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BESTSELLERS
May 14 - May 20, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, May 17, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 13, 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-Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel (9780805090031)
#2-In One Person, by John Irving (9781451664126)
#3-Home, by Toni Morrison (9780307594167)
#11-11th Hour, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (9780316097499)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-I Am a Pole (and So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert (9781455523429)
#13-This Is How, by Augusten Burroughs (9780312563554)
#14-When Women Were Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams (9780374288976)
Paperback Fiction
#4-State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett (9780062049810)
Paperback Nonfiction
#6-Mom, by Dave Isay (Ed.) (9780143118800)
Mass Market
#10-Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith (9781455510184)
Children’s Illustrated
#12-The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Mom! by Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain (9780062075475)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare (9781442416864)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Bring Up the Bodies- Debut
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
2. In One Person- Debut
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
3. Home- Debut
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
4. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
5. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
6. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447
7. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
8. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
9. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
10. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
11. 11th Hour- Debut
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097499
12. The Wind Through the Keyhole
Stephen King, Scribner, $27, 9781451658903
13. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
14. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
15. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
3. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
5. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)- Debut
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429
6. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
7. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
8. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
10. End This Depression Now!
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
11. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
13. This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More- Debut
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's Press, $24.99, 9780312563554
14. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice- Debut
Terry Tempest Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976
15. A Natural Woman
Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
4. State of Wonder- Debut
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
6. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
7. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
8. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
9. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
10. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
11. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
12. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
13. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
14. The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99, 9780061579059
15. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
3. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
4. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
5. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $16, 9780812980950
6. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps- Debut
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $14, 9780143118800
7. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
9. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
10. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
11. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622
12. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
13. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
14. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
15. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
ON THE RISE:
17. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756
Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.

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. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. Buried Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425247891
10. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter- Debut
Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455510184

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
2. Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
4. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
8. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
9. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
11. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
12. Dead End in Norvelt
Jack Gantos, FSG, $15.99, 9780374379933
13. Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423143437
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
15. Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99, 9780545027892

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Ladybug Girl and Bingo
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828
5. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $15.99, 9781423151289
6. Bumble-Ardy
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780062051981
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. In the Night Kitchen
Maurice Sendak, HarperTrophy, $7.95, 9780064434362
9. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062110589
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
11. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
12. The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Mom!- Debut
Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain, HarperFestival, $3.99, 9780062075475
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
14. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
15. The Lorax
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14.95, 9780394823379

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. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
4. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
5. Mortal Instruments (hardcover and paperback)
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
New in Series: City of Lost Souls (9781442416864)
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Big Nate (hardcover and paperback)
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
9. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown
10. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
BOLETO: A Novel by Alyson Hagy (Graywolf Press, $24, 9781555976125) “Will Testerman is a horse whisperer who journeys from rodeo to dude ranch to the polo fields searching for his niche in the world. That sounds simple and classic, but this story of a young cowboy and his horse brings the currents that roil beneath the surface of Western calm into the light of dawn. Original and beautifully told.” -- Laura DeLaney, The Rediscovered Bookshop, Boise, ID

THE UNINVITED GUESTS: A Novel by Sadie Jones (Harper, $24.99, 9780062116505) “This is a comedy of manners in an Edwardian family manor in the English countryside that quickly spins into a zany tale of people who are not who they appear to be or even who they think they are. Its many twists and turns keep the reader amused and completely intrigued. A delightful romp!” -- Karen T. Harris, Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Vineyard Haven, MA

Paperback
THE BOOK LOVER: A Novel by Maryann McFadden (Three Women Press, $14.99, 9780984867103)
“This is the story of small-town bookseller Ruth Hardaway, who’s done everything possible to hold onto her store, from pawning her dead mother’s jewelry to selling books at the local prison. When she discovers unknown novelist Lucy Barrett, the women forge a fast friendship and inspire each other to hang onto their dreams. When a secret manuscript is discovered, both their friendship and their dreams are put to the ultimate test. The Book Lover takes you into the heart and soul of the book world with characters you will come to love. It is the most honest story about the world of books that I have ever read.” -- Rob Dougherty, Clinton Book Shop, Clinton, NJ

For Teen Readers
I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga (Little, Brown Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316125840) “Growing up the son of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers, 17-year-old Jasper ‘Jazz’ Dent has an intimate understanding of how killers think, and sometimes it scares him just how much he knows. Determined to use his knowledge for good, Jazz tries — uninvited — to help the local police solve a murder. When the bodies start to pile up, and it becomes clear that the town has another serial killer on its hands, Jazz realizes he has put himself and his friends in harm’s way. Fast-paced, funny, and utterly original, I Hunt Killers marks the start of an electric new teen series.” -- David Mallmann, Next Chapter Bookshop, Mequon, WI