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 Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, Kill Shot by Vince Flynn and The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.

Published Thursday, February 23, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, February 19,  2012). 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

#6-What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, by Nathan Englander (9780307958709)

#8-The Wolf Gift, by Anne Rice (9780307595119)

#15-Defending Jacob, by William Landay (9780385344227)

Paperback Fiction

#13-The Sisters Brothers,  by Patrick DeWitt (9780062041289)

Children’s Interest

#10-The Hunger Games Tribute Guide, by Emily Seife (9780545457828)

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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 Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694

4. Kill Shot

Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205

5. The Paris Wife

Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

6. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories- Debut

Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

7. The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

8. The Wolf Gift- Debut

Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119

9. State of Wonder

Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

10. 11/22/63

Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282

11. Raylan

Elmore Leonard, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062119469

12. The Orphan Master's Son

Adam Johnson, Random House, $26, 9780812992793

13. Believing the Lie

Elizabeth George, Dutton, $28.95, 9780525952589

14. The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

15. Defending Jacob- Debut

William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227

ON THE RISE:

18. The House I Loved

Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9780312593308

A poignant story of one woman’s indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants.



HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

2. Quiet

Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149

3. Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

4. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168

5. All There Is

Dave Isay, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594203213

6. Bringing Up Bébé

Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336

7. In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

8. The End of Illness

David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178

9. American Sniper

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

10. Killing Lincoln

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

11. The Science of Yoga

William J. Broad, Bobby Clennell (Illus.), S&S, $26, 9781451641424

12. Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631

13. Once Upon a Secret

Mimi Alford, Random House, $25, 9781400069101

14. Goodnight iPad

Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

15. Go the F**k to Sleep

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

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

2. The Weird Sisters

Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142

3. The Help

Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023

5. The House at Tyneford

Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647

6. A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

7. Swamplandia!

Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

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. Dreams of Joy

Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547

13. The Sisters Brothers- Debut

Patrick DeWitt, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780062041289

14. Sarah's Key

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

15. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

 

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 Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

8. The Social Animal

David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

9. The Hare With Amber Eyes

Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

10. Empire of the Summer Moon

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

11. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

12. Cleopatra

Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

13. F in Exams

Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

14. The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

15. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187



MASS MARKET

1. A Game of Thrones

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

2. A Storm of Swords

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

3. A Clash of Kings

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

4. A Feast for Crows

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

5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition

Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290

6. To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789

7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486

8. The Girl Who Played With Fire

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509

9. Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

10. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Fault in Our Stars

John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812

2. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785

3. Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933

4. War Horse

Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351

5. Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892

6. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

7. Listen to My Trumpet!

Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423154044

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. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide- Debut

Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828

11. Every Thing On It

Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164

12. The Phantom Tollbooth

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

13. Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880

14. Wildwood

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

15. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812

2. Goodnight Moon

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

3. I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

4. Hug Time

Patrick McDonnell, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316182959

5. The Lorax

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379

6. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

8. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

9. Llama Llama Nighty--Night

Anna Dewdney, Viking, $5.99, 9780670013272

10. Plant a Kiss

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780061986758

11. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

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

12. Press Here

Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545

13. On the Night You Were Born

Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553

14. Extra Yarn

Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer & Bray, $16.99, 9780061953385

15. Bad Kitty for President

Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $13.99, 9781596436695

 

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. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)

Christopher Paolini, Knopf

6. The Adventures of Tintin (hardcover and paperback)

Hergé, Little Brown

7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)

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

8. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series

Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper

9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)

Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown

10. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)

John Flanagan, Puffin