National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 25, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 21, 2011
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto is a June Indie Next List Great Read.
1/11
2. 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.
3/26
3. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The highly anticipated fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
2/6
4. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
4/4
5. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family.
8/10
6. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311
Grossman returns to Fillory in the riveting sequel to his 2009 bestseller, The Magicians. An August Indie Next List Great Read.
5/2
7. 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.
6/65
8. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
International anti-terrorism expert Gabriel Allon returns in this new thriller by the author of The Rembrandt Affair.
7/5
9. 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.
11/16
10. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
A novel of erotic escapades, from the bestselling author of Vox.
15/2
11. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089
Duncan's original tale of Jake, a werewolf who is the last of his species, is a July Indie Next List Great Read.
10/6
12. 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.
9/24
13. Ready Player One- Debut
Ernest Cline, Crown , $24, 9780307887436
Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035
Wilson's vibrant tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children, is an August Indie Next List Great Read.
14/2
15. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791
The 13th book in Butcher's popular Dresden Files series.
12/4
ON THE RISE
20. The Submission
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565
Waldman's novel is a deeply moving story of Manhattan 10 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.


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