December 1, 2011
Indie Bestseller List
December 1, 2011
This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are 11/22/63 by Stephen King, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.
Published Thursday, December 1, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 2011).
Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the Indie Bestseller page under the IndieBound section on BookWeb.org, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-Explosive Eighteen, by Janet Evanovich (9780345527714)
#14-Micro, by Michael Crichton, Richard Preston (9780060873028)
Paperback Nonfiction
#13-Awkward Family Pet Photos, by Mike Bender, Doug Chernack (9780307888129)
Mass Market
#6-Smokin' Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich (9780345527707)
#10-The Land of Painted Caves, by Jean M. Auel (9780553289435)
Children’s Interest
#10-The Future of Us, by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (9781595144911)
Children’s Illustrated
#9-The Night Before Christmas, by Jan Brett (9780399256707)
#11-Bear Stays Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.) (9781442427907)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Forgotten Warrior (Warriors) by Erin Hunter (9780061555220)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
2. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
3. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
4. Explosive Eighteen- Debut
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714
5. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
6. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868
7. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
9. Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940
10. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
11. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531
12. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
13. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
14. Micro- Debut
Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $28.99, 9780060873028
15. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
2. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
3. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
4. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
5. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
6. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
7. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
8. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
9. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
10. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
11. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
12. Back to Work
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307959751
13. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
14. Food Rules
Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084
15. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
3. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
4. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
5. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
6. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
11. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
13. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
14. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
15. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
ON THE RISE:
22. The Sherlockian
Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583
A literary researcher is inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars and is thrust into the hunt for a killer and the missing diary of Arthur Conan Doyle.
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
3. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
4. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
5. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
6. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
8. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
9. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
10. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
11. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
12. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
13. Awkward Family Pet Photos- Debut
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
15. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
6. Smokin' Seventeen- Debut
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707
7. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
10. The Land of Painted Caves- Debut
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
4. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
6. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
7. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
10. The Future of Us- Debut
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
12. The Outcasts
John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
14. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
15. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530
3. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
4. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
5. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688
6. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
7. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131
8. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
9. The Night Before Christmas- Debut
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545
11. Bear Stays Up for Christmas- Debut
Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442427907
12. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377
15. Fancy Nancy: Our Thanksgiving Banquet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235986
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. Inheritance (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
New in Series: The Forgotten Warrior (9780061555220)