National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 28, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending February 24, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
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.
2/37
3. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $24, 9780770437855
Koch's novel revealing the dark side of genteel society is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/2
4. Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957238
This collection of stories by the bestselling author of Swamplandia! is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
5. A Week in Winter
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307273574
Published posthumously, Binchy's novel looks at the lives of people at an inn in Western Ireland.
5/2
6. 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.
7/20
7. 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.
4/16
8. My Brother's Book
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780062234896
With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, and completed before his death in May 2012, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack.
6/3
9. Alex Cross, Run- Debut
James Patterson, Little Brown , $28.99, 9780316097512
In Patterson's latest thriller, Alex Cross is so busy solving three grisly crimes, he doesn't even realize someone else is investigating him.
/1
10. 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.
8/7
11. 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.
11/11
12. The Aviator's Wife
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $26, 9780345528674
Benjamin's fascinating novel of the marriage of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/4
13. Ghostman
Roger Hobbs, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959966
Hobbs' dark and highly original debut crime novel is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
15/2
14. Insane City
Dave Barry, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399158681
Barry's new dark comic masterpiece is a February 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/4
15. 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.
14/22
ON THE RISE
19. The House Girl
Tara Conklin, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062207395
The lives of two remarkable women who are separated by more than a century unexpectedly intertwine in this #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2013.
 


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