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Bestseller List for January 24, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending January 20, 2013
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Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Tenth of December George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806 Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/2 |
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. |
2/32 |
3. | A Memory of Light Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765325952 Sanderson's conclusion to Jordan's bestselling fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time. |
1/2 |
4. | 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. |
4/11 |
5. | 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. |
5/15 |
6. | The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, 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. |
6/6 |
7. | 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. |
8/10 |
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. |
7/10 |
9. | 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. |
9/17 |
10. | 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. |
11/13 |
11. | The River Swimmer: Novellas- Debut Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120731 Harrison's latest collection of novellas are written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. |
/1 |
12. | Standing in Another Man's Grave- Debut Ian Rankin, Reagan Arthur Books, $25.99, 9780316224581 In Rankin's latest novel of suspense, Detective John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years. |
/1 |
13. | The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534 Rowling's darkly comic and thought provoking first novel for adults. |
12/16 |
14. | 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. |
14/13 |
15. | 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. |
13/12 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. | The Fifth Assassin Brad Meltzer, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446553971 Beecher White investigates a killer in Washington, D.C. who is working to re-create the crimes of four assassins. |
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