This week's top 5 on the Indie Bestseller List are The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain and The Affair by Lee Child.

Published Thursday, October 20, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 16, 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
#1-The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (9780374203054)
#2-The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks (9780446547659)
#10-Snuff, by Terry Pratchett (9780062011848)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#12-The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker (9780670022953)
#14-Hemingway's Boat, by Paul Hendrickson (9781400041626)
Children’s Interest
#14-The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) (9780399256271)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Death Cure (The Maze Runner) by James Dashner (9780385738774)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Marriage Plot - Debut
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
2. The Best of Me - Debut
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659
3. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
6. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
7. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
8. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
9. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
10. Snuff - Debut
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780062011848
11. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
12. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
13. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
14. Nightwoods
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26, 9781400067091
15. Aleph
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307700186
ON THE RISE:
18. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
A middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about in the new novel by the author of Pulse.
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Boomerang
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. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
5. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
6. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
7. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907
8. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
9. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254
10. Seriously... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026
11. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265
12. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - Debut
Steven Pinker, Viking, $40, 9780670022953
13. Confidence Men
Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255
14. Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 - Debut
Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626
15. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
ON THE RISE:
20. Time for Outrage: Indignez-Vous!
Stephane Hessel, Twelve, $10, 9781455509720
This slim volume is a reminder that life and liberty must still be fought for.
 
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. 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. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
7. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
8. Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747
9. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
11. A Secret Kept
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494
12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
13. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
14. Great House
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648
15. By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432
ON THE RISE:
17. The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313
Connelly's compelling fourth Mickey Haller thriller.
 
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
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
6. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
7. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
8. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
9. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
10. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
11. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
13. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
15. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
 
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. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
7. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716
8. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
9. Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425243602
10. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345342966
 
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. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062024688
6. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
7. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
8. Matched
Ally Condie, Allyson Braithwaite Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779
9. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
11. Happy Pig Day!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143420
12. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
13. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
14. The Apothecary - Debut
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271
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
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $16.99, 9780060266837
3. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131
4. Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin
Victoria Kann, HarperFestival, $6.99, 9780061989612
5. Clifford's Halloween
Norman Bridwell, Cartwheel, $3.99, 9780545215954
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Llama Llama Home with Mama
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012329
9. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981
10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
11. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
12. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
15. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
New in Series: The Death Cure (9780385738774)
5. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
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. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Gordon Korman, et al., Scholastic
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax