This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are 11/22/63 by Stephen King, Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami and The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Published Thursday, December 29, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 25, 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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Debut for the week:
Paperback Nonfiction
#15-Earth: The Book, by Jon Stewart (9780446199438)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
2. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
3. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
4. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
5. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
7. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
9. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
10. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
11. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
13. Kill Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316198738
14. The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547577531
15. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27.95, 9780399157868
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
4. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
6. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
7. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
8. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
9. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
10. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
11. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
12. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
13. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
14. The Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588
15. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
6. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
8. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409
9. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
10. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
11. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
12. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
13. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
15. An Object of Beauty
Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658
 
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. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
4. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
5. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
6. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
7. Awkward Family Pet Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307888129
8. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
10. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
11. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
12. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10, 9780316078917
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
14. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
15. Earth: The Book: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race- Debut
Jon Stewart, Grand Central, $16.99, 9780446199438
 
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 Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
6. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
7. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
10. The Land of Painted Caves
Jean M. Auel, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553289435
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
2. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
4. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
6. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
8. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
9. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
12. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
13. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810984257
14. The Apothecary
Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399256271
15. Secrets at Sea
Richard Peck, Kelly Murphy (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803734555
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
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. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
5. The Night Before Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $20, 9780399256707
6. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530
7. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688
8. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
11. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375863592
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
15. The Night Before Christmas: Or, a Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement C. Moore, Charles Santore (Illus.), Applesauce Press, $18.95, 9781604332377
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
10. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin