National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for May 3, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending April 30, 2017
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501173219
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II.		 1/4
2. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.		 6/12
3. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501132957
A suspenseful and haunting novel by the bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood.		 2/3
4. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062414229
Sweeney's warm, funny, and perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their shared inheritance.		 4/4
5. 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.		 3/86
6. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781101883082
Kelly's debut novel is an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades.		 5/9
7. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16.00, 9780345807298
An exhilarating novel by the bestselling author of A Hologram for the King.		 7/13
8. The Nightingale- Debut
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250080400
Hannah's heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women.		 /1
9. All the Missing Girls
Megan Miranda, S&S, $16.00, 9781501107979
A masterful psychological suspense novel about the disappearances of two young women--a decade apart--told in reverse.		 9/13
10. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
Kaur's collection of poetry and prose about survival and the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.		 8/34
11. Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911860
A lush, raw, and thrilling novel about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild and seductive world of a famous New York City restaurant.		 10/4
12. American Gods (Tie-In Edition)- Debut
Neil Gaiman, Morrow , $19.99, 9780062572233
Gaiman's masterful novel is now a STARZ original series.		 /1
13. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16.00, 9780399587191
A novel about three women, each at a crossroads, by the bestselling author of The Husband's Secret. Now an HBO limited series.		 11/10
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.		 12/44
15. 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.		 13/54

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