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Published Thursday, April 12, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 8, 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
#1-Sacré Bleu, by Christopher Moore (9780061779749)
#2-The Beginner's Goodbye, by Anne Tyler (9780307957276)
#3-The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall Smith (9780307378408)
#8-The Shoemaker's Wife, by Adriana Trigiani (9780061257094)
#9-Beastly Things, by Donna Leon (9780802120236)
Paperback Fiction
#1-Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James (9780345803481)
#5-The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman (9781451617481)
#7-The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (9780345525550)
#9-The Troubled Man, by Henning Mankell (9780307477408)
Children’s Interest
#3-Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) (9780062082930)
#14-Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys (978014242059)
Children’s Illustrated
#4-The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems (9781423151289)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Last Hope (Warriors) by Erin Hunter (9780061555275)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Sacré Bleu- Debut
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
2. The Beginner's Goodbye- Debut
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
3. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection- Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
4. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
7. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
8. The Shoemaker's Wife- Debut
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
9. Beastly Things- Debut
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
10. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
11. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
12. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
13. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354
14. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
15. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
ON THE RISE:
18. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Rogan's novel of hard choices and survival is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
4. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
5. New American Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer (Ed.), Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316069861
6. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
7. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
8. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
9. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
10. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
11. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
12. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
13. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman, M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370
14. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106
15. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
ON THE RISE:
16. The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138
Wilson's groundbreaking new look at the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey- Debut
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
3. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
4. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
5. The Dovekeepers- Debut
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
6. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
7. The Language of Flowers- Debut
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
9. The Troubled Man- Debut
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408
10. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
12. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643
13. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967
14. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
15. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
3. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
4. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
8. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
9. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
10. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
11. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
13. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
14. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
15. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
ON THE RISE:
19. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253
Kleon's book provides a positive message, illustrations, and exercises to help put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.
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, 9780345535429
3. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
6. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
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. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
3. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth- Debut
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
4. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
6. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
9. War Horse
Michael Morpurgo, Scholastic, $8.99, 9780545403351
10. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901
11. The World of the Hunger Games
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545425124
12. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
13. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
14. Between Shades of Gray- Debut
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
2. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399252389
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?- Debut
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
5. Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny!
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $6.99, 9780375872808
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $5.99, 9780375827785
8. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
10. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $8.99, 9780061074295
13. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
14. The Golden Egg Book
Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illus.), Golden, $8.99, 9780375827174
15. Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061703799
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. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
New in Series: The Last Hope (9780061555275)
7. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE COLDEST NIGHT: A Novel of Love & War by Robert Olmstead (Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616200435) “In The Coldest Night, Olmstead tells the story of Henry Childs and his first love, his run from its failure into the brutality of the Korean War, and his scarred return home. Reading Olmstead is like eating a meal put together with a minimum number of ingredients that have lovingly been transformed into something amazing and truly satisfying. Olmstead is an author every lover of words should read, and this new novel is a great place to start.” -- Lisa Sharp, Nightbird Books, Fayetteville, AR
DUST TO DUST: A Memoir by Benjamin Busch (Ecco, $26.99, 9780062014849) “In this powerful memoir, Busch muses on life both concrete and abstract. He traces his life — as a boy, a marine, a son, a father, an actor — through a prism of materials: stone, ash, water, blood, and bone. Each chapter is a different view into the same life, taking us deeper and deeper, letting us up to breathe, then pulling us back down to the heart of things. No matter if he’s rebuilding a farmhouse in Michigan or training marines in North Carolina, Busch focuses completely on the moment and takes us there, and then connects us back to the wide world. A book to savor, to appreciate, and to be changed by.” -- Kate Reynolds, Colgate Bookstore, Hamilton, NY
Paperback
THE SLEEPY HOLLOW FAMILY ALMANAC: A Novel by Kris D’Agostino (Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565129511) “Kris D’Agostino has penned a modern, dysfunctional family classic that tears away the melodrama that is found too often in the genre. The story of the Morettis’ triumphs and tragedies is written with such a gritty, raw, visceral style, it leaves the reader shaken. Seldom does a book paint such a bleak picture of modern American home life while still, at its core, such a warm and caring heart and soul. Much like Calvin Moretti as the result of his trials and tribulations, this book will change you in ways you never expected.” -- Matt Falvey, Next Chapter Bookshop, Mequon, WI
For Teen Readers
THE FALSE PRINCE by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9780545284134) “Led by the intimidating but brilliant Connor, four orphans are forced to compete for the essential role in a treasonous plot — that of impersonating the long-disappeared Prince Jaron of Carthya. Set in the Middle Ages, this tale invites readers to follow 15-year-old Sage, a defiant and witty orphan, through a twisted, dangerous, and all-consuming journey that, if unsuccessful, will result in his death. Full of suspense and dark humor, The False Prince is a compelling read. I look forward to Book Two.” -- Stephenie McCollum, Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa, CA
