This week's top 5 on the Indie Bestseller List are The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Affair by Lee Child, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje and The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach.

Published Thursday, October 13, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 9, 2011).

Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#4-The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje (9780307700117)
#9-The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman (9781451617474)
#10-Shock Wave, by John Sandford (9780399157691)
#15-The Great Leader, by Jim Harrison (9780802119704)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Boomerang, by Michael Lewis (9780393081817)
#10-Seriously... I'm Kidding, by Ellen DeGeneres (9780446585026)
Paperback Fiction
#10-Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.) (9780316038409)
#15-The Best American Short Stories 2011, by Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), (9780547242163)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-At Home, by Bill Bryson (9780767919395)
#7-The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson (9780679763888)
Children’s Interest
#12-Happy Pig Day! by Mo Willems (9781423143420)
#13-I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (9780763655983)
Children’s Illustrated
#2-If You Give a Dog a Donut, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.) ( 9780060266837)
#3-The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, by Eric Carle (9780399257131)
#13- Clifford's Halloween, by Norman Bridwell (9780545215954)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan (9781423140597)
New: The Lost Stories (The Ranger's Apprentice) by John Flanagan  (9780399256189)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
2. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
4. The Cat's Table - Debut
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
6. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
8. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
9. The Dovekeepers - Debut
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
10. Shock Wave - Debut
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157691
11. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091
12. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186
13. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke, S&S, $26.99, 9781451643114
14. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
15. The Great Leader - Debut
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $24, 9780802119704
ON THE RISE:
19. The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian, Crown, $25, 9780307394996
A gripping modern-day ghost story by the bestselling author of Skeletons at the Feast.
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Debut
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
2. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
3. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
4. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254
5. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
6. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907
7. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
8. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
9. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
10. Seriously... I'm Kidding - Debut
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026
11. Confidence Men
Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255
12. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265
13. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
14. Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242
15. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.5, 9780307265722
ON THE RISE:
20. The Price of Civilization
Jeffrey Sachs, Random House, $27, 9781400068418
Sachs presents a road map for prosperity, founded on America’s deepest values and a true understanding of the 21st-century world economy.
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
2. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
3. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
4. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
6. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
8. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
9. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494
10. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk - Debut
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
11. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
13. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
14. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
15. The Best American Short Stories 2011 - Debut
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
3. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
4. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
5. At Home: A Short History of Private Life - Debut
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
6. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
7. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - Debut
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
8. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
9. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
11. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
14. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
15. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
 
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. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
7. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479
10. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
3. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
4. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062024688
5. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
8. Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
9. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
10. Matched
Ally Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779
11. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
12. Happy Pig Day! - Debut
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143420
13. I Want My Hat Back - Debut
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
14. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697
15. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. If You Give a Dog a Donut - Debut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $16.99, 9780060266837
3. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse - Debut
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131
4. Llama Llama Red Pajama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670059836
5. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981
6. Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin
Victoria Kann, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989612
7. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. Clifford's Halloween - Debut
Norman Bridwell, Cartwheel, $3.99, 9780545215954
14. Llama Llama Home with Mama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329
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. Series Debut: The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Son of Neptune (9781423140597)
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
New in Series: The Lost Stories (9780399256189)
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic
10. Leviathan Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)
Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (Illus.), Simon Pulse