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BESTSELLERS
Mar 12 - Mar 18, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, March 15, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 11, 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
#10-The Expats, by Chris Pavone (9780307956354)
#11-The Starboard Sea, by Amber Dermont (9780312642808)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-Revelations, by Elaine Pagels (9780670023349)
#11-House of Stone, by Anthony Shadid (9780547134666)
Paperback Fiction
#10-The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780307472984)
#11-A Lesson in Secrets, by Jacqueline Winspear (9780061727719)
#13-Doc, by Mary Doria Russell (9780812980004)
Paperback Nonfiction
#11-The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander (9781595586438)
#13-The Magic, by Rhonda Byrne (9781451673449)
Children’s Interest
#4-Divergent, by Veronica Roth (9780062024039)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues) by Peter Lerangis (9780545298414)
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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. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749
4. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
6. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709
7. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
8. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
9. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
10. The Expats- Debut
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354
11. The Starboard Sea- Debut
Amber Dermont, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312642808
12. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
13. 1Q84
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307593313
14. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
15. The Wolf Gift
Anne Rice, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307595119
ON THE RISE:
19. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
Anshaw's novel about a tragic car accident and the lives of those involved is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
2. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
3. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
4. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
5. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation- Debut
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349
6. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
7. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
8. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
9. The End of Illness
David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
10. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
11. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East- Debut
Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666
12. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
13. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
14. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
15. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
ON THE RISE:
17. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106
Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
3. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
4. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
5. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
6. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023
9. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
10. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party- Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984
11. A Lesson in Secrets- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061727719
12. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
13. Doc- Debut
Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004
14. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
15. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
4. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
5. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
8. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
9. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
10. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
11. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness- Debut
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
12. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
13. The Magic- Debut
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449
14. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
15. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374
ON THE RISE:
18. 1861: The Civil War Awakening
Adam Goodheart, Vintage, $16, 9781400032198
Goodheart's original and thought-provoking look at the beginning of the Civil War.

MASS MARKET
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553579901
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
6. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949486
10. Timeless
Gail Carriger, Orbit, $7.99, 9780316127189

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4. Divergent- Debut
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
6. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933
7. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828
8. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
10. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
11. Listen to My Trumpet!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423154044
12. LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
Hannah Dolan, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756686970
13. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901
14. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
15. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99, 9780061998164

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
6. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
7. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
9. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
10. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
14. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dr. Suess, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800134
15. And Then It's Spring
Julie Fogliano, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596436244

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
New in Series: The Dead of Night (9780545298414)
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. Fancy Nancy I Can Read Series (paperback)
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
8. The Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
10. Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
PURE by Julianna Baggot (Grand Central Publishing, $25.99, 9781455503063) “I can say, without a doubt, that this is one of the best books I’ve read in the past year, and I read a lot of books! A gritty, dystopian tale of the world after a nuclear holocaust, this first part of a trilogy has something for everyone: mystery and intrigue, violence, romance, and rumblings of a sinister conspiracy. This unsettling but beautiful book is sure to be a huge crossover hit, sophisticated enough to appeal to adults, and perfect for YA readers. I’m counting down the days until the next installment is released!” -- Lauren Peugh, Mrs. Nelson’s Toy & Book Shop, La Verne, CA

GYPSEY BOY: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies by Mikey Walsh (Thomas Dunne Books, $24.99, 9780312622084) “Growing up, I envied and romanticized the culture of freedom and adventure amid a free spirited gypsy life. Gypsy Boy both dispels and confirms some of the myths that surround this world. We are given a rave view into the hostile, secretive, and protective bonds that have allowed the gypsies to continue their way of life, one of persecution and lawlessness, in the modern world. While Walsh endures a harsh life filled with abuse, at the same time he experiences enduring love and protection from his mother and sister, even after his decision to leave the tribe. Difficult to read, but even more difficult to put down, Mikey’s transformation and ultimate happiness with his life will have you cheering.” -- Susan Schlesinger, Books on the Square, Providence, RI

Paperback
UNTIL THE NEXT TIME: A Novel by Kevin Fox (Algonquin, $15.95, 9781565129931) “Sean Corrigan has lived an ordinary life until his twenty-first birthday when his father gives him a journal written by his Uncle Michael, a relative previously unknown to Sean. The journal sets Sean on a course he never could have imagined. From the United States to Ireland, this is a story of family, murder, ancient myth, and a love that goes on through time. I was captured from the first page by this unique blend of mystery, suspense, and romance.”-- Sue Richardson, Maine Coast Book Shop, Inc., Damariscotta, ME

For Teen Readers
EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton (Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062071132) “This is Twilight for mythology lovers, with elements of the stories of both Persephone and Orpheus and Eurydice. Seventeen-year-old Nikki Beckett, who’s just returned from a century — equivalent to six months of Earth time — in the underworld of Everneath, finds out she has a mere six more months before being taken back to the underworld — this time for good. A captivating story of love, loss, and immortality.” -- Melissa Oates, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC