National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 14, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 10, 2014
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.		 1/42
2. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
Harkness' highly anticipated finale to her bestselling All Souls trilogy, following Shadow of Night.		 2/4
3. The Magician's Land- Debut
Lev Grossman, Viking, $27.95, 9780670015672
The final novel in Grossman's epic Magicians trilogy is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
4. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/14
5. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $26.95, 9780399167065
A novel about three women, each at a crossroads, by the bestselling author of The Husband's Secret.		 6/2
6. The Heist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
Gabriel Allon searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in Silva's latest action-packed tale of international intrigue.		 4/4
7. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
A compulsively readable, new crime novel featuring Cormoran Strike by the bestselling author of The Cuckoo's Calling.		 5/8
8. Lucky Us
Amy Bloom, Random House, $26, 9781400067244
Bloom's remarkable new novel is a deeply moving and fantastically funny story of love, heartbreak, and luck.		 7/2
9. California
Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818
California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience shows how far we will go to protect the ones we love.		 8/5
10. The Vacationers
Emma Straub, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594631573
Straub's deftly observed novel about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface during an American family's two-week vacation is a June 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/10
11. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
Kidd's magnificent new novel about two unforgettable American women is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for January 2014.		 10/31
12. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128
A pulse-pounding new thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Patriot.		 11/5
13. The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $26.99, 9780062290366
Johansen's compelling debut novel of magic, adventure, mystery, and romance is the #1 Indie Next Great Read for July 2014.		 12/4
14. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585
The irresistible new novel by the bestselling author of Me Before You is a July 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/6
15. The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95, 9780399159343
A highly entertaining new novel by the bestselling author of What Alice Forgot.		 /16
ON THE RISE
18. The Lost Island
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $27, 9781455525775
A thrilling new Gideon Crew novel by the bestselling authors of Relic.		  

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