National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

 

 


  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's new thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/7
2. The Fallen Angel- Debut
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
A new Vatican-set thriller featuring Gabriel Allon, from the bestselling author of Portrait of a Spy.		 /1
3. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
The thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/2
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis.		 8/5
5. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
A dazzling new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of Spies of the Balkans.		 3/6
6. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
Ford's masterful new novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/9
7. Creole Belle- Debut
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133
Dave Robicheaux returns in the latest mystery by the bestselling author of The Glass Rainbow.		 /1
8. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
Walter's dazzling yet deeply human new novel, spanning 50 years and nearly as many lives, is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/6
9. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977
This luminous and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world is a July Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/4
10. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282
Carlos Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and tells a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, and revenge.		 7/2
11. The Sandcastle Girls- Debut
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
This unforgettable historical love story steeped in Bohjalian's Armenian heritage is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
12. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winner, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.		 9/11
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.		 11/44
14. Gold
Chris Cleave, S&S, $27, 9781451672725
Cleave's poignant new novel about two women preparing to compete in the Olympics is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/3
15. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man is a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/11

 

 

 

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