National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for November 19, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending November 15, 2015
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15.00, 9781101903582
Weir's remarkable debut novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars and his fight for survival is now a major motion picture.		 1/55
2. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786
A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors.		 2/24
3. Euphoria
Lily King, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802123701
A breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives.		 4/35
4. Lila
Marilynne Robinson, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250074843
The remarkable novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.		 3/6
5. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James, Riverhead, $17.00, 9781594633942
James's fictional exploration of a dangerous and unstable time in Jamaica's history and beyond is the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize.		 5/5
6. Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062330321
Gaiman dazzles, captivates, haunts, and entertains with this collection of short fiction.		 13/2
7. The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $17.00, 9781594633928
An enthralling novel about a widow and her daughter, who take a young couple into their home in 1920s London.		 8/10
8. Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143127550
Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle to understand one another.		 10/26
9. Gray Mountain
John Grisham, Bantam, $16.00, 9781101964873
When a Wall Street lawyer takes on a case in a small Virgina town, she finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.		 9/13
10. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024
In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.		 15/10
11. Winter Street
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316376105
A family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises in this novel by the bestselling author of The Matchmaker.		 11/4
12. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95, 9780804172448
St. John Mandel's audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse.		 7/24
13. The Good Girl
Mary Kubica, Mira, $14.95, 9780778317760
Kubica's propulsive debut novel reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.		 12/10
14. The Best American Short Stories 2015
T.C. Boyle, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547939414
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.		 6/6
15. At the Water's Edge- Debut
Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780385523240
A gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman's awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands.		 /1
ON THE RISE
16. The Danish Girl
David Ebershoff, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143108399
Ebershoff's deeply moving novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century is soon to be a major motion picture.		  

Reprint Guidelines.

About ABA

American Booksellers Association is a national trade association that supports and advocates for the success of independent bookstores. We provide members with education, networking opportunities, advocacy, resources, and technology. In turn our members support local schools through book fairs, donations and author visits; promote literacy; provide inclusive community centers; connect readers and books; add character to neighborhoods; champion and center diverse and new voices; and contribute to the local economy. We feel honored to support them in their work.

Contact

PRESS INQUIRIES: [email protected]

INDIECOMMERCE: [email protected]

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: [email protected]

 

 

Copyright 2024 American Booksellers Association. BookWeb is a registered trademark of ABA.
Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Accessibility Statement

 

Follow ABA