National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011

16. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345

17. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347

18. French Lessons
Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, $15, 9780345522771

19. Juliet
Anne Fortier, Ballantine, $15, 9780345516114

20. Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990

21. Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446547604

22. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546

23. Left Neglected
Lisa Genova, Gallery, $15, 9781439164655

24. To the End of the Land
David Grossman, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476401

25. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $17, 9780553386790

26. Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868

27. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553

28. The Distant Hours
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781439152799

29. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152

30. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123

31. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $14, 9780743273565

32. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

33. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600

34. Star Island
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446556125

35. The Invisible Bridge
Julie Orringer, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400034376

36. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415

37. Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314

38. The Widower's Tale
Julia Glass, Anchor, $15, 9780307456106

39. The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $15, 9781416550556

40. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366

41. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307739452

42. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780060594671

43. I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson, Picador, $15, 9780312429539

44. Private Life
Jane Smiley, Anchor, $15.95, 9781400033195

45. How to Be an American Housewife
Margaret Dilloway, Berkley, $15, 9780425241295

46. The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø, Harper, $14.99, 9780061134005

47. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $9, 9780140177398

48. The Lonely Polygamist
Brady Udall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339710

49. Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $14.99, 9780312626907

50. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781416586296

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