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Week of November 10, 2011

Indie Bestseller List

Week of November 10, 2011

This week's top five on the Indie Bestseller List are 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, The Litigators by John Grisham, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes and Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire

Published Thursday, November 10, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 6, 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'sBookselling This Week email.

Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#5-Out of Oz, by Gregory Maguire (9780060548940)

#8-Zero Day, by David Baldacci (9780446573016)

#15-I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, by Alan Bradley (9780385344012)

Hardcover Nonfiction

#2-Blue Nights, by Joan Didion (9780307267672)

#4-Jack Kennedy, by Chris Matthews (9781451635089)

#7-The Time of Our Lives, by Tom Brokaw (9781400064588)

#10-Goodnight iPad, by Ann Droyd (9780399158568)

#12-No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice (9780307587862)

#14-Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (9780307886262)

#15-Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, by Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman (Illus.) ( 9781594203084)

Paperback Fiction

#2-The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht (9780385343848)

#15-The Next Always, by Nora Roberts (9780425243213)

Mass Market

#7-Gideon's Sword, by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child (9780446564311)

Children’s Interest

#3-The Outcasts, by John Flanagan (9780399256196)

#15-Secrets at Sea, by Richard Peck, Kelly Murphy (Illus.) (9780803734555)

Children’s Illustrated

#8-Home for Christmas, by Jan Brett (9780399256530)

#13-Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee (Illus.) (9781442422490)

Children’s Fiction Series

New: Crossed (The Matched Trilogy) by Ally Condie (9780525423652)

New: No News Is Good News (Ivy & Bean) by Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.) (9780811866934)

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. 1Q84

Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.5, 9780307593313

2. The Litigators

John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137

3. The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054

4. The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122

5. Out of Oz- Debut

Gregory Maguire, Morrow, $26.99, 9780060548940

6. The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635

7. The Paris Wife

Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309

8. Zero Day- Debut

David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573016

9. The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117

10. A Dance With Dragons

George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

11. State of Wonder

Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803

12. The Affair

Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326

13. The Best of Me

Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659

14. The Dovekeepers

Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474

15. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Debut

Alan Bradley, Delacorte Press, $23, 9780385344012

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539

2. Blue Nights-Debut

Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672

3. Killing Lincoln

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

4. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero- Debut

Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.5, 9781451635089

5. Boomerang

Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817

6. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168

7. The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America- Debut

Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588

8. In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846

9. Go the F**k to Sleep

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

10. Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation- Debut

Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568

11. Rin Tin Tin

Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135

12. No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington- Debut

Condoleezza Rice, Crown, $35, 9780307587862

13. The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476

14. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)- Debut

Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262

15. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual- Debut

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

ON THE RISE:

16. The Table Comes First

Adam Gopnik, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307593450

Gopnik's latest book is a delightful beginning of a new conversation about the way we eat now.

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Help

Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132

2. The Tiger's Wife- Debut

Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

3. A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477

4. Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368

5. Freedom

Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462

6. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

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

7. Room

Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328

8. Sarah's Key

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

9. The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967

10. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223

11. Started Early, Took My Dog

Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747

12. A Secret Kept

Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494

13. Sing You Home

Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732

14. The Best American Short Stories 2011

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

15. The Next Always- Debut

Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425243213

 

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. At Home

Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

5. Heaven Is for Real

Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158

6. The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

7. Born to Run

Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

8. Empire of the Summer Moon

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

9. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228

10. F in Exams

Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

11. Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012

Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446

13. The Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

14. The Hare With Amber Eyes

Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

15. Moneyball

Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

ON THE RISE:

16. I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections

Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803

A new collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.



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 Confession

John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117

7. Gideon's Sword- Debut

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Vision, $7.99, 9780446564311

8. The Reversal

Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750

9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $7.99, 9780307473479

10. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

 

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Every Thing On It

Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164

2. Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892

3. The Outcasts- Debut

John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196

4. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

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

5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785

6. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353

7. Wildwood

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

8. The Phantom Tollbooth

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

9. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970

10. Darth Paper Strikes Back

Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279

11. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book

Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955

12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761

13. The Book Thief

Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

14. The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780060530945

15. Secrets at Sea- Debut

Richard Peck, Kelly Murphy (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803734555

 

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/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837

3. I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

4. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131

5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

6. Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

7. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

8. Home for Christmas- Debut

Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530

9. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035

10. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book

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

11. Moo

Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $16.99, 9781442435032

12. Love You Forever

Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375

13. Stars- Debut

Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $16.99, 9781442422490

14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

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

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. 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 Matched Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)

Ally Condie, Dutton

New in Series: Crossed (9780525423652)

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. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)

Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle

New in Series: No News Is Good News (9780811866934)

8. The Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)

Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown

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

John Flanagan, Puffin

10. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)

James Dashner, Delacorte