National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 16, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 12, 2013
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Delicate Truth- Debut
John le Carré, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897
A masterful new novel of international intrigue by the bestselling author of Our Kind of Traitor.		 /1
2. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
Atkinson's utterly original novel about a woman who lives and dies over and over again is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/6
3. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
The remarkable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/7
4. Dead Ever After- Debut
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007881
The final Sookie Stackhouse novel by the bestselling author of Dead Until Dark.		 /1
5. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
Messud's brilliant novel of passion and artistic fulfillment is a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/2
6. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/48
7. Maya's Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
In Allende's startling new novel, a young woman records her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.		 3/3
8. Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385535304
By the bestselling author of London and New York, Paris is a a dazzling portrait of the City of Light.		 9/3
9. Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
Fowler's novel is a compelling look at the life and times of Zelda Fitzgerald, and a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/7
10. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
A riveting new thriller featuring Will Robie by the bestselling author of The Innocent.		 10/3
11. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
Wolitzer's dazzling new novel features complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City.		 6/5
12. Silken Prey- Debut
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159312
A suspenseful new Lucas Davenport novel in Sandford's bestselling Prey series.		 /1
13. The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439142004
Kushner's riveting novel about a young artist and the worlds she encounters in New York and Rome in the mid-1970s.		 /2
14. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132
Salter's masterful new novel is a sweeping, seductive, and deeply moving story set in the years after World War II.		 8/6
15. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
The new novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read and the winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction.		 /29
ON THE RISE
16. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26, 9780770436407
In Marra's sweeping debut novel, a resilient doctor risks everything to save the life of a hunted child during wartime. A May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		  

Reprint Guidelines.

About ABA

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

Contact

PRESS INQUIRIES: [email protected]

INDIECOMMERCE: [email protected]

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: [email protected]

 

 

Copyright 2024 American Booksellers Association. BookWeb is a registered trademark of ABA.
Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Accessibility Statement

 

Follow ABA