National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for January 24, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending January 21, 2018
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
This tour de force by the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires is a 2017 National Book Award Finalist.		 1/10
2. The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062563675
Shattuck's evocative and utterly enthralling novel offers a fresh perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in history, the end of World War II.		 2/3
3. 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.		 4/42
4. 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.		 3/39
5. 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.		 5/41
6. The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486792
The long-awaited second collection of poetry by the bestselling author of Milk and Honey.		 6/16
7. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16.00, 9780307887443
Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044.		 8/24
8. 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.		 11/47
9. 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.		 7/72
10. We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter, Penguin, $16.00, 9780399563096
Hunter's debut novel is based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of WWII, determined to survive--and to reunite.		 9/3
11. 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.		 10/34
12. Celine
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101973486
Combining ingenious plotting with crystalline prose and sweeping natural panoramas, Heller gives us his finest work to date.		 13/2
13. Call Me by Your Name
Andre Aciman, Picador USA, $17.00, 9781250169440
Aciman's novel about a romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Now a major motion picture.		 14/2
14. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250132369
A debut psychological thriller that is not to be missed!		 15/28
15. The Perfect Nanny- Debut
Leeila Slimani, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143132172
Slimani's novel is a riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood. A January 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1

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