National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for January 11, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending January 8, 2017
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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.		 1/23
2. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
Patchett's beautifully written new novel tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2016.		 2/17
3. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
Chabon's moving and inventive new novel is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2016.		 3/7
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026197
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 6/18
5. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
Grisham's electrifying new novel is a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State.		 5/11
6. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781594203985
The exuberant new novel by the bestselling author of White Teeth is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/8
7. Difficult Women- Debut
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802125392
A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection.		 /1
8. The Spy
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22.00, 9781524732066
In his unforgettable new novel, Coelho brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari.		 7/7
9. 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.		 8/138
10. Night School
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808
Night School moves through a treacherous landscape of double crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies as Jack Reacher maneuvers inside the game and outside the law. A November 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/9
11. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
A woman is caught in a gripping moral dilemma that resonates far beyond her place in time and history. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/13
12. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read and National Book Award Finalist.		 /6
13. 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.		 12/17
14. History of Wolves- Debut (An Indies Introduce Title)
Emily Fridlund, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25.00, 9780802125873
Fridlund's propulsive and gorgeously written debut novel is the #1 January 2017 Indie Next List Great Read, and a Winter/Spring 2017 Indies Introduce title.		 /1
15. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316403436
The hilarious and heart-filled new novel by the bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/14

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