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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for January 18, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending January 15, 2017
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
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. |
1/24 |
| 2. |
The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190 Grisham's electrifying new novel is a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. |
5/12 |
| 3. |
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. |
2/18 |
| 4. |
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. |
4/19 |
| 5. |
Moonglow Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559 Chabon's moving and inventive new novel is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2016. |
3/8 |
| 6. |
Difficult Women Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802125392 A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection. |
7/2 |
| 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. |
9/139 |
| 8. |
The Spy Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22.00, 9781524732066 In his unforgettable new novel, Coelho brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. |
8/8 |
| 9. |
History of Wolves (An Indies Introduce Title) Emily Fridlund, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25.00, 9780802125873 Fridlund's propulsive and gorgeously written debut novel is the #1 January 2017 Indie Next List Great Read, and a Winter 2017 Indies Introduce title. |
14/2 |
| 10. |
Swing Time Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781594203985 The exuberant new novel by the bestselling author of White Teeth is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/9 |
| 11. |
Small Great Things 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. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/14 |
| 12. |
News of the World Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201 A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read and National Book Award Finalist. |
12/7 |
| 13. |
Night School Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808 Night School moves through a treacherous landscape of double crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies as Jack Reacher maneuvers inside the game and outside the law. A November 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/10 |
| 14. |
The Sleepwalker- Debut Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385538916 The masterful new novel by the bestselling author of The Guest Room is a January 2017 Indie Bext List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 15. |
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. |
15/15 |
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