National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for September 4, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 31, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780553418361
Flynn's mesmerizing thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong is soon to be a major motion picture.		 1/19
2. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.		 2/32
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror.		 3/13
4. We Are Water
Wally Lamb, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061941030
Lamb's powerful novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.		 6/3
5. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329
Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity.		 4/7
6. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
A dazzling novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun.		 8/25
7. Sycamore Row- Debut
John Grisham, Bantam, $16, 9780553393613
In this bestselling thriller, Grisham returns to the setting and the compelling characters of his first novel, A Time to Kill.		 /1
8. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846
A sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, by the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love.		 5/10
9. The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545
Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world.		 9/13
10. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389
An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner.		 10/13
11. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife.		 7/13
12. How the Light Gets In
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274
A masterful Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery.		 12/5
13. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.		 11/48
14. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265
This extraordinary novel by the author of The Namesake is a National Book Award finalist.		 14/11
15. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632785
McBride's rousing novel is the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown's anti-slavery crusade and must pass as a girl to survive. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.		 15/3

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