1. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99

2. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

3. The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35

4. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

5. The Racketeer John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

6. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95

7. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28

8. Dear Life Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95

9. A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95

10. The Black Box Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99

11. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95

12. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99

13. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95

14. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95

15. Winter of the World Ken Follett, Dutton, $36

FICTION NONFICTION

Other Indie FavoritesHand for a Hand, by T. Frank Muir (Soho Crime, $25) “A dismembered hand is found on a golf course green with a note addressed to Scottish DCI Andy Gilchrist consisting of just one word: murder. The subsequent investigation gets too close to home for Andy when family members become involved. Set in historic St. Andrews with dour characters and dreary weather to set the mood, this first in a new series is a real nail-biter until the last page.” —Rita Moran, Apple Valley Books, Winthrop, ME

Indie BestsellersHardcover Week of 12.27.12

1. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $35

2. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

3. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35

4. America Again Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99

5. Killing Kennedy Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

6. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95

7. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

8. Killing Lincoln Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

9. Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30

10. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27

11. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35

12. The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95

13. The Patriarch David Nasaw, Penguin Press, $40

14. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40

15. Guinness World Records 2013 Guinness, $28.95

The Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace, by Molly Caldwell Crosby (Berkley, $25.95) “This is the true story of the heist of the most valuable pearl necklace in the world in 1913 London by one of the biggest international jewel thieves and the man who sent him to jail. This little-known case is a great read about how Scotland Yard began to use forensic sleuthing to solve crimes as well as a compelling description of how the criminals were almost able to get away with the theft.” —Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC

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1. Life of Pi Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95

2. The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15

3. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16

4. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15

5. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

6. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95

7. State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99

8. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15

9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14

10. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99

11. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95

12. The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99

13. The Best American Short Stories 2012 Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95

14. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16

15. The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

1. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 2. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99 3. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 4. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 5. Fall of Giants Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99 6. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition Merriam-Webster, $7.50 8. A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99 9. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99 10. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99

1. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21

2. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99

3. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95

4. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16

5. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

6. The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95

7. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

8. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2013 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $6.95

9. F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

10. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 World Almanac, $12.99

11. Dancers Among Us Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95

12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

13. F for Effort! Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

14. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95

15. Holidays on Ice David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10

FICTION NONFICTION

Indie BestsellersPaperback Week of 12.27.12

MASS MARKETAnother Indie FavoriteWhite Truffles in Winter: A Novel, by N.M. Kelby (Norton, $15.95) “This richly layered novel is based on the life of legendary chef Auguste Escoffier, who popularized French cooking methods at his restaurants at The Savoy and The Ritz at the beginning of the 20th century. Escoffier’s love for two women: the beautiful, iconic actress Sarah Bernhardt and his lovely, poetess wife, Delphine Daffis, is at the heart of this complex tale. The characters are vivid and the food—oh, the food—is delicious!” —Erica Caldwell, Present Tense, Batavia, NY

Children’s Books Indie Bestsellers

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erica. Copyright A

merican Booksellers A

ssociation. All rights reserved.

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FICTION SERIES

Week of 12.27.12

All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.

