National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for February 3, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2016
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.		 2/85
2. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26.00, 9781400067695
The unforgettable new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/3
3. 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.		 3/49
4. 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.		 5/46
5. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594634475
Groff's exhilarating new novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception is an October 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/20
6. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539432
Gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best.		 6/15
7. Dictator
Robert Harris, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307957948
The long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris's magnificent Ancient Rome trilogy.		 8/3
8. The Swans of Fifth Avenue- Debut
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $28.00, 9780345528698
Benjamin's triumphant new novel about the friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and socialite Babe Paley is the #1 Indie Next List Pick for February 2016.		 /1
9. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $28.00, 9781501116971
Allende's exquisitely crafted love story and multi-generational new novel is a November 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/12
10. The Bands of Mourning- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $27.99, 9780765378576
Sanderson returns to the world of Mistborn with this follow-up to Shadows of Self.		 /1
11. All the Birds in the Sky- Debut
Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $25.99, 9780765379948
This stunning novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future--is a February 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
12. The Guest Room
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385538893
Bohjalian's spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/4
13. The Portable Veblen- Debut
Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9781594206856
McKenzie's dazzlingly original novel that's as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny is a February 2016 Indie Next List Great read.		 /1
14. Felicity
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594206764
In her new collection of poems, Oliver describes--with joy--the strangeness and wonder of human connection.		 11/16
15. The Past
Tessa Hadley, Harper, $26.99, 9780062270412
In her new novel Hadley turns her astute eye to a dramatic family reunion, where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head. A January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 13/3

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