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Indie Bestsellers
Hardcover
Week of 03.17.11
FICTION
★ 1. The Tiger’s Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $25
NONFICTION
1. The Social Animal:The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
★
David Brooks, Random House, $27
2. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27
3. Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28
★
3. Moonwalking With Einstein:The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95
4. The Wise Man’s Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95
4. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99
5. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness,Viking, $28.95
5. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House
6. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95
6. The Information
James Gleick, Pantheon, $29.95
7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99
7. Life
Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99
8. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95
9. The Help
Kathryn Stockett,Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95
10. When the Killing’s Done
T.C. Boyle,Viking, $26.95
12. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28
★
13. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99
14. West of Here
Jonathan Evison, Algonquin, $24.95
New American Dream
Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, $26
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam Adult, $27.95
“Quinn’s artistic mother took her own life, leaving Quinn
wondering why. To help her cope on this journey, Quinn has the
ability to travel between two parallel worlds via hidden portals.
One world is a safe, suburban life with her husband, Lewis, and
their young son Isaac on Long Island, albeit a world filled with
the reality of her mother’s death. The other is a dramatic life in
New York City with neurotic Eugene, a life in which her mother
is still very much alive.” —Annie Philbrick, Bank Square
Books, Mystic, CT
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.
Donovan Hohn,Viking, $27.95
★ 15. The Money Class: Learn to Create Your 16. The Jungle
The Other Life, by Ellen Meister (Putnam, $24.95)
13. Moby-Duck:The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
14. Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95
★ 15. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Jasper Fforde,Viking, $25.95
Other Indie Favorites
10. A Widow’s Story
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $27.99
11. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $22.95
12. And Furthermore
Judi Dench, St. Martin’s, $26.99
11. Minding Frankie
Maeve Binchy, Knopf, $26.95
9. Townie
Andre Dubus III, Norton, $25.95
16. The Company We Keep
Robert Baer, Dayna Baer, Crown Publishing Group, $26
Deep Future:The Next 100,000 Years of Life on
Earth, by Curt Stager (Thomas Dunne Books,
$25.99) “Stager, a scientist who drills down into the earth and
reads what the layers tell us about the history of the environment
and climate change, uses that information to speculate on what the
future might be like. The results are not as predictable as one might
think. Neither the ardent environmentalists who see the end of life on
the horizon, nor the naysayers who think the whole idea of climate
change is bunk, will be vindicated. .” —Jonathon Welch,Talking
Leaves Inc, Buffalo, NY
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= Debut
= On the Rise
Indie Bestsellers
Paperback
Week of 03.17.11
FICTION
2. Just Kids
2. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95
3. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
4. The Imperfectionists
4. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15
5. The Postmistress
5. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15
6. Little Bee
6. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16
Chris Cleave, S&S, $14
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain
7. The King’s Speech
Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, Sterling, $14.95
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99
8. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
8. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers,Vintage, $15.95
Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95
9. The Three Weissmanns of Westport
9. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16
Cathleen Schine, Picador, $14
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15
11. Tinkers
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95
11. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99
12.The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
13. Half Broke Horses
14. Let the Great World Spin
14. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15
Colum McCann, Random House, $15
12. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99
★ 13. Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir
Wendy Burden, Gotham, $16
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15
10. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14
David Mitchell, Random House, $15
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16
3. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15
NONFICTION
★ 1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway Books, $16
1. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese,Vintage, $15.95
15. True Grit
15. NurtureShock
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $14.99
Charles Portis, Overlook, $14.95
19. Solar
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15
16. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $15
MASS MARKET
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson,Vintage, $7.99
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson,Vintage, $7.99
3. This Body of Death Elizabeth George, Harper, $9.99
4. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99
5. Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $7.99
6. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99
7. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Spectra, $8.99
8. The Lost Symbol Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99
9. The Black Cat Martha Grimes, Signet, $9.99
10. Changes Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.
Another Indie Favorite
Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas (St. Martin’s
Press, $24.99) “Dallas has written another absorbing
book filled with compelling characters. In 1920, an avalanche
devastates a poor mining town high in the Colorado mountains.
Nine children are trapped on their way home from school, and
only four survive. Each child’s family has a story. Was it chance
or destiny that brought them to Swandyke from such different
backgrounds? Don’t miss this one! —Laurie Krushenisky,
MacDonald Book Shop, Estes Park, CO
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= Debut
= On the Rise
Indie Bestsellers
Children’s Books
Week of 03.17.11
FICTION SERIES
All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted.
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover)
5. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard, Harper Teen
8. The 39 Clues
Jude Watson, et al., Scholastic (hardcover)
9. Alex Rider Adventures
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
10. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper (paperback)
= Debut
Strings Attached, by Judy Blundell
(Scholastic Press, $17.99) “Teen
runaway Kit has a job as a chorus girl
at a nightclub, but not much else. She is
approached by her ex-boyfriend’s father,
who may or may not have Mafia ties, and
he asks her to do him a little favor. In
exchange, he’ll set her up in an apartment
and get her a better job. No strings
attached...right? This stylish and chilling
story, which has everything going for, it will
keep teen readers hooked.” —Jennifer Laughran, Oblong
Books & Music, Rhinebeck, NY
Another Indie Favorite for Teen Readers
ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
2. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99
3. Silverlicious Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99
4. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99
6. The Story of the Leprechaun
Katherine Tegen, Sally Anne Lambert (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99
7. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illus.),
Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95
9. Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist
Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99
★ 10. Green Shamrocks
Eve Bunting, Joelle Dreidemy (Illus.), Cartwheel, $6.99
11. Otis Loren Long, Philomel, $8.99
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99
13. I Am a Bunny Ole Risom,
Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear,What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95
15. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99
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Children’s Interest
1. I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore, Harper, $17.99
2. The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $18.99
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99
4. Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool, Delacorte, $16.99
5. Incarceron
Catherine Fisher, Firebird, $9.99
6. The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $17.99
7. I Broke My Trunk!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99
8. Matched
Ally Condie, Dutton, $17.99
★ 9. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $14.95
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.),
Little Brown, $9.99
11. Lost and Found:Three
Shaun Tan, Arthur A. Levine, $21.99
12. Madeline at the White House
John Bemelmans Marciano,Viking, $17.99
13. Lego Star Wars:The Visual Dictionary
Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing, $21.99
14. We Are in a Book!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99
★15. The Trouble With Chickens: A J.J.Tully Mystery
Doreen Cronin, Kevin Cornell (Illus.),
Balzer + Bray, $14.99
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.