National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for January 27, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending January 23, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.		 1/35
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/102
3. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28, 9780374158460
The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections is a September Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/21
4. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child is the #1 September Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/20
5. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99, 9780316038393
A funny, new collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 3/17
6. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446573641
Martin's latest novel is an engaging and clever look at the New York City art scene.		 6/9
7. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157073
The new Joe Pike novel by the bestselling author of The First Rule.		 7/2
8. The Confession
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385528047
In Grisham's latest thriller, an innocent man is about to be executed, and only a guilty man can save him.		 11/13
9. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland, Random House, $26, 9781400068166
Vreeland's novel of New York near the turn of the 20th century is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/2
10. The Empty Family: Stories- Debut
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $24, 9781439138328
A captivating collection of stories by the author of Brooklyn.		 /1
11. Shadowfever- Debut
Karen Marie Moning, Delacorte, $26, 9780385341677
The latest novel in the Fever series featuring MacKayla Lane.		 /1
12. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525951650
Book One of Follett's Century Trilogy is an October '10 Indie Next List Notable selection.		 10/17
13. The Lake of Dreams
Kim Edwards, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022175
The new novel by the author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/3
14. The Inner Circle
Brad Meltzer, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446577892
A fascinating new thriller by the author of The Book of Lies.		 8/2
15. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Knopf , $25.95, 9780307592835
An exhilarating new novel by the author of The Keep.		 /3
ON THE RISE
17. Three Seconds
Anders Roslund, Borge Hellstrom, SilverOak, $24.95, 9781402785924
This novel of suspense is the winner of the 2009 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' award.


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