National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for June 9, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending June 5, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
This new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
1/15
2. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
2/5
3. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595867
Nesbø's latest thriller involving a search for a serial killer is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
3/4
4. Dreams of Joy- Debut
Lisa See, Random House, $26, 9781400067121
See's outstanding follow-up to her bestselling novel, Shanghai Girls.
/1
5. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
Debut author Obreht tells a tale of myth and legend in this #1 Indie Next Great Read for March 2011.
5/13
6. 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.
7/54
7. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30, 9780517580516
The sixth and final installment in Auel's popular Earth's Children series.
8/10
8. She Walks in Beauty
Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401341459
Caroline Kennedy has marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay tribute to the human experience.
6/9
9. Dead Reckoning
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9780441020317
The new Sookie Stackhouse novel by the author Dead in the Family.
4/5
10. Doc
Mary Doria Russell, Random House, $26, 9781400068043
Russell's vibrant novel about Doc Holliday is a May Indie Next List Great Read.
14/3
11. Sixkill
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157264
An extraordinary new Spenser novel by the author of Painted Ladies.
9/5
12. The Sixth Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573108
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in Baldacci's latest bestselling thriller.
15/7
13. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157387
Sandford's brilliant new Lucas Davenport thriller.
11/4
14. Bloodmoney- Debut
David Ignatius, Norton, $25.95, 9780393078114
A disturbing and compelling new novel by the bestselling author of Body of Lies.
/1
15. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069359
Connelly's latest legal thriller featuring Mickey Haller.
/7


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