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Bestseller List for May 10, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending May 7, 2017
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Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Into the Water- Debut Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28.00, 9780735211209 A riveting new novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. |
/1 |
2. | Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27.00, 9780812989403 In Strout's new novel an unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss. A May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/2 |
3. | 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. |
1/13 |
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. |
5/35 |
5. | 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. |
3/40 |
6. | The Fix David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586561 Amos Decker returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Mile. |
4/3 |
7. | Beartown Fredrik Backman, Atria, $26.99, 9781501160769 Backman's latest is a profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true. A May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/2 |
8. | 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. |
6/12 |
9. | The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062563668 Shattuck's evocative and utterly enthralling novel offers a fresh perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in history, the end of World War II. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2017. |
7/6 |
10. | The Stars Are Fire Anita Shreve, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385350907 Shreve's new novel is an exquisitely suspenseful story about an extraordinary young woman tested by a catastrophic event and its aftermath. A May 2017 Indie Nest List Great Read. |
10/3 |
11. | Trajectory: Stories- Debut Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947722 A collection of masterful short fiction by the bestselling author of Everybody's Fool. |
/1 |
12. | The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See, Scribner, $27.00, 9781501154829 In her thrilling new novel, See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple. An April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/7 |
13. | The Black Book James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316273886 An ingenious and inventive thriller about power, corruption, and the secrets that scandalize a city--and possibly destroy a family. |
11/6 |
14. | 16th Seduction- Debut James Patterson, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316274036 Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the most explosive case of her career in the new Women's Murder Club thriller. |
/1 |
15. | Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26.00, 9780735212176 Hamid's novel is an astonishingly visionary love story that imagines the forces that drive ordinary people from their homes into the uncertain embrace of new lands. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2017. |
14/9 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. | The Book of Joan Lidia Yuknavitch, Harper, $26.99, 9780062383273 Yuknavitch's novel offers a vision of our near-extinction and a heroine--a reimagined Joan of Arc--poised to save a world ravaged by war, violence, and greed. |
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