National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for November 15, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending November 11, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Flight Behavior- Debut
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265
Kingsolver's powerful new novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
2. 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.		 3/22
3. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144
A federal judge is murdered, and an imprisoned former attorney knows who is responsible in Grisham's latest legal thriller.		 1/2
4. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults.		 2/6
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
A new collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.		 6/8
6. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
Follett's epic follow-up to Fall of Giants is the second book of his Century Trilogy.		 7/7
7. Back to Blood
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $30, 9780316036313
Set in Miami, Wolfe's new novel is a funny and insightful look at America in the 21st century.		 4/2
8. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
The masterful new novel by the author of The Plague of Doves is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/5
9. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
In her new collection of poems, Oliver opens our eyes to the mysteries of our daily experience.		 11/3
10. The Art Forger- Debut
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326
Shapiro's dazzling literary thriller is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
11. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
Chabon's triumphant new novel set in the borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/8
12. The Panther
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580847
A breathtaking new thriller featuring Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey, by the bestselling author of The Lion's Game.		 8/3
13. The Twelve
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982
The second book in Cronin's riveting Passage trilogy is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/3
14. 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.		 13/17
15. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. A September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /5


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