National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for July 6, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending July 3, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109464
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. Now a major motion picture.
1/74
2. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000
Acclaimed Swedish journalist and author Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this adrenaline-charged thriller.
4/6
3. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944
Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
2/11
4. A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780553394399
Tyler's poignant yet unsentimental novel in praise of family in all its emotional complexity.
6/10
5. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024
In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
3/43
6. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780345534200
An engrossing novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Wife.
5/5
7. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786
A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors.
7/57
8. Avenue of Mysteries
John Irving, S&S, $17.00, 9781451664171
Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.
9/4
9. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798
George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.
8/15
10. The Rocks
Peter Nichols, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781101983393
A romantic page-turner propelled by the 60-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community.
11/5
11. Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062409867
Lee's landmark novel, which is set two decades after To Kill a Mockingbird, is actually the first draft of the story she reworked to create her Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.
12/9
12. The Cartel
Don Winslow, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101873748
Winslow's searing, unfiltered epic novel of the drug war in the 21st century.
/2
13. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172707
Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read and a National Book Award finalist.
10/22
14. In a Dark, Dark Wood- Debut
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331
Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture.
/1
15. The Good Girl
Mary Kubica, Mira, $14.95, 9780778317760
Kubica's propulsive debut novel reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
/30
ON THE RISE
18. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15.00, 9781101911921
Our Souls at Night is the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature.
 

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