National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for February 14, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending February 11, 2018
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
Whitehead's award-winning novel chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.		 1/2
2. Lincoln in the Bardo- Debut
George Saunders, Random House, $17.00, 9780812985405
The brilliant first novel by the author of Tenth of December is the winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize.		 /1
3. 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.		 2/13
4. 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.		 3/6
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.		 7/44
6. 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.		 6/6
7. Beartown- Debut
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160776
Backman's profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true.		 /1
8. 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.		 4/45
9. 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.		 5/42
10. Ready Player One (Movie Tie-In Edition)- Debut
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16.00, 9780804190138
Cline's wildly original and nostalgic debut novel, set in the year 2044. Soon to be a major motion picture.		 /1
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.		 11/37
12. 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.		 8/19
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.		 13/75
14. A Piece of the World- Debut
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062356277
Kline's evocative novel was inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World.		 /1
15. 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.		 12/5

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