This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, State of Wonder by Ann Patchett and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.

Published Thursday, January 12, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 8, 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'sBookselling This Week email.

Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Nonfiction

#13-Pity The Billionaire, by Thomas Frank (9780805093698)

Paperback Fiction

#14-The House at Tyneford, by Natasha Solomons (9780452297647)

Paperback Nonfiction

#1-Bossypants, by Tina Fey (9780316056878)

#7-The Social Animal, by David Brooks (9780812979374)

Mass Market

#10-The Jefferson Key, by Steve Berry (9780345505521)

Children’s Interest

#9-Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.) (9780316127257)

Children’s Illustrated

#12-Hug Time, by Patrick McDonnell (9780316182959)

#14-Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts, by Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.) ( 9780061989230)

Children’s Fiction Series

New: Abe Lincoln at Last! (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.) (9780375868252)

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Death Comes to Pemberley

P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850

2. The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122

3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997

4. State of Wonder

Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

5. 1Q84

Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

6. The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

7. 11/22/63

Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

8. The Paris Wife

Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

9. The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

10. Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220

11. The Litigators

John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

12. A Dance With Dragons

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

13. The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

14. The Leopard

Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874

15. The Drop

Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410

ON THE RISE:

19. Breakdown

Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399157837

V.I. Warshawski investigates the murder of a man found stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying.

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

2. Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631

3. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168

4. Catherine the Great

Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728

5. In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

6. Goodnight iPad

Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

7. Go the F**k to Sleep

Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250

8. Killing Lincoln

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070

9. Boomerang

Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817

10. The Swerve

Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262

12. Blue Nights

Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672

13. Pity The Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right- Debut

Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805093698

14. Jack Kennedy

Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089

15. A History of the World in 100 Objects

Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700

ON THE RISE:

21. American Sniper

Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350

An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history.

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493

3. The Help

Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023

5. Swamplandia!

Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

6. A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

7. The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553

8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933

9. Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

10. A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685

11. Sarah's Key

Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345

12. Room

Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

13. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

14. The House at Tyneford- Debut

Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647

15. Freedom

Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462

ON THE RISE:

17. Smut: Stories

Alan Bennett, Picador, $14, 9781250003164

Bennett explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories.

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Bossypants- Debut

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. Heaven Is for Real

Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

5. Cleopatra

Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012

Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480

7. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement- Debut

David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

8. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

9. The Hare With Amber Eyes

Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

10. The Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

11. Empire of the Summer Moon

S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061

12. At Home

Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

13. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

14. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012

Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

15. Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

ON THE RISE:

17. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Amy Chua, Penguin, $16, 9780143120582

Chua's bestselling tale of raising her children in the Chinese tradition is available in paperback.

 

MASS MARKET

1. A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716

2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

3. A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901

4. The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

5. A Storm of Swords

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428

6. A Feast for Crows

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024

7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition

Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290

8. To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

9. Minding Frankie

Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497

10. The Jefferson Key- Debut

Steve Berry, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345505521

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. War Horse

Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351

2. Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892

3. Every Thing On It

Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164

4. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785

6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761

7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955

8. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970

9. Why We Broke Up- Debut

Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316127257

10. Wildwood

Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688

11. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104

12. The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378

13. The Future of Us

Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911

14. Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880

15. The Apothecary

Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617

2. I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

4. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824

5. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

6. Stuck

Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377

7. On the Night You Were Born

Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553

8. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

9. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

10. If You Give a Dog a Donut

Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837

11. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book

Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732

12. Hug Time- Debut

Patrick McDonnell, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316182959

13. The Runaway Bunny

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061074295

14. Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts- Debut

Victoria Kann, Victoria Kann (Illus.), HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989230

15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

 

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

New in Series: Abe Lincoln at Last! (9780375868252)

3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)

Jeff Kinney, Amulet

4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)

Christopher Paolini, Knopf

5. Pretty Little Liars (hardcover and paperback)

Sara Shepard, Harper

6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)

Rick Riordan, Miramax

7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)

J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)

Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown

10. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)

Rick Riordan, Hyperion