1. W

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uld

Th

at Be at T

his H

ou

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Lem

ony Snicket, Little Brown, $15.99

2. T

he F

ault in

Ou

r Stars

John Green, D

utton, $17.99

3. W

on

der

R.J. Palacio, K

nopf, $15.99

4. R

ecycled R

ob

ots: 10 R

ob

ot P

rojects

Robert M

alone, Workm

an, $24.95

5. L

ego N

injago

: Ch

aracter En

cyclop

edia

Claire Sipi, D

K Publishing, $18.99

6. Star W

ars Origam

i

C

hris Alexander, W

orkman, $16.95

7. T

he B

oo

k Th

ief

M

arkus Zusak, K

nopf, $12.99

8. S

on

Lois Lowry, H

oughton Mifflin H

arcourt, $17.99

9. L

iar & S

py

Rebecca Stead, W

endy Lamb Books, $15.99

10. L

oo

king fo

r Alaska

John Green, Puffin, $9.99

11. T

he P

han

tom

Tollb

oo

th

N

orton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99

12. T

he W

impy K

id D

o-It-Yo

urself B

oo

k

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet, $12.95

13. U

nb

ored

: Th

e Essen

tial Field

Gu

ide to

Serio

us F

un

Elizabeth Foy Larsen, et al., Bloomsbury, $25

14. S

tar Wars: A

Galactic P

op

-Up

Ad

ventu

re

M

atthew Reinhart, O

rchard, $36.99

15. C

harlo

tte’s Web

E.B. White, H

arperTrophy, $7.99

1. S

afari: A P

ho

ticular B

oo

k

D

an Kainen, C

arol Kaufm

ann, Workm

an,

$24.95

2. T

he P

olar E

xpress

Chris Van A

llsburg, Houghton M

ifflin, $18.95

3. G

oo

dn

ight M

oo

n

M

argaret Wise Brow

n, Clem

ent Hurd (Illus.),

Harper, $8.99

4. H

ow th

e Grin

ch S

tole C

hristm

as

D

r. Seuss, Random

House, $15

5. G

oo

dn

ight, G

oo

dn

ight, C

on

structio

n

Site Sherri D

uskey Rinker, Tom

Lichtenheld

(Illus.), C

hronicle, $16.99

6. O

livia and

the F

airy Prin

cesses

Ian Falconer, A

theneum, $17.99

7. T

his Moose B

elongs to Me

Oliver Jeffers, Philom

el, $16.99

8. This Is N

ot My H

at

Jon K

lassen, Candlew

ick, $15.99

9. I W

ant M

y Hat B

ack

Jon K

lassen, Candlew

ick, $15.99

10. Wh

ere the W

ild T

hin

gs Are

Maurice Sendak, H

arper, $17.95

11. T

he F

antastic F

lying B

oo

ks of M

r.

M

orris L

essmo

re

W

illiam Joyce, A

theneum, $17.99

12. P

ete the C

at Saves C

hristm

as

Eric Litw

in, James D

ean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99

13. T

he Very Hungry C

aterpillar

Eric C

arle, Putnam, $10.99

14. T

he C

hristm

as Qu

iet Bo

ok

Deborah U

nderwood, Renata Liw

ska (Illus.),

H

oughton Mifflin H

arcourt, $12.99

15. T

he Mitten Jan Brett (Illus.), Putnam

, $7.99

1. D

iary of a W

impy K

id

Jeff K

inney, Am

ulet

2. Magic T

ree Ho

use

Mary Pope O

sborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.),

Random

House

3. T

he H

un

ger Gam

es

Suzanne C

ollins, Scholastic

4. Ivy & B

ean

Annie Barrow

s, Sophie Blackall (Illus.),

Chronicle

5. T

he H

eroes o

f Olym

pu

s

R

ick Riordan, H

yperion

6. E

leph

ant &

Piggie

Mo W

illems, H

yperion

7. Match

ed

A

lly Condie, D

utton

8. Midd

le Sch

oo

l

Jam

es Patterson, Little Brown

New

in Series: I F

unny

9. Divergen

t

Veronica Roth, K

atherine Tegen Books

10. Harry P

otter

J.K. Row

ling, Scholastic/Arthur A

. Levine Books

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oth

er Ind

ie Favo

rite for A

ges 9 to 12

Th

e Exp

editio

ners, by S

.S. Taylo

r (M

cSw

eeney’s, $22) “M

ake way for the

Wests—

Zander, K

it, and MK

—three orphans

living in the near future, where com

puters and electricity have failed. T

hey are determined to

discover what happened to their father, the

famous cartographer A

lexander West, on his

last expedition but must lay low

so that evil governm

ent officials don’t learn that they no longer have adult supervision. T

he plot thickens w

hen a mysterious stranger finds K

it in a market

and hands him half a m

ap, which the kids im

mediately recognize

as one of their father’s. The children interpret this as a sign to find

the other half and set off to discover why this m

ap is so important.

An exciting start to a new

series.” —L

isa Ch

ristie, No

rwich

B

oo

kstore, N

orw

ich, V

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= D

ebut

★

1. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99

2. Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25

3. The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35

4. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99

5. The Racketeer John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95

6. Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95

7. Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28

8. Dear Life Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95

9. A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95

10. The Black Box Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99

11. This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95

12. The Yellow Birds Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99

13. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis, Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95

14. The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95

15. Winter of the World Ken Follett, Dutton, $36

1. Life of Pi Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95

2. The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15

3. Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16

4. Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15

5. Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95

6. The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95

7. State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99

8. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15

9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14

10. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99

11. The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95

12. The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99

13. The Best American Short Stories 2012 Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95

14. Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16

15. The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

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Indie BestsellersFiction Week of 12.27.12

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1. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $35

2. Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95

3. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35

4. America Again Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99

5. Killing Kennedy Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

6. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95

7. I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95

8. Killing Lincoln Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28

9. Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30

10. Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27

11. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35

12. The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95

13. The Patriarch David Nasaw, Penguin Press, $40

14. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40

15. Guinness World Records 2013 Guinness, $28.95

1. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21

2. Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99

3. Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95

4. In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16

5. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99

6. The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95

7. Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99

8. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2013 Old Farmer’s Almanac, $6.95

9. F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

10. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 World Almanac, $12.99

11. Dancers Among Us Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95

12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14

13. F for Effort! Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95

14. Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95

15. Holidays on Ice David Sedaris, Back Bay, $10

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved.

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Indie BestsellersNonfiction Week of 12.27.12