National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for November 8, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2017
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541176
Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a shady law school where three students come to realize they've been duped.		 2/2
2. Origin
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385514231
Robert Langdon navigates the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion in the latest thriller by the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code.		 1/5
3. Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101946152
This winning collection of short stories by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is a November 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/3
4. Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476716732
The magnificent new novel by the bestselling author of A Visit From the Goon Squad is an October 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/5
5. Two Kinds of Truth- Debut
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316225908
Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the powerful new thriller by the bestselling author of The Late Show.		 /1
6. 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.		 5/61
7. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735224292
The riveting new novel by the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You is a September 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/8
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 and winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize.		 6/27
9. In the Midst of Winter- Debut
Isabel Allende, Atria, $28.00, 9781501178139
Allende's sweeping new novel exploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees is a November 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
10. A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, Viking, $28.00, 9780735225114
The undisputed master returns with his first Smiley novel in more than 25 years.		 8/9
11. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954972
The magnificent new Kingsbridge novel by the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.		 10/8
12. The Rules of Magic
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781501137471
Hoffman's spellbinding prequel to her beloved novel Practical Magic is an October 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 11/4
13. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494320
Stieg Larsson's Millennium series continues with this new novel by the bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider's Web.		 9/8
14. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780399563249
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.		 12/4
15. The Cuban Affair
Nelson DeMille, S&S, $28.99, 9781501101724
In DeMille's blistering new thriller, U.S. Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise.		 /6
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16. Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062684387
Maguire's magical story of a toy maker, a nutcracker, and a legend remade is a November 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		  

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