National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for October 4, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2017
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/23
2. 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.		 3/25
3. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781501175466
King's classic, terrifying novel about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first battled as teenagers is now a major motion picture.		 4/3
4. 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.		 2/26
5. 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.		 5/31
6. 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.		 6/22
7. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735221109
Lapena's suspenseful novel about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors. A twisty tale of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives.		 7/18
8. 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.		 12/56
9. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250132369
A debut psychological thriller that is not to be missed!		 8/13
10. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $16.99, 9781250069801
In her captivating novel, Moriarty shows how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late.		 10/10
11. 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.		 13/25
12. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.		 9/14
13. 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.		 14/108
14. The Trespasser
Tana French, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110385
A gripping Murder Squad mystery by the bestselling author of Broken Harbor.		 11/8
15. Homegoing (An Indies Introduce Title)
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.		 /21

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