewards for the careful and observant reader.” —Amy Brabenec, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.
1. Ada Twist, ScientistAndrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95
