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Bestseller List for April 30, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2015
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 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 and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. |
2/51 |
2. |
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669 Hawkins' debut is a psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. A January 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/15 |
3. |
God Help the Child- Debut Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307594174 In her new novel, Morrison weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, life as an adult. |
/1 |
4. |
Memory Man- Debut David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781455559824 In Memory Man, Baldacci introduces a startling, original new character: Amos Decker, a man with perfect memory who must solve his own family's murder. |
/1 |
5. |
At the Water's Edge Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9780385523233 Gruen's gripping and poignant new novel about a privileged young woman's awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II is an April 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/4 |
6. |
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271037 Ishiguro's first novel in a decade tells a luminous story about the act of forgetting and the power of memory. A March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/8 |
7. |
A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101874271 Tyler's poignant yet unsentimental novel in praise of family in all its emotional complexity is a February 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/11 |
8. |
The Bone Tree- Debut Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062311115 Greg Iles continues the electrifying story of Southern lawyer Penn Cage, begun in his bestseller Natchez Burning. A May 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
9. |
The Stranger Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525953500 Coben delivers his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life--and that a secret has the same power to destroy it. |
5/5 |
10. |
The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223 Hannah's heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women is a February 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/12 |
11. |
The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $25.99, 9781451694147 Caldwell's masterful new thriller confirms his place among the most ambitious, popular storytellers working today. A March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/8 |
12. |
The Liar Nora Roberts, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399170867 A mesmerizing new novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of The Collector. |
11/2 |
13. |
Blood on Snow Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $23.95, 9780385354196 From the author of the Harry Hole novels, this stand-alone has at its center an Oslo contract killer who draws readers into an unexpected meditation on death and love. |
7/3 |
14. |
The Harder They Come T.C. Boyle, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062349378 Boyle's powerful, gripping novel that explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character is an April 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/4 |
15. |
Miracle at Augusta James Patterson, Peter de Jonge, Little Brown, $26.00, 9780316410977 An inspiring story of hope, redemption, and trying to hit the ball straight. |
12/2 |
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