National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 22, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending February 19, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
Gaiman fashions primeval Norse stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants.
1/2
2. Lincoln in the Bardo- Debut
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9780812995343
The brilliant first novel by the author of Tenth of December is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
/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.
2/29
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.
3/24
5. 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.
4/23
6. 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.
5/17
7. 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466
Auster's heartbreaking and satisfying new novel is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/3
8. The Girl Before
J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780425285046
An enthralling psychological thriller about one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.
8/4
9. 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.
14/144
10. 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.
9/7
11. Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250111173
Pinborough's novel takes the modern day love triangle and not only turns it on its head, but completely reinvents it in a way that will leave readers reeling.
11/3
12. The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802126399
This collection of perfectly formed stories exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/2
13. 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.
13/13
14. 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.
15/19
15. Universal Harvester
John Darnielle, FSG, $25.00, 9780374282103
A haunting and masterfully unsettling novel by the primary member of American band The Mountain Goats.
6/2
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18. We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter, Viking, $27.00, 9780399563089
Hunter's debut novel is based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of WWII, determined to survive--and to reunite.
 

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