National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for October 19, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2016
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
Patchett's beautifully written new novel tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2016.		 1/5
2. Small Great Things - Debut
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
A woman is caught in a gripping moral dilemma that resonates far beyond her place in time and history in #1 New York Times bestseller Jodi Picoult’s latest.		 /1
3. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
Whitehead's magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/11
4. The Trespasser
Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026333
French's gripping new Murder Squad mystery is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
5. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316403436
The hilarious and heart-filled new novel by the bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/2
6. Two by Two
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781455520695
An emotionally powerful novel about unconditional love, its challenges, its risks, and, most of all, its rewards.		 4/2
7. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/126
8. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741
The hilarious new novel by the bestselling author of Bad Monkey is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/6
9. Order to Kill - Debut
Kyle Mills, Atria, $28.99, 9781476783482
In the next thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, the anti-terrorism operative heads to Pakistan to confront a mortal threat he may not be prepared for. In fact, this time he might have met his match.		 /1
10. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026197
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/6
11. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26.00, 9781501132933
The suspenseful and haunting new novel by the bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood is an August 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/13
12. Nutshell
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $24.95, 9780385542074
A classic tale of murder and deceit by the bestselling author of Atonement and The Children Act.		 6/5
13. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28.00, 9780374280024
A new novel of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy by the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated.		 13/6
14. Home
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525955108
Coben's latest is an explosive and deeply moving thriller about friendship, family, and the meaning of home.		 10/4
15. Hag-Seed - Debut
Margaret Atwood, Hogarth, $25.00, 9780804141291
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest retold by Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Margaret Atwood.		 /1
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16. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780399184512
A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community, and the things that ultimately haunt us most.		  

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