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Week of February 16, 2012

Indie Bestseller List

Week of February 16, 2012

 

This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, Kill Shot by Vince Flynn, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.

Published Thursday, February 16, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 12, 2012).

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
#2-Kill Shot, by Vince Flynn (9781416595205)
#14-The Fear Index, by Robert Harris (9780307957931)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo (9781400067558)
#5-All There Is, by Dave Isay (9781594203213)
#7-Bringing Up Bébé, by Pamela Druckerman (9781594203336)
#10-Once Upon a Secret, by Mimi Alford (9781400069101)
#13-The Science of Yoga, by William J. Broad (9781451641424)
Paperback Fiction
#7-The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor Brown (9780425244142)
#14-Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See (9780812980547)
Children’s Interest
#6-Listen to My Trumpet!, by Mo Willems (9781423154044)
Children’s Illustrated
#3-Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, by Jane O'Connor (9780061703812)
#15-Amelia Bedelia's First Valentine, by Herman Parish (9780062032751)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
2. Kill Shot-Debut
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
3. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
4. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
6. Raylan
Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062119469
7. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
8. Believing the Lie
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589
9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
10. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
11. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
12. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793
13. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
14. The Fear Index-Debut
Robert Harris, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307957931
15. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
ON THE RISE
21. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709
This collection of eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander is an Indie Next List Great Read for February 2012.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity-Debut
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
2. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
4. The End of Illness
David B Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
5. All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps-Debut
Dave Isay, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594203213
6. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
7. Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting-Debut
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
8. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
9. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
10. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath-Debut
Mimi Alford, Random House, $25, 9781400069101
11. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
12. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
13. The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards-Debut
William J. Broad, S&S, $26, 9781451641424
14. Elizabeth the Queen
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893
15. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
ON THE RISE:
21. Hilarity Ensues
Tucker Max, Blue Heeler Books, $25.99, 9781451669039
The final book in a series of stories about drunken debauchery that began with I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
3. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
4. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
6. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
7. The Weird Sisters-Debut
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
8. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
10. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
11. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
12. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
13. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
14. Dreams of Joy-Debut
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547
15. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
ON THE RISE:
19. Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson, Harper, $14.99, 9780062060563
Watson's enthralling novel is about a woman whose memories are all forgotten every time she falls asleep.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
4. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
5. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. The Call of Sedona
Ilchi Lee, Best Life Media, $16.95, 9781935127482
8. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
9. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374
10. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
11. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
13. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
14. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
15. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
ON THE RISE:
20. Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $15.95, 9780393340679
This is a candid memoir about three siblings growing up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town.

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 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. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
9. The Sentry
Robert Crais, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425245729
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
3. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
5. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
6. Listen to My Trumpet!-Debut
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423154044
7. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
10. Why We Broke Up
Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316127257
11. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
12. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
14. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Hug Time
Patrick McDonnell, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316182959
3. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet-Debut
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812
4. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts
Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989230
5. Love, Splat
Rob Scotton, Harper, $9.99, 9780062077769
6. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
7. Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235962
8. The Lorax
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
12. A Ball for Daisy
Chris Raschka, Schwartz & Wade, $16.99, 9780375858611
13. Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!
H.A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547131078
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
15. Amelia Bedelia's First Valentine-Debut
Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (Illus.), Greenwillow, $9.99, 9780062032751

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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
4. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 
6. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin 
7. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf 
8. The Adventures of Tintin (hardcover and paperback)
Hergé, Little Brown 
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown 
10. Junie B. Jones (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House