National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for May 24, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending May 21, 2017
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
Patchett's beautifully written novel tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.		 3/3
2. 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.		 1/7
3. 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.		 2/4
4. 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.		 4/6
5. The Nightingale
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.		 6/4
6. 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.		 7/89
7. 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.		 5/12
8. 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.		 8/7
9. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.		 9/3
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062572233
Gaiman's masterful novel is now a STARZ original series.		 10/4
11. The Girls- Debut
Emma Cline, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988024
Cline's remarkable debut novel is gorgeously written and spellbinding, with razor-sharp precision and startling psychological insight.		 /1
12. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $15.95, 9780345804907
A lovable con woman and a disgraced detective team up to find a redneck reality TV star in Hiaasen's raucous and razor-sharp novel.		 12/3
13. 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.		 11/37
14. 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.		 14/16
15. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16.00, 9780345807298
An exhilarating novel by the bestselling author of A Hologram for the King.		 13/16
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17. The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly, Grand Central , $15.99, 9781455524211
Detective Harry Bosch must track down someone who may never have existed in Connelly's riveting thriller.		  

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