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Published Thursday, January 5, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 1, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit , www.IndieBound.org
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#15-Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward (9781608195220)
Paperback Fiction
#13-A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (9780143119685)
#14-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John Le Carré (9780143120933)
Mass Market
#9-Minding Frankie, by Maeve Binchy (9780307475497)
Children’s Interest
#15-Legend, by Marie Lu (9780399256752)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
2. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
3. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
4. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
5. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
6. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
7. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
10. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
11. The Drop
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069410
12. The Leopard
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595874
13. The Litigators
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535137
14. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Knopf, $26, 9780307700117
15. Salvage the Bones- Debut
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781608195220
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
2. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
3. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
4. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
5. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
6. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.99, 9780393064476
7. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
8. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
9. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
10. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
11. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
12. Blue Nights
Joan Didion, Knopf, $25, 9780307267672
13. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
14. Guinness World Records 2012
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671
15. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780307886262
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. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
6. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
8. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553
9. Freedom
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462
10. Sarah's Key
Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345
11. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328
12. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
13. A Discovery of Witches- Debut
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy- Debut
John Le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
15. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
ON THE RISE:
17. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England.
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. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
4. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
5. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
6. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
7. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
8. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
9. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
11. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571480
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
14. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
15. The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $18, 9781439170915
ON THE RISE:
17. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.
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. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 9780877799290
8. Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527707
9. Minding Frankie- Debut
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307475497
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
2. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
5. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
7. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
9. The Future of Us
Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595144911
10. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.99, 9780547548104
11. Wildwood
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $17.99, 9780062024688
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
13. The Outcasts
John Flanagan, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399256196
14. Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419700279
15. Legend- Debut
Marie Lu, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256752
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. The Twelve Days of Christmas
Laurel Long, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733572
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
11. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837
12. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377
13. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131
14. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
15. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688
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, Laurel-Leaf
5. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
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 Secret Series (hardcover and paperback)
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown
9. Matched Trilogy (hardcover)
Ally Condie, Dutton
10. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE DEMI-MONDE: WINTER by Rod Rees (William Morrow, $26.99, 9780062070340) “Like a literary love child of Neal Stephenson and Tad Williams, The Demi-Monde: Winter, the first in a proposed quartet, is a dark, dangerous adventure tale set in a vaguely steampunk virtual world populated by the avatars of some of history’s most villainous characters. Eighteen-year-old Ella is thrust into a world unlike any she has ever known when she is hired to retrieve the president’s daughter from a virtual environment that was originally created to train combat soldiers in guerrilla warfare. A page-turner and a highly entertaining opening to a very promising series.” -- Billie Bloebaum, Powell’s Books at PDX, Portland, OR
WALT DISNEY’S DONALD DUCK: LOST IN THE ANDES (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library) by Carl Barks (Fantagraphics, $24.99, 9781606994740) “In Carl Barks’ Duckburg we see all the human frailties: Donald Duck’s anger, Scrooge’s ambition, the Beagle Boys’ greed. Barks was a virtuoso artist and writer who combined breakneck action with detailed and subtle art. You will find a master at his peak in Lost in the Andes, and your inner-child will thank you.” -- Eric Schultheis, Books Inc., Berkeley, CA
Paperback
THE GILDER by Kathryn Kay (Kensington, $15, 9780758263223) “This is the story of a woman whose talents include the restoration and gilding of older works of art. Gilding becomes a metaphor for her inability to face the truths of her past, and she must remind herself that the process is not successful without repairing the foundation upon which the gold leaf is layered. In a tale filled with betrayal and repentance, missed opportunities and new beginnings, the layers of gold are transformed from denial of the past to real love in the present.” -- Fran Wilson, Colorado State University Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO
For Teen Readers
BLUEFISH by Pat Schmatz (Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763653347) “I loved this story about unlikely friends, each lonely and trapped by labels — trailer trash, brainy dork, and bluefish. I cared deeply about these characters, who are struggling not to be defined by their past expectations, and I cheered for their unconventional teacher who provoked them into seeing their future possibilities. A great book for fans of Katherine Hannigan and Gary Schmidt.” -- Ellen Davis, Dragonwings Bookstore, Waupaca, WI
