National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 17, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending May 14, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Into the Water
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
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.		 2/3
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.		 3/14
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.		 4/36
5. Men Without Women: Stories- Debut
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780451494627
A dazzling new collection of short stories by the bestselling author of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.		 /1
6. 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.		 5/41
7. The Fix
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586561
Amos Decker returns in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of The Last Mile.		 6/4
8. 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.		 7/3
9. 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.		 8/13
10. The Thirst- Debut
Jo Nesbo, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385352161
Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims on Tinder.		 /1
11. Trajectory
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947722
A collection of masterful short fiction by the bestselling author of Everybody's Fool.		 11/2
12. 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.		 9/7
13. 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.		 10/4
14. Since We Fell- Debut
Dennis Lehane, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062129383
A new novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best.		 /1
15. 16th Seduction
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.		 14/2
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17. Saints for All Occasions
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307959577
The sweeping and unforgettable new novel by thebestselling author of Maine is a May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		  

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