National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 28, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending March 24, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/40
2. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/10
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.
3/5
4. 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.
4/5
5. Benediction
Kent Haruf, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959881
Haruf's latest novel about life and death and the ties that bind is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2013.
5/3
6. The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28.99, 9781439102763
In her latest novel, Picoult explores the lengths we will go in order to protect our families and to keep the past from dictating the future.
6/3
7. The Accursed
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco Press, $27.99, 9780062231703
Narrated with Oates' unmistakable psychological insight, The Accursed combines beautiful historical detail with chilling supernatural elements to stunning effect.
10/2
8. 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.
8/5
9. 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.
7/23
10. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487293
Hamid's new novel of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon is a March 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/2
11. A Tale for the Time Being- Debut
Ruth Ozeki, Viking, $28.95, 9780670026630
Ozeki's brilliantly inventive and beguiling novel of our shared humanity is a March 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
12. Breaking Point- Debut
C.J. Box, Putnam Adult, $26.95, 9780399160752
The thrilling new Joe Pickett novel by the bestselling author of Force of Nature.
/1
13. 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.
9/19
14. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.
13/11
15. 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.
11/7
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16. The Good House
Ann Leary, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250015549
Leary's novel is a classic New England tale that lays bare the secrets of one small town.
 

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