This week's top 5 on the Indie Bestseller List are The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje and The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks.

Published Thursday, October 27, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 23, 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.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes (9780307957122)
#10-Damned, by Chuck Palahniuk (9780385533027)
#12-Zone One, by Colson Whitehead (9780385528078)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#13-Van Gogh, by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith (9780375507489)
#15-The Price of Civilization, by Jeffrey D. Sachs (9781400068418)
Paperback Fiction
#12-Sing You Home, by Jodi Picoult (9781439102732)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Halloween Mice!, by Bethany Roberts, Doug Cushman (Illus.) (9780547575735)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
2. The Sense of an Ending- Debut
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
3. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
4. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
5. The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $25.99, 9780446547659
6. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
7. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
8. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $27.99, 9781451617474
9. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
10. Damned- Debut
Chuck Palahniuk, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385533027
11. The Affair
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344326
12. Zone One- Debut
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385528078
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
14. Snuff
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $25.99, 9780062011848
15. Reamde
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780061977961
 
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. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
6. That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907
7. Rin Tin Tin
Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135
8. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
9. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265
10. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254
11. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861
12. Seriously... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026
13. Van Gogh: The Life- Debut
Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Random House, $40, 9780375507489
14. Hemingway's Boat
Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626
15. The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity- Debut
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Random House, $27, 9781400068418
ON THE RISE:
17. The Puppy Diaries
Jill Abramson, Times Books, $22, 9780805093421
An instructive and very entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the executive editor of The New York Times.
 
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. Sing You Home- Debut
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $16, 9781439102732
13. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
14. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347
15. The Best American Short Stories 2011
Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163
 
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. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
4. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
5. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
6. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
7. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
8. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
9. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
11. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
13. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
14. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
15. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372

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 Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
7. Cross Fire
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9780446574716
8. The Confession
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245117
9. The Reversal
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9780446556750
10. Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765364876
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
4. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
5. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/HarperTeen, $17.99, 9780062024688
6. The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr.Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780375864353
7. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
9. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
12. Happy Pig Day!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143420
13. Matched
Ally Condie, Speak, $9.99, 9780142419779
14. The Apothecary
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, $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. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
6. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780064431835
9. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. Clifford's Halloween
Norman Bridwell, Cartwheel, $3.99, 9780545215954
13. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
14. Halloween Mice!- Debut
Bethany Roberts, Doug Cushman (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $5.99, 9780547575735
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
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 Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
10. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper