National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for August 2, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending July 30, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Late Show
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316225984
In his new thriller, Connelly introduces Renée Ballard, a fierce young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD's toughest beat.		 1/2
2. 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.		 4/47
3. Camino Island
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385543026
In Grisham's new novel of suspense, a gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library, and a young novelist is hired to go undercover and investigate.		 2/8
4. 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.		 6/13
5. House of Spies
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062354341
Gabriel Allon is back and determined to hunt down the world's most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin.		 3/3
6. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733155
A dazzling and richly moving new novel by the bestselling author of The God of Small Things.		 5/8
7. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062645227
Horowitz's fiendishly brilliant thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling modern-day mystery. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for June 2017.		 7/8
8. 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.		 9/25
9. 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.		 8/52
10. The Lying Game- Debut
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26.99, 9781501156007
An unforgettable new novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10.		 /1
11. Use of Force
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476789385
A masterful new Scot Harvath thriller by the bestselling author of Foreign Agent.		 11/5
12. The Force
Don Winslow, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062664419
Winslow's gripping and heartbreaking novel about the members of an elite NYPD task force is a July 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/6
13. The Identicals
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316375191
A new novel about identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike--or live more differently.		 12/7
14. 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.		 /21
15. The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry, Custom House, $26.99, 9780062666376
Perry's irresistible historical novel is a June 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 15/7
ON THE RISE
20. Watch Me Disappear
Janelle Brown, Spiegel & Grau, $27.00, 9780812989465
The disappearance of a beautiful and charismatic mother leaves her family to piece together her secrets in this propulsive new novel by the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.		  

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