National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for November 21, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending November 18, 2018
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Weeks on List
1. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty's latest novel, nine perfect strangers are about to find out.		 4/2
2. Past Tense
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593512
Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in Child's electrifying new thriller.		 2/2
3. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
Kingsolver's timely new novel interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.		 3/5
4. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
Reminiscent of the finest tradition of Southern Gothic storytelling, The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham's signature layers of legal suspense, and he delivers on every page.		 1/4
5. Long Road to Mercy- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761571
Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United States, must confront a new threat...and an old nightmare.		 /1
6. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.95, 9781982102319
A riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together. A timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences.		 5/3
7. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316484800
In Connelly's masterful new thriller, Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD detective Renee Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl.		 6/3
8. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728529
Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals--transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.		 8/5
9. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.		 12/13
10. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Viking, $28.00, 9780735224629
The spellbinding new standalone novel by the author of the Dublin Murder Squad series is an October 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/6
11. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom, Harper, $23.99, 9780062294449
An enchanting sequel to Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven.		 9/6
12. Fox 8: A Story- Debut
George Saunders, Chelsea Cardinal (Illus.), Random House, $17.00, 9781984818027
By the bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world.		 /1
13. The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $20.00, 9780451491336
Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love.		 13/3
14. A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544988
Picoult's powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a crisis is an October 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/7
15. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. The #1 June 2018 Indie Next List Great Read and a Summer 2018 Indies Introduce title.		 15/24

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