National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for March 1, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9780812995343
The brilliant first novel by the author of Tenth of December is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
2. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
Gaiman fashions primeval Norse stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants.		 1/3
3. 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.		 3/30
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.		 4/25
5. 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.		 5/24
6. A Piece of the World- Debut
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062356260
Kline's evocative novel--inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World--is a March 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
7. 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.		 6/18
8. 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.		 9/145
9. Difficult Women
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.		 10/8
10. The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25.00, 9780802126399
This collection of perfectly formed stories exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/3
11. 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466
Auster's heartbreaking and satisfying new novel is a February 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/4
12. The Girl Before
J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780425285046
An enthralling psychological thriller about one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.		 8/5
13. Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250111173
Pinborough's novel takes the modern day love triangle and not only turns it on its head, but completely reinvents it in a way that will leave readers reeling.		 11/4
14. 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.		 13/14
15. A Conjuring of Light- Debut
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $25.99, 9780765387462
Schwab's thrilling conclusion to the epic Shades of Light fantasy series.		 /1

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