National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 28, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending April 24, 2016
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
Sweeney's warm, funny, and perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their shared inheritance is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2016.		 1/5
2. 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.		 2/97
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.		 4/61
4. The Last Mile- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586455
In Baldacci's brilliant new thriller, Amos Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed.		 /1
5. Miller's Valley
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $28.00, 9780812996081
In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself.		 3/3
6. 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.		 5/58
7. Eligible- Debut
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9781400068326
Sittenfeld's modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a May 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
8. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525955092
In Coben's latest thriller, a woman must come to terms with the deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband--and herself.		 7/5
9. Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220608
Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler's Germany to retrieve a man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich.		 6/4
10. The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993103
Simonson's breathtaking novel of love on the eve of World War I is an April 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/5
11. My Struggle: Book Five- Debut
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Archipelago, $27.00, 9780914671398
The fifth book of Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series.		 /1
12. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $26.00, 9781101883075
Kelly's debut novel is an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades.		 9/2
13. The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316378239
O'Brien's fiercely beautiful novel about one woman's struggle to reclaim a life shattered by betrayal.		 11/4
14. 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.		 10/15
15. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos- Debut
Dominic Smith, Sarah Crichton Books, $26.00, 9780374106683
Smith's fascinating novel about a rare 17th-century painting linking three lives over three centuries is an April 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1

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