National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 31, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2016
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Weeks on List
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
Whitehead's magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/4
2. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27.00, 9780812998603
Cline's remarkable debut novel is gorgeously written and spellbinding, with razor-sharp precision and startling psychological insight. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for June 2016.		 2/11
3. 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.		 5/119
4. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26.00, 9781501132933
The suspenseful and haunting new novel by the bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood is an August 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/6
5. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250069795
In her new novel Moriarty shows how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late.		 3/5
6. Dark Matter
Blake Crouch, Crown, $26.99, 9781101904220
Crouch's brilliantly plotted and relentlessly surprising thriller is an August 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/4
7. The Black Widow
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320223
Gabriel Allon grapples with an ISIS mastermind in the new thriller by the bestselling author of The English Spy.		 6/7
8. Surrender, New York- Debut
Caleb Carr, Random House, $30.00, 9780679455691
An engrossing contemporary psychological thriller by the bestselling author of The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness.		 /1
9. Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95, 9780451493804
The new novel by the bestselling author of The Circle is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure.		 7/5
10. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $26.00, 9781455561780
Hawley's stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together, is a June 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/13
11. 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.		 10/76
12. Homegoing (An Indies Introduce Title)
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
Gyasi's astonishing debut novel is an Indies Introduce title and a June 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/12
13. Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler, Knopf, $25.00, 9781101875940
A lush, raw, and thrilling novel about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild and seductive world of a famous New York City restaurant.		 15/14
14. Three Sisters, Three Queens
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $27.99, 9781476758572
Gregory's gripping new Tudor novel vividly reveals the pivotal roles three queens played in Henry VIII's kingdom.		 13/3
15. 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.		 12/23
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22. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9780735221086
Lapena's suspenseful novel about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors. A twisty tale of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives.		  

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