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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 23, 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. |
1/7 |
| 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. |
3/28 |
| 3. | The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534 Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults. |
4/12 |
| 4. | 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. |
2/11 |
| 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. |
8/8 |
| 6. | Sweet Tooth 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. |
5/6 |
| 7. | 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. |
7/20 |
| 8. | Dear Life Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307596888 A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time. |
6/6 |
| 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. |
9/9 |
| 10. | The Black Box Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069434 Harry Bosch searches for the "black box," the one piece of evidence that will pull an unsolved murder mystery together. A December 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/4 |
| 11. | 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. |
/13 |
| 12. | 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. |
11/9 |
| 13. | The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95, 9780385350280 In her debut novel, Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. A January 2013 Indie Next Great Read and an Oprah Book Club selection. |
10/2 |
| 14. | The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326 Shapiro's dazzling literary thriller is a November 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/7 |
| 15. | 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. |
14/13 |