1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
2. The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99
3. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95
4. Dog Songs Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95
5. Aimless Love
Billy Collins, Random House, $26
6. The Luminaries Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27
7. The First Phone Call From Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99
8. Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28
9. The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95
10. King and Maxwell David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28
11. We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.99
12. S. J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35
13. The Circle Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95
14. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95
15. Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Scribner, $30
16. The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95
FICTION NONFICTION
Other Indie FavoritesBellman & Black: A Novel, by Diane Setterfield (Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $25)“A stone thrown, a bird killed—this single thoughtless act committed as a boy will shadow William Bellman for the rest of his life. Setterfield’s atmospheric new novel follows William’s seemingly charmed life through successes, marriage, and fatherhood, until the sudden appearance of a stranger in black signals a change in the trajectory of William’s good fortune. With echoes of Dickens, Poe, and Grimm, Setterfield’s tale offers fascinating historical details even as it raises the hairs on the back of the reader’s neck.” —Kristine Kaufman, The Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA
Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 11.28.13
1. The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40
2. Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28
3. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29
4. I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26
5. Stitches Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95
6. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99
7. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95
8. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28
9. Killing Jesus Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28
10. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99
11. The Death of Santini Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95
12. Double Down Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Penguin Press, $29.95
13. The Men Who United the States Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99
14. Guinness World Records 2014 Guinness World Records, $28.95
15. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95
19. The Heart of Everything That Is Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $30
= Debut = On the Rise
★
★
Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II, by Wil S. Hylton (Riverhead, $27.95) “Of the more than 56,000 servicemen and women of WWII whose resting place remains a mystery, two-thirds lie somewhere in the Pacific. Hylton’s fascinating account documents the search and recovery efforts of the devoted teams dedicated to finding these brave soldiers and bringing them home. By focusing on the crew of one missing B-24 and the man who became obsessed with their fate, Hylton brings the story to a personal and poignant level.” —Betsey Detwiler, Buttonwood Books & Toys, Cohasset, MA
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
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1. Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95
2. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99
3. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99
4. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99
5. The Dinner Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14
6. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16
7. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15
8. Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99
9. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16
10. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $16
11. The Best American Short Stories 2013 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95
12. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99
13. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95
14. The House Girl Tara Conklin, Morrow, $14.99
15. The Orphan Master’s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
1. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 2. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 3. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 4. Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99 5. Notorious Nineteen Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 6. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99 7. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $7.99 8. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 9. The Racketeer John Grisham, Dell, $9.99 10. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99
1. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99
2. Unlikely Loves Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95
3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95
4. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16
5. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16
6. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99
7. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2014 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95
8. How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney’s, $20
9. 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup, Penguin, $16
10. The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18
11. Dog Shaming Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15
12. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16
13. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95
14. Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50
15. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16
FICTION NONFICTION
Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 11.28.13
MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteMay We Be Forgiven: A Novel, by A.M. Homes (Penguin Books, $16) “Homes’ latest darkly comic novel is more poignant and moving than it appears at first glimpse, and the rudderless, hapless Nixon scholar Harold Silver’s year in the wilderness is more eye-opening than he can at first admit to himself. As Harry grows and grieves in his own way over the course of the insanity-laced year, we are happily along for the ride, unquestioningly loving the person he becomes. A truly remarkable feat of storytelling that both pulsates with the underlying ache of loss and manages to crack a couple of your ribs when you laugh too hard. —Seth Marko, UCSD Bookstore, San Diego, CA
= Debut
★
Children’s Books Indie Bestsellers
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erica. Copyright A
merican Booksellers A
ssociation. All rights reserved.
CHILDREN’S INTEREST
ILLUSTRATED
FICTION SERIES
Week of 11.28.13
All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.
1
. Th
e B
oo
k T
hie
f
M
arkus Zusak, K
nopf, $12.99
2
. Th
e F
au
lt in O
ur S
tars
John Green, D
utton, $17.99
3
. Wo
nd
er R
.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99
4
. Ru
sh R
eve
re an
d th
e B
rave P
ilgrim
s
R
ush Limbaugh, T
hreshold Editions, $19.99
5
. Flo
ra an
d U
lysse
s: Th
e Illu
min
ated
Ad
ven
ture
s
K
ate DiC
amillo, K
.G. C
ampbell (Illus.),
C
andlewick, $17.99
6
. Fortunately, the Milk
Neil G
aiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), H
arper, $14.99
7. L
oo
kin
g for A
laska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99
8
. Sta
r Wars: Je
di A
cade
my
Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $12.99
9
. Th
e O
ne
an
d O
nly
Ivan
Katherine A
pplegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.),
H
arper, $16.99
1
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rog T
rou
ble
. . . an
d E
leve
n O
the
r
Pre
tty S
erio
us S
on
gs
Sandra Boynton, W
orkman, $16.95
1
1. M
iss Pe
reg
rine
’s Ho
me
for P
ecu
liar
C
hild
ren
Ransom
Riggs, Q
uirk, $10.99
1
2. G
od
Go
t a Do
g
C
ynthia Rylant, M
arla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane,
$17.99
1
3. S
pirit A
nim
als: Wild
Bo
rn
Brandon M
ull, Scholastic, $12.99
1
4. E
lean
or &
Park
Rainbow
Row
ell, St. Martin’s G
riffin, $18.99
1
5. T
he
Wim
py K
id D
o-It-Y
ou
rself B
oo
k
Jeff K
inney, Am
ulet, $12.95
1
. Th
e D
ay th
e C
rayo
ns Q
uit
Drew
Dayw
alt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philom
el,
$17.99
2
. Go
od
nigh
t Mo
on
Margaret W
ise Brown,
Clem
ent Hurd (Illus.), H
arper, $8.99
3. P
ete the C
at: Th
e First T
han
ksgiving
James D
ean, Kim
berly Dean, H
arperFestival,
$6.99
4
. An
Otis C
hristm
as
Loren Long, Philom
el, $17.99
5. Cin
ders: A
Ch
icken C
ind
erellas
Jan Brett, Putnam
, $17.99
6. T
he
Po
lar E
xp
ress
Chris Van A
llsburg, Houghton M
ifflin, $18.95
7
. Th
e Ch
ristmas W
ish
Lori Evert, R
andom H
ouse, $17.99
8. W
here th
e Wild
Th
ings A
re
M
aurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95
9
. Go
od
nigh
t, Go
od
nigh
t, Co
nstru
ction
Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom
Lichtenheld
(Illus.), C
hronicle, $16.99
10
. Th
e E
lf on
the
Sh
elf
Carol A
bersoldt, Coe Steinw
art (Illus.), CC
A
and B, $20
1
1. P
at the
Bu
nn
y
D
orothy Kunhardt, G
olden, $9.99
12
. Th
e Very H
un
gry Caterp
illar
Eric C
arle, Putnam, $10.99
1
3. Sto
pp
ing b
y Wo
od
s on
a Snow
y
E
venin
g Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.),
Dutton, $16.99
1
4. L
adyb
ug G
irl and
the B
ig Snow
Jacky Davis, D
avid Soman (Illus.), D
ial, $17.99
15
. Sn
ow
flak
es F
all
Patricia M
acLachlan, Steven Kellogg (Illus.),
Random
House, $17.99
1
. Dia
ry o
f a Wim
py K
id
Jeff K
inney, Am
ulet (hardcover)
2. D
iverge
nt
Veronica Roth, K
atherine Tegen Books
3. M
agic T
ree
Ho
use
Mary Pope O
sborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.),
Random
House
4
. Th
e H
un
ger G
am
es
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
5
. Th
e H
ero
es o
f Oly
mp
us
Rick R
iordan, Hyperion
6
. E
lep
han
t & P
iggie
Mo W
illems, H
yperion
7. Iv
y &
Be
an
A
nnie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),
C
hronicle
8. R
an
ger’s A
pp
ren
tice
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. P
ercy
Jackso
n a
nd
the
Oly
mp
ian
s
R
ick Riordan, H
yperion
10
. Big N
ate
Lincoln Peirce, H
arper
An
oth
er In
die
Favo
rite fo
r Age
s 4 to
8
Mo
on
day, b
y A
dam
Re
x (D
isne
y/H
yp
erio
n,
$1
6.9
9) “A
fter falling asleep in the car and being carried to her bed, a little girl w
akes up to find the m
oon in her backyard. Everyone m
ust go about their day even though morning
never really came and everyone is sleepy and
wondering w
hat to do about the moon. T
he little girl suggests taking the m
oon for a drive, during w
hich she falls asleep again. Rex takes readers on a w
onderful journey that m
ight, or might not be, just a dream
.” —M
elissa
Oate
s, Fictio
n A
dd
iction
, Gre
en
ville
, SC
= D
ebut★ ★
1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30
2. The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99
3. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95
4. Dog Songs Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95
5. Aimless Love
Billy Collins, Random House, $26
6. The Luminaries Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27
7. The First Phone Call From Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99
8. Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28
9. The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95
10. King and Maxwell David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28
11. We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper, $29.99
12. S. J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35
13. The Circle Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95
14. The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95
15. Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Scribner, $30
16. The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95
★
★
1. Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95
2. Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99
3. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99
4. Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99
5. The Dinner Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14
6. Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16
7. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15
8. Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99
9. The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16
10. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $16
11. The Best American Short Stories 2013 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95
12. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99
13. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95
14. The House Girl Tara Conklin, Morrow, $14.99
15. The Orphan Master’s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 11.28.13
= Debut = On the Rise
1. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99
2. Unlikely Loves Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95
3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95
4. Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16
5. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16
6. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99
7. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2014 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $7.95
8. How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney’s, $20
9. 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup, Penguin, $16
10. The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, Penguin, $18
11. Dog Shaming Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15
12. Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16
13. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95
14. Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50
15. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16
1. The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 2. Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 3. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 4. I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 5. Stitches Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 6. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99 7. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95 8. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 9. Killing Jesus Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28 10. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99 11. The Death of Santini Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 12. Double Down Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Penguin Press, $29.95 13. The Men Who United the States Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99 14. Guinness World Records 2014 Guinness World Records, $28.95 15. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 19. The Heart of Everything That Is Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S, $30
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.
HARDCOVER PAPERBACK
Indie BestsellersNonfiction Week of 11.28.13
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= Debut = On the Rise