National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 23, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 19, 2013
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Inferno- Debut
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858
In Brown's latest thriller, Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante's Inferno.		 /1
2. A Delicate Truth
John le Carré, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897
A masterful new novel of international intrigue by the bestselling author of Our Kind of Traitor.		 1/2
3. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
Messud's brilliant novel of passion and artistic fulfillment is a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/3
4. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
Atkinson's utterly original novel about a woman who lives and dies over and over again is an April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/7
5. 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.		 6/49
6. The Burgess Boys
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.		 3/8
7. Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385535304
By the bestselling author of London and New York, Paris is a a dazzling portrait of the City of Light.		 8/4
8. Dead Ever After
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007881
The final Sookie Stackhouse novel by the bestselling author of Dead Until Dark.		 4/2
9. Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
Fowler's novel is a compelling look at the life and times of Zelda Fitzgerald, and a May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/8
10. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132
Salter's masterful new novel is a sweeping, seductive, and deeply moving story set in the years after World War II.		 14/7
11. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
Wolitzer's dazzling new novel features complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City.		 11/6
12. Maya's Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
In Allende's startling new novel, a young woman records her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.		 7/4
13. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
A riveting new thriller featuring Will Robie by the bestselling author of The Innocent.		 10/4
14. Americanah- Debut
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf , $26.95, 9780307271082
A dazzling new novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun.		 /1
15. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena- Debut
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $26, 9780770436407
In Marra's sweeping debut novel, a resilient doctor risks everything to save the life of a hunted child during wartime. A May 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
ON THE RISE
17. Little Green
Walter Mosley, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385535984
An engrossing new Easy Rawlins mystery by the bestselling author of Blonde Faith.		  

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