This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are 11/22/63 by Stephen King, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.

Published Thursday, December 1, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 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.

 

Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#4-Explosive Eighteen, by Janet Evanovich (9780345527714)

#14-Micro, by Michael Crichton, Richard Preston (9780060873028)

Paperback Nonfiction

#13-Awkward Family Pet Photos, by Mike Bender, Doug Chernack (9780307888129)

Mass Market

#6-Smokin' Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich (9780345527707)

#10-The Land of Painted Caves, by Jean M. Auel (9780553289435)

Children’s Interest

#10-The Future of Us, by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (9781595144911)

Children’s Illustrated

#9-The Night Before Christmas, by Jan Brett (9780399256707)

#11-Bear Stays Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.) (9781442427907)

Children’s Fiction Series

New: The Forgotten Warrior (Warriors) by Erin Hunter (9780061555220)

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. 11/22/63

Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

2. The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122

3. The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

4. Explosive Eighteen- Debut

Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527714

5. 1Q84

Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313

6. V Is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868

7. The Litigators

John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

8. The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

9. Out of Oz

Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940

10. The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694

11. The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531

12. The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

13. The Paris Wife

Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

14. Micro- Debut

Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Harper, $28.99, 9780060873028

15. State of Wonder

Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

2. Catherine the Great

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

3. Jack Kennedy

Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089

4. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168

5. Then Again

Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784

6. Killing Lincoln

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

7. Boomerang

Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817

8. Goodnight iPad

Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

9. In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

10. Blue Nights

Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672

11. Go the F**k to Sleep

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

12. Back to Work

Bill Clinton, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307959751

13. The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

14. Food Rules

Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Penguin Press, $23.95, 9781594203084

15. The Time of Our Lives

Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

2. The Help

Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

3. Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

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. Freedom

Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462

7. Room

Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409

9. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493

11. An Object of Beauty

Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658

12. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

13. Started Early, Took My Dog

Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747

14. Sing You Home

Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732

15. The Best American Short Stories 2011

Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163

ON THE RISE:

22. The Sherlockian

Graham Moore, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446572583

A literary researcher is inducted into The Baker Street Irregulars and is thrust into the hunt for a killer and the missing diary of Arthur Conan Doyle.

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Unlikely Friendships

Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189

3. Cleopatra

Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

4. At Home

Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

5. Heaven Is for Real

Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

6. F in Exams

Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012

Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

8. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

9. I Remember Nothing

Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803

10. The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

11. Empire of the Summer Moon

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

12. The Hare With Amber Eyes

Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

13. Awkward Family Pet Photos- Debut

Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129

14. Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

15. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

 

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. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

6. Smokin' Seventeen- Debut

Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707

7. The Reversal

Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750

8. To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition

Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290

10. The Land of Painted Caves- Debut

Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785

2. Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892

3. Every Thing On It

Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164

4. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970

5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955

6. Wildwood

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

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

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

8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761

9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353

10. The Future of Us- Debut

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

11. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

12. The Outcasts

John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196

13. The Phantom Tollbooth

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

14. Darth Paper Strikes Back

Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279

15. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon

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

2. Home for Christmas

Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530

3. I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

4. If You Give a Dog a Donut

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

5. Bad Kitty Christmas

Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688

6. The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492

7. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131

8. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book

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

9. The Night Before Christmas- Debut

Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707

10. Press Here

Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $14.99, 9780811879545

11. Bear Stays Up for Christmas- Debut

Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442427907

12. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790

13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

14. Stuck

Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377

15. Fancy Nancy: Our Thanksgiving Banquet

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperFestival, $4.99, 9780061235986

 

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)

Jeff Kinney, Amulet

2. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic

3. Inheritance (hardcover and paperback)

Christopher Paolini, Knopf

4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House

5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)

Rick Riordan, Hyperion

6. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)

Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown

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

Rick Riordan, Miramax

8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)

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

10. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)

Erin Hunter, Harper

New in Series: The Forgotten Warrior (9780061555220)