indie bestsellers hardcover week of 05.16 · 1. a delicate truth john le carré, viking, $28.95 2....

1. A Delicate Truth John le Carré, Viking, $28.95

2. Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99

3. The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26

4. Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95

5. The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95

6. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

7. Maya’s Notebook Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99

8. Paris Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50

9. Z Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin’s, $25.99

10. The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99

11. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95

12. Silken Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95

13. The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99

14. All That Is James Salter, Knopf, $26.95

15. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

16. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26

FICTION NONFICTION

Other Indie FavoritesSeduction: A Novel of Suspense, by M.J. Rose (Atria, $24) “Seduction transcends time in recounting the story of the tragic loss of Victor Hugo’s daughter and his desperate attempts to contact her via séances. Fast forward to the present, when Jacinthe ‘Jac’ L’Etoile, a mythologist specializing in Celtic lore, probes the secrets of the Isle of Jersey, where Hugo communed with spirits and composed his journal. Rose expertly interweaves mythology, the supernatural, psychoanalysis, and evil incarnate to create an amazing amalgam of narrative wonder. Certain to satisfy old fans and garner new ones as well.” —Lynne Maxwell, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 05.16.13

1. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27

2. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95

3. Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95

4. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

5. Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22

6. Vader’s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

7. It’s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32

8. Bunker Hill Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95

9. Gulp Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95

10. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

11. My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95

12. The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95

13. Waiting to Be Heard Amanda Knox, Harper, $28.99

14. VB6 Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26

15. Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

16. Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction—and My Own Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26

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Amity & Sorrow: A Novel, by Peggy Riley (Little Brown, $25.99) “Amity and Sorrow are sisters,who are stolen away by their mother, Amaranth, from the only home they’ve ever known—the compound of their father’s polygamous cult in the Idaho Panhandle. After four days of driving, Amaranth crashes their car in Oklahoma, where all three are reluctantly taken in by a dogged descendant of the Dust Bowl. While the sisters and their mother struggle in their new surroundings, Amaranth’s story of what lured her into the cult and what ultimately drove her away is unfurled in a series of harrowing flashbacks. A deft debut with great compassion and insight.” —Kim Fox, Schuler Books & Music, Alpine, MI

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

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

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

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

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

6. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95

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

8. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99

9. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $16

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

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

12. Broken Harbor Tana French, Penguin, $16

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

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

15. Phantom Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95

19. City of Women David R. Gillham, Berkley, $16


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. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 4. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 5. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 6. Defending Jacob William Landay, Dell, $7.99 7. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 8. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99 9. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99 10. Stolen Prey John Sandford, Berkley, $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. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16

6. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $15.95

7. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16

8. Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95

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

10. Escape From Camp 14 Blaine Harden, Penguin, $15

11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

12. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China Paul French, Penguin, $16

13. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

14. America the Beautiful Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99

15. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

FICTION NONFICTION

Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 05.16.13

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Another Indie FavoriteThe Lower River: A Novel, by Paul Theroux (Mariner, $14.95) “As Ellis Hock nears the end of both his long career and his marriage, he does what many of us do at a time of great change: reassess the trajectory of our lives by going back to a time when we were truly happy. For Ellis that time was in his twenties, when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Lower River of Malawi. He decides to return, but the Africa of his sixties is but a shadow of the Africa he left behind, and the idealism he arrives with quickly vanishes in the desperation that covers his beloved village.” —Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL


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FICTION SERIES

Week of 05.16.13

All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.

1. T

he F

ault in

Ou

r Stars

John Green, D

utton, $17.99

2. P

oem

s to L

earn by H

eart

C

aroline Kennedy, Jon J M

uth (Illus.), Hyperion,

$19.99

3. T

he 5th

Wave

Rick Yancey, Putnam

, $18.99

4. W

on

der

R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $15.99

5. T

he O

ne an

d O

nly Ivan

Katherine A

pplegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.),

H

arper, $16.99

6. L

oo

king fo

r Alaska

John Green, Puffin, $9.99

7. T

imm

y Failu

re: Mistakes W

ere Mad

e

Stephan Pastis, C

andlewick, $14.99

8. T

he B

oo

k Th

ief Markus Z

usak, Knopf, $12.99

9. C

od

e Nam

e Verity

Elizabeth Wein, H

yperion, $9.99

10. A

rt2-D2’s G

uide to Folding and Doodling:

Tom A

ngleberger, Am

ulet, $12.95

11. P

aper Tow

ns

John Green, Speak, $9.99

12. H

ou

se of S

ecrets

C

hris Colum

bus, Ned V

izzini, Greg C

all (Illus.),

Balzer + Bray, $17.99

13. A

n A

bu

nd

ance o

f Kath

erines

John Green, Speak, $9.99

14. D

rama

Raina Telgem

eier, Graphix, $10.99

15. T

he W

impy K

id D

o-It-Yo

urself B

oo

k

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet, $12.95

1. O

h, th

e Places Yo

u’ll G

o!

