This week's top 5 on the Indie Bestseller List are State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, Rules of Civility by Amor Towles and Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan.

Published Thursday, August 25, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 21,  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.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#13-Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline (9780307887436)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School, by Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illus.) (9780062032744)
#15-The Night Before Preschool, by Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer (Illus.) (9780448454511)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: Big Nate on a Roll (Big Nate), by Lincoln Peirce (9780061944383)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
2. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
3. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
4. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
5. Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595126
6. The Magician King
Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022311
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
8. Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva, Harper, $26.99, 9780062072184
9. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021048
10. House of Holes
Nicholson Baker, S&S, $25, 9781439189511
11. The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595089
12. The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Random House, $25, 9780385343831
13. Ready Player One - Debut
Ernest Cline, Crown, $24, 9780307887436
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $23.99, 9780061579035
15. Ghost Story
Jim Butcher, Roc, $27.95, 9780451463791
ON THE RISE:
20. The Submission
Amy Waldman, FSG, $26, 9780374271565
Waldman's novel is a deeply moving story of Manhattan ten years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
2. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
3. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
4. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.5, 9780307265722
5. A Stolen Life
Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187
6. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
7. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $37.5, 9781416571766
8. Prime Time
Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971
9. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244
10. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
11. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580
12. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349
13. Incognito
David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333
14. SEAL Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451
15. Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi, Chronicle, $35, 9781452101248
ON THE RISE:
16. A First-Rate Madness
Nassir Ghaemi, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202957
Ghaemi looks at the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and business people.
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
2. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
4. One Day
David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713
5. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
6. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
7. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
9. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
10. The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman, Dial, $15, 9780385340861
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
12. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
13. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
14. Faithful Place
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494
15. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
3. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
4. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
5. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
6. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
8. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
9. Let's Take the Long Way Home
Gail Caldwell, Random House, $14, 9780812979114
10. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
11. Life
Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316034418
12. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
13. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
14. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
15. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
 
MASS MARKET
1. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke, Pocket Star, $9.99, 9781439128312
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
9. The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva, Signet, $9.99, 9780451233998
10. Hell's Corner
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9780446571418
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
3. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
4. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
5. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316101875
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697
7. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437
8. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99, 9781423113393
9. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756682576
10. Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316058438
11. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024022
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
13. Savvy
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142414330
14. Hero
Mike Lupica, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419601
15. Scumble
Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142419625
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Judy Schachner, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525422280
3. Wizard of Oz Scanimation: 10 Classic Scenes from Over the Rainbow
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
11. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596434028
12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
13. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545
14. Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School - Debut
Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illus.), Greenwillow, $9.99, 9780062032744
15. The Night Before Preschool - Debut
Natasha Wing, Amy Wummer (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448454511
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
5. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
New in Series: Big Nate on a Roll (9780061944383)
6. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
9. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)
Sara Shepard, Harper Teen