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Bestseller List for November 22, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending November 18, 2012
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Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Flight Behavior 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 |
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. |
2/23 |
3. | 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 and the winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction. |
8/6 |
4. | Sweet Tooth- Debut Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385536820 McEwan's wonderfully witty novel of betrayal and intrigue is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
5. | 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. |
3/3 |
6. | The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534 Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults. |
4/7 |
7. | The Last Man- Debut Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595212 Mitch Rapp searches for a valuable CIA asset in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of American Assassin. |
/1 |
8. | Dear Life: Stories- Debut Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307596888 A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time. |
/1 |
9. | 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. |
15/6 |
10. | 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. |
5/9 |
11. | The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326 Shapiro's dazzling literary thriller is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/2 |
12. | 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. |
11/9 |
13. | 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. |
9/4 |
14. | 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. |
6/8 |
15. | 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. |
7/3 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. | Merry Christmas, Alex Cross James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316210683 Alex Cross is called away from his family on Christmas Eve to save another family from a horrific hostage situation. |
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