National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for October 2, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending September 28, 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 now a major motion picture.		 1/22
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.		 2/36
3. This Is Where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper, Plume, $16, 9780142181713
Tropper's funny and moving novel about a family reunited for a funeral is now a major motion picture.		 3/4
4. 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.		 6/29
5. 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.		 8/17
6. Sycamore Row
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.		 7/5
7. 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.		 4/17
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.		 10/14
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.		 9/17
10. The Target
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $16, 9781455521180
A riveting thriller featuring Will Robie, by the bestselling author of The Hit.		 11/2
11. 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.		 5/7
12. 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.		 12/11
13. The Best of Me- Debut
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15, 9781455556557
The powerful love story by the bestselling author of The Notebook is now a major motion picture.		 /1
14. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common.		 13/52
15. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
This special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary bestseller includes a new foreword by Coelho.		 /8
ON THE RISE
21. Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $16, 9780345516541
Horan's beautiful novel about Robert Louis Stevenson and his American wife, Fanny.		  

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