National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 4, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending March 31, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Burgess Boys- Debut
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
The remarkable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
2. Leaving Everything Most Loved- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049605
Winspear's latest Maisie Dobbs novel is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
Flynn's thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is a June 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/42
4. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald- Debut
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
Fowler's novel is a compelling look at the life and times of Zelda Fitzgerald.		 /1
5. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
Saunders' unforgettable new collection of stories is a January 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/12
6. 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.		 3/7
7. Six Years
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525953487
In his latest mystery, Coben explores the power of past love and the secrets and lies that such love can hide.		 2/2
8. 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.		 6/7
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.		 9/25
10. 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.		 8/5
11. 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.		 12/21
12. 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.		 7/5
13. 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.		 5/4
14. 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.		 10/7
15. The Golden Egg- Debut
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $26, 9780802121011
A new novel featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti by the bestselling author of Beastly Things.		 /1
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23. Life After Life
Jill McCorkle, Shannon Ravenel Books, $24.95, 9781565122550
McCorkle's constantly surprising novel illuminates the possibilities of second chances, hope, and rediscovering life right up to the very end. An April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		  

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