Dr. Seuss, R

andom H

ouse, $17.99

2. G

oo

dn

ight M

oo

n M

argaret Wise Brow

n,

C

lement H

urd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99

3. Steam

Train, Dream

Train

Sherri D

uskey Rinker, Tom

Lichtenheld (Illus.),

C

hronicle, $16.99

4. T

he D

ark Lemony Snicket, Jon K

lassen

(Illus.), Little Brow

n, $16.99

5. T

he Very Hungry C

aterpillar

Eric C

arle, Putnam, $10.99

6. T

hat Is N

ot a G

oo

d Id

ea!

M

o Willem

s, Balzer + Bray, $17.99

7. G

oo

d N

ight, G

orilla

Peggy Rathm

ann, Putnam, $7.99

8. G

oo

dn

ight, G

oo

dn

ight, C

on

structio

n

Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom

Lichtenheld

(Illus.), C

hronicle, $16.99

9. L

ove You

Forever R

obert Munsch,

Sheila McG

raw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95

10. T

his Is Not M

y Hat

Jon Klassen, C

andlewick, $15.99

11. W

here th

e Wild

Th

ings A

re

M

aurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95

12. F

ancy N

ancy: F

anciest D

oll in

the

Un

iverse

Jane O

’Connor, Robin Preiss G

lasser (Illus.),

H

arper, $17.99

13. Pat th

e Bu

nny

Dorothy K

unhardt, Golden, $9.99

14. M

ake Way for D

ucklings

R

obert McC

loskey, Puffin, $7.99

15. O

n the Night You W

ere Born

Nancy T

illman, Feiw

el & Friends, $7.99

1. M

agic Tree H

ou

se

M

ary Pope Osborne, Sal M

urdocca (Illus.),

R

andom H

ouse

2. Ivy & B

ean

Annie Barrow

s, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),

Chronicle

3. D

iary of a W

impy K

id

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet (hardcover)

4. Big N

ate

Lincoln Peirce, H

arper

N

ew in S

eries: Genius M

ode

5. Cap

tain U

nd

erpan

ts

D

av Pilkey, Scholastic

6. E

leph

ant &

Piggie

Mo W

illems, H

yperion

7. Percy Jackso

n an

d th

e Olym

pian

s

R

ick Riordan, M

iramax

8. H

arry Po

tter

J.K

. Row

ling, Scholastic/Arthur A

. Levine Books

9. Th

e Mysterio

us B

ened

ict So

ciety

Trenton Lee Stew

art, Little Brown

10. T

he K

ane C

hro

nicles

Rick R

iordan, Hyperion

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oth

er Ind

ie Favo

rite for A

ges 9 to 12

Wh

ite Fu

r Flyin

g, by Patricia

MacL

achlan

(Margaret K

. McE

lderry

Bo

oks, $15.99) “Z

oe’s mother rescues

Great Pyrenees dogs, caring for them

until a new

home can be found. A

cross the street, Philip is m

oving in with his aunt and uncle. Philip

doesn’t speak, and no one knows w

hy. Until now

, Z

oe’s family has been rescuing dogs. T

his time,

it may be the dogs that do the rescuing. T

his sim

ple, poetic story of trust and friendship will

steal your heart. A line from

the book perfectly describes M

acLachlan’s writing: ‘[she] alw

ays tells the truth ... even if it is fiction.’” —

Marika M

cCo

ola, O

dyssey B

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ksho

p, S

ou

th H

adley, M

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1. A Delicate Truth John le Carré, Viking, $28.95

2. Life After Life Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99

3. The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26

4. Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95

5. The Woman Upstairs Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95

6. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

7. Maya’s Notebook Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99

8. Paris Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50

9. Z Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin’s, $25.99

10. The Hit David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99

11. The Interestings Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95

12. Silken Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95

13. The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99

14. All That Is James Salter, Knopf, $26.95

15. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

16. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26

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★ 1. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15

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

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

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

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

6. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95

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

8. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99

9. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $16

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

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

12. Broken Harbor Tana French, Penguin, $16

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

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

15. Phantom Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95

19. City of Women David R. Gillham, Berkley, $16


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Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 05.16.13


1. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27

2. Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95

3. Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95

4. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

5. Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22

6. Vader’s Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

7. It’s All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32

8. Bunker Hill Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95

9. Gulp Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95

10. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

11. My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95

12. The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95

13. Waiting to Be Heard Amanda Knox, Harper, $28.99

14. VB6 Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26

15. Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95

16. Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction—and My Own Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26

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. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16

6. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $15.95

7. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16

8. Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95

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

10. Escape From Camp 14 Blaine Harden, Penguin, $15

11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

12. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China Paul French, Penguin, $16

13. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

14. America the Beautiful Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99

15. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99


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