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Bestseller List for October 17, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2013
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307265746 The extraordinary new novel by the author of The Namesake is short-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/3 |
2. |
The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95, 9780670024858 The highly anticipated new novel by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/2 |
3. |
Dog Songs- Debut Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204784 Oliver's new collection of poems paints a portrait of her relationships with the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. |
/1 |
4. |
The Circle- Debut Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351393 An exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King. |
/1 |
5. |
Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781476727653 King's riveting sequel to The Shining is about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save. |
1/3 |
6. |
Someone Alice McDermott, FSG, $25, 9780374281090 The new novel by the National Book Award-winning McDermott is a fully realized portrait of one woman's life in all its complexity, and a September 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/5 |
7. |
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $28.95, 9781594631764 The unforgettable new novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner is a June 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/21 |
8. |
The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27, 9781455520657 Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience, have their lives converge in the latest novel by the bestselling author of The Notebook. |
4/4 |
9. |
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $27.95, 9780385528788 The brilliant conclusion to Atwood's trilogy, following Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. |
10/6 |
10. |
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846 A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. |
9/12 |
11. |
Doomed- Debut Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533034 Madison Spencer continues her afterlife adventure begun in Palahniuk's bestseller Damned. |
/1 |
12. |
The Quest Nelson DeMille, Center Street, $26, 9781455576425 A search for the Holy Grail is on in DeMille's latest bestselling thriller. |
12/4 |
13. |
W Is for Wasted Sue Grafton, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399158988 Grafton's latest bestseller is full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey Millhone, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised. |
8/5 |
14. |
Bleeding Edge Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594204234 Pynchon's new novel is an historical romance of New York in the early days of the Internet -- not very distant in calendar years but galactically remote from where we've journeyed since. |
6/4 |
15. |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655 Gaiman's stirring, terrifying new novel is a July 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/17 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. |
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $24, 9781476729084 Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife is an October 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
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