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National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 18, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending October 14, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250 The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture. |
2/9 |
| 2. | Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481 The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy. |
1/28 |
| 3. | The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196 Chbosky's powerful novel of the wild and poignant days of adolescence is now a major motion picture. |
4/4 |
| 4. | The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764 The impressive novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. |
7/6 |
| 5. | The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727 In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about. |
5/20 |
| 6. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810 A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto. |
9/23 |
| 7. | Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498 The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy. |
3/26 |
| 8. | Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504 Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy. |
6/26 |
| 9. | The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432 Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians. |
8/15 |
| 10. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. |
10/16 |
| 11. | The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550 Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others. |
11/28 |
| 12. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment. |
12/25 |
| 13. | The Shoemaker's Wife Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100 A riveting historical novel of love and family by the author of Lucia, Lucia. |
/2 |
| 14. | The Best American Short Stories 2012- Debut Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242101 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. |
/1 |
| 15. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. |
/24 |