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BESTSELLERS
Apr 16 - Apr 22, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, April 19, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 15, 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-Calico Joe, by John Grisham (9780385536073)
#10-The Lifeboat, by Charlotte Rogan (9780316185905)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-The Social Conquest of Earth, by Edward Osborne Wilson (9780871404138)
#10-A Natural Woman, by Carole King (9781455512614)
#14-Drop Dead Healthy, by A.J. Jacobs (9781416599074)
Paperback Fiction
#14-The American Heiress, by Daisy Goodwin (9780312658663)
Children’s Illustrated
#9-Tickle Time! by Sandra Boynton (9780761168836)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
by Trenton Lee Stewart (9780316176194)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Calico Joe- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
4. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
5. Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
7. Beastly Things
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802120236
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
9. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
10. The Lifeboat- Debut
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
11. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
12. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
13. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
14. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
15. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Delacorte, $26, 9780385344227
ON THE RISE:
17. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199
Rash's lyrical, heart-rending novel of a doomed love affair caught in the turmoil of a nation at war 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. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
5. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
6. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
7. The Social Conquest of Earth- Debut
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138
8. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
9. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
10. A Natural Woman: A Memoir- Debut
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614
11. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
12. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
13. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349
14. Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection- Debut
A.J. Jacobs, S&S, $26, 9781416599074
15. The Blood Sugar Solution
Mark Hyman M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370
ON THE RISE:
19. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Clint Hill, Gallery, $26, 9781451648447
A memoir by the former Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
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 Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
6. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
7. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
8. The Troubled Man
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307477408
9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
10. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
11. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
12. Drawing Conclusions
Donna Leon, Penguin, $15, 9780143120643
13. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
14. The American Heiress- Debut
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663
15. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
5. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
6. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
7. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
8. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
9. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
10. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
11. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
12. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
13. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
14. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438
15. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

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 Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307949509
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
2. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
3. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
5. Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
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 Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545457828
9. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
11. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892
12. The World of the Hunger Games
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545425124
13. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
14. The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545422901
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
3. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379
4. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
9. Tickle Time!- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761168836
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. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
13. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
14. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061703812
15. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545

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. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
New in Series: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (9780316176194)
6. Warriors (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Harper
7. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. The 39 Clues (hardcover)
Peter Lerangis, et al., Scholastic

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
ANGELMAKER: A Novel by Nick Harkaway (Knopf, $26.95, 9780307595959) “Joe Spork actively resists becoming a gangster like his dad. He knows he’s missing something in his life as a law-abiding clockmaker, but can’t quite put his finger on it. Reluctantly, he agrees to do a job for a friend from the shadier spots of his past and unknowingly turns on a machine that just might end the world as we know it. What follows is an escalating escapade into a world of mad scientists, a religious cult, secret agents, a death czar, covert government bureaucrats, swarms of golden bees, and gangsters galore. Angelmaker is an imaginative romp, another delightful story from the curious mind of Nick Harkaway.” -- Hannah Johnson-Breimeier, Next Chapter Bookshop, Mequon, WI

THE BOOK OF MADNESS AND CURES: A Novel by Regina O’Melveny (Little, Brown & Company, $25.99, 9780316195836) “Gabriella lived in Venice, where women in the 16th century had roles strictly limited by the church and custom. Gabriella was her father’s protégé, however, and he taught her to follow in his footsteps as a physician, a role usually not allowed women. Then her father disappeared. After awaiting his return and forbidden to practice in his absence, Gabriella follows in her father’s footsteps once again, this time on an epic adventure across Europe and into Africa to bring him home. An unforgettable debut!” -- Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books, Sunriver, OR

Paperback
GRACE: A Novel by T. Greenwood (Kensington, $15, 9780758250926) “I dare you to read the first chapter of this book and then try to set it aside. It’s impossible not to devour the mystery of why Kurt aims his rifle at the back of his only son’s head. As their story unfolds you will understand and sympathize with each character. Grace is a thriller, a heartbreaking account of bullying, and a beautiful story about an imperfect family and the love that must save them all.” -- Cathy Allard, BayShore Books, Oconto, WI

For Ages 9 to 12
DREAMSLEEVES by Coleen Murtagh Paratore (Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545310208) “Aislinn has a lot of responsibility including taking care of her younger siblings instead of enjoying the summer before eighth grade and spending time with friends. She also has a dad whose drinking problem is getting worse. The best thing about Aislinn, though, is that she knows how to dream and she knows what she wants. She decides to put her dreams on her sleeve for all to see and for all to help her achieve. A touching story full of inspiration and hope.” -- Lisa Fabiano, Wellesley Books, Wellesley, MA