1. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28

2. In One Person John Irving, S&S, $28

3. Canada Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99

4. Home Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24

5. Sacré Bleu Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99

6. Calico Joe John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95

7. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35

8. The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25

9. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95

10. Stolen Prey John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95

11. Deadlocked Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95

12. The Innocent David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99

13. The Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King, Scribner, $27

14. The Shoemaker’s Wife Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99

15. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon Books, $24.95

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Other Indie FavoritesAs the Crow Flies: A Walt Longmire Mystery, by Craig Johnson (Viking, $25.95) “Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear try to balance wedding planning for Walt’s daughter with solving the murder of a woman whose body they find at a potential ceremony location. Add in a troublesome new tribal chief, and Walt is in over his head. Another wonderful addition to this amazing series! Johnson balances humor, action, and mystery like a master!” —Anne Kimbol, Murder By the Book, Houston, TX

To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes, by Francis Slakey (Simon & Schuster, $27) “This is a splendid and exciting read about the author’s transition from self-centered narcissist to world citizen during his 10-year, physically and emotionally rigorous adventure to be the first person to climb the highest summits on every continent and surf all the oceans of the world. Highly recommended!” —Gary Colliver, Windows on the World–Books & Art, Mariposa, CA

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 05.31.12

1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35

2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26

3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95

4. Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26

5. Drift Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25

6. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership Colin Powell, Tony Koltz, Harper, $27.99

7. Are You My Mother? Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22

8. Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27

9. This Is How Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin’s Press, $24.99

10. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $15.99

11. End This Depression Now! Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95

12. Prague Winter Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99

13. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95

14. My Cross to Bear Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99

15. Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26

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1. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

2. Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

3. Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

4. State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99

5. The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99

6. Caleb’s Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16

7. The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15

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

9. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16

10. The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95

11. Train Dreams Denis Johnson, Picador, $12

12. The Weird Sisters Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15

13. Swamplandia! Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95

14. The Family Fang Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99

15. The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16

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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. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 4. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 5. Explosive Eighteen Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99 6. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 7. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99 9. The Affair Lee Child, Dell, $9.99 10. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99

1. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16

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

3. Turn Right at Machu Picchu Mark Adams, Plume, $16

4. F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

5. The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $20

6. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95

7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway Books, $16

8. The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99

9. Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95

10. Nothing Daunted Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15

11. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95

12. Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99

13. The Hare With Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16

14. Then Again Diane Keaton, Random House, $16

15. The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16

FICTION NONFICTION

Another Indie FavoriteShelter: A Novel, by Frances Greenslade (Free Press, $15) “Maggie and Jenny are two sisters who sustain devastating losses at a very young age, but who are very different in many ways. Their father, Patrick, is killed in a logging accident and their mother leaves them with a friend and is ‘gone, like a cat who goes out the back door one night and doesn’t return.’ The voice of 10-year-old Maggie is pitch-perfect as is the story she relates. How these two girls survive in the wilderness of northwest Canada amid uncaring, indifferent adults is a harrowing story wonderfully told. —Kathleen Dixon, Islandtime Books & More, Washington Island, WI

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FICTION SERIES

Week of 05.31.12

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. T

he B

oo

k Th

ief

M

arkus Zusak, K

nopf, $12.99

3. N

ancy C

lancy, S

up

er Sleu

th

Jane O

’Connor, R

obin Preiss Glasser (Illus.),

H

arper, $9.99

4. B

itterblue

Kristin C

ashore, Dial, $19.99

5. T

he W

impy K

id D

o-It-Yo

urself B

oo

k

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet, $12.95

6. C

ho

mp

Carl H

iaasen, Knopf, $16.99

7. W

on

der

R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $15.99

8. B

etween

Sh

ades o

f Gray

Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99

9. T

he P

han

tom

Tollb

oo

th

N

orton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99

10. W

onderstruck

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99

11. T

he Inven

tion

of H

ugo

Cab

ret

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99

12. C

harlo

tte’s Web

E.B. White, H

arper, $7.99

13. O

ut o

f My M

ind

Sharon M. D

raper, Atheneum

, $6.99

14. M

iss Peregrin

e’s Ho

me fo

r Pecu

liar

C

hild

ren

R

ansom R

iggs, Quirk Books, $17.99

15.

Dare to

Dream

: Life as O

ne Directio

n

O

ne Direction, H

arper, $12.99

1. O

h, th

e Places Yo

u’ll G

o!

Dr. Seuss, R

andom H

ouse, $17.99

2. G

oodnight Moon

Margaret W

ise Brown, C

lement H

urd (Illus.),

H

arper, $8.99

3. W

here th

e Wild

Th

ings A

re

M

aurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95

4. T

he D

ucklin

g Gets a C

oo

kie!?

M

o Willem

s, Hyperion, $15.99

5. L

adybug Girl and B

ingo

Jacky D

avis, David Som

an (Illus.), Dial, $16.99

6. P

at the Bunny

Dorothy K

unhardt, Golden, $9.99

7. I W

ant M

y Hat B

ack

Jon K

lassen, Candlew

ick, $15.99

8. P

ete the C

at and

His Fo

ur

G

roovy B

utto

ns

Eric Litwin, Jam

es Dean (Illus.), H

arper, $16.99

9. G

oo

dn

ight, G

oo

dn

ight, C

on

structio

n

Site

Sherri Duskey R

inker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.),

Chronicle, $16.99

10. T

he V

ery Hu

ngry C

aterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam

, $10.99

11. P

ress Here

Herve Tullet, C

hronicle, $15.99

12. G

oo

d N

ight, G

orilla

Peggy Rathm

ann, Putnam, $7.99

13. T

he Lorax D

r. Seuss, Random

House, $14.95

14. O

n the Night You W

ere Born

Nancy T

illman, Feiw

el & Friends, $7.99

15. B

rown B

ear, Brow

n Bear, W

hat Do You

See? Bill M

artin, Eric Carle (Illus.), H

olt, $7.95

1. T

he H

un

ger Gam

es

Suzanne C

ollins, Scholastic

2. Magic T

ree Ho

use

Mary Pope O

sborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.),

Random

House

3. T

he K

ane C

hro

nicles

Rick R

iordan, Hyperion

4. D

ivergent

Veronica Roth, K

atherine Tegen Books

5. Th

e Secrets o

f the Im

mo

rtal

Nich

olas F

lamel

Michael Scott, D

elacorte

N

ew in

Series: T

he E

nch

antress

6. D

iary of a W

impy K

id

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet (hardcover)

7. Ivy & B

ean

A

nnie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),

Chronicle

8. T

he R

anger’s A

pp

rentice

John Flanagan, Puffin

9. Harry P

otter

J.K. R

owling, Scholastic/A

rthur A. Levine

Books

10. Mo

rtal Instru

men

ts

C

assandra Clare, M

argaret K. M

cElderry

An

oth

er Ind

ie Favo

rite for A

ges 4 to 8

Silly D

oggy!, by Ad

am S

tower (O

rchard

B

oo

ks, $16.99) “Lily has always w

anted a dog. She w

akes up one morning and finds a big furry

brown ‘doggy’ outside her bedroom

window

. He

isn’t like other dogs. He doesn’t do tricks w

ell, and he likes to eat w

eird things, including balls. Lily’s m

other tells her that she needs to put up a poster because he probably belongs to som

ebody. And he

does—the zoo! A

dorable!” —D

ebbie B

uck, V

intage B

oo

ks, V

anco

uver, W

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