National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 24, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 20, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995
Russell's beautiful and inventive debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
2. 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.		 1/39
3. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410
This richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/2
4. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316098335
Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child.		 4/24
5. 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.		 3/106
6. 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.		 6/21
7. 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.		 7/25
8. A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342322
The beguiling new novel featuring the clever and unflappable 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce.		 8/2
9. Tick Tock
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316037914
The exciting new Michael Bennett novel from the authors of Worst Case.		 9/4
10. While Mortals Sleep
Kurt Vonnegut, Delacorte, $27, 9780385343732
Sixteen previously unpublished short stories from the early years of Vonnegut's career.		 12/4
11. West of Here
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781565129528
Evison's epic novel about the fictional town of Port Bonita, Washington, is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February.		 13/2
12. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399157226
Brown's delightful debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/3
13. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525951650
Book One of Follett's Century Trilogy is an October '10 Indie Next List Notable selection.		 /20
14. 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.		 11/13
15. 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.		 /5
ON THE RISE
22. The Secret Soldier
Alex Berenson, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399157080
A new John Wells novel by the author of The Midnight House.


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