National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for July 13, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending July 10, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109464
A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. Now a major motion picture.		 1/75
2. 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.		 5/44
3. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000
Acclaimed Swedish journalist and author Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this adrenaline-charged thriller.		 2/7
4. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944
Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.		 3/12
5. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798
George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.		 9/16
6. 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.		 7/58
7. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501115073
This warmhearted novel by the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.		 /12
8. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780345534200
An engrossing novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Wife.		 6/6
9. Our Souls at Night- Debut
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15.00, 9781101911921
Our Souls at Night is the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature.		 /1
10. A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780553394399
Tyler's poignant yet unsentimental novel in praise of family in all its emotional complexity.		 4/11
11. The Rocks
Peter Nichols, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781101983393
A romantic page-turner propelled by the 60-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community.		 10/6
12. Avenue of Mysteries
John Irving, S&S, $17.00, 9781451664171
Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.		 8/5
13. The Japanese Lover- Debut
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16.00, 9781501116995
Allende's multigenerational epic stretches from San Francisco in the present day to Poland and the United States during World War II.		 /1
14. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331
Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture.		 14/2
15. In the Unlikely Event
Judy Blume, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101873984
Blume's richly textured and moving story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.		 /9

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