2013 Indie Bestsellers


2013 Indie Bestsellers
from sales from January 1, 2013 through December 3, 2013
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

 

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Paperback Bestsellers (Fiction & Nonfiction):
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Hardcover Bestsellers (Fiction & Nonfiction):
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Fiction Bestsellers (Hardcover & Paperback):
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Nonfiction Bestsellers (Hardcover & Paperback):
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Children's Bestsellers:
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Trade Paperback Fiction



2013 Indie Bestsellers
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction  
1. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433
 
2. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
 
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
 
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316
 
5. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
 
6. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
 
7. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
 
8. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
 
9. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
 
10. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
 
11. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062188519
 
12. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
 
13. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419
 
14. World War Z
Max Brooks, Broadway, $14.95, 9780770437411
 
15. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



2013 Indie Bestsellers
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction  
1. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
 
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
 
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
 
4. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
 
5. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
 
6. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247
 
7. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
 
8. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16, 9780425261019
 
9. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
 
10. America the Beautiful
Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99, 9780310330912
 
11. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
 
12. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
 
13. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
 
14. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
 
15. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319
 


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Hardcover Fiction



2013 Indie Bestsellers
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  Hardcover Fiction  
1. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858
 
2. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764
 
3. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
 
4. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655
 
5. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846
 
6. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
 
7. A Memory of Light
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765325952
 
8. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307272591
 
9. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
 
10. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
 
11. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
 
12. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
 
13. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265
 
14. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
 
15. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476727653
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



2013 Indie Bestsellers
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction  
1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
 
2. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
 
3. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
 
4. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
 
5. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224
 
6. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
 
7. Killing Jesus
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805098549
 
8. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
 
9. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
 
10. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
 
11. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
 
12. Vader's Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697
 
13. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466
 
14. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
 
15. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
 


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Mass Market

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

Children's Interest



2013 Indie Bestsellers
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  Children's Interest  
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
 
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
 
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
 
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
 
5. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254
 
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
 
7. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
 
8. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763660505
 
9. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
 
10. Poems to Learn by Heart
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423108054
 


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Children's Illustrated



2013 Indie Bestsellers
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
 
3. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
 
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
 
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
7. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990
 
8. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
 
9. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
 
10. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
 


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Children's Series



2013 Indie Bestsellers
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  Children's Fiction Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
 
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
4. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
5. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
6. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
 
7. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
9. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper/Andrews McMeel
 
10. Mortal Instruments
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

 

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

 

Extended Hardcover Fiction

 

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

 

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

 

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

 

Extended Mass Market

 

2013 Indie Bestsellers unavailable for this category.

 

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