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BESTSELLERS
June 4 - June 10, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, June 7, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 3, 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
#5-Istanbul Passage, by Joseph Kanon (9781439156414)
#10-A Blaze of Glory, by Jeff Shaara (9780345527356)
#13-The Yard, by Alex Grecian (9780399149542)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-American Grown, by Michelle Obama (9780307956026)
#8-Cronkite, by Douglas Brinkley (9780061374265)
Paperback Fiction
#6-The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes (9780307947727)
#12-Maine, by J. Courtney Sullivan (9780307742216)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-Lost in Shangri-La, by Mitchell Zuckoff (9780061988356)
#10-The Eighty-Dollar Champion, by Elizabeth Letts (9780345521095)
#15-Blue Nights, by Joan Didion (9780307387387)
Children’s Interest
#15-The Candymakers, by Wendy Mass (9780316002592)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
2. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126
3. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
4. Home
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $24, 9780307594167
5. Istanbul Passage- Debut
Joseph Kanon, Atria, $26, 9781439156414
6. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
7. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
9. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25, 9780345521309
10. A Blaze of Glory- Debut
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $28, 9780345527356
11. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
12. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447
13. The Yard- Debut
Alex Grecian, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399149542
14. Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157684
15. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
4. American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America- Debut
Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026
5. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
6. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
7. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
8. Cronkite- Debut
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265
9. It Worked For Me
Colin Powell, Tony Koltz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062135124
10. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Paul Hildebrandt (Illus.), Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429
11. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
12. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
13. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
14. This Is How
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554
15. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313

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
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
5. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
6. The Sense of an Ending- Debut
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
7. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
8. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
9. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
10. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
11. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
12. Maine- Debut
J. Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
13. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
14. The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481
15. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681

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. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
4. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773
5. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
6. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
8. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756
9. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II- Debut
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356
10. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation- Debut
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
11. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
12. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
13. Nothing Daunted
Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597
14. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
15. Blue Nights- Debut
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387

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. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
6. Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527738
7. The Affair
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246305
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307742537

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
5. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
6. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
8. Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Dial, $19.99, 9780803734739
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
11. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
12. We Are in a Book!
Mo Willems, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781423133087
13. Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719
14. Railsea
China Miéville, Del Rey, $18, 9780345524522
15. The Candymakers- Debut
Wendy Mass, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316002592

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
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. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
11. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062110589
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
14. Press Here
Herve Tullet, Chronicle, $15.99, 9780811879545
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. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (hardcover and paperback)
Michael Scott, Delacorte
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society (hardcover and paperback)
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE BIRD SAVIORS: A Novel by William J Cobb (Unbridled Books, $25.95, 9781609530709) “Set in the not-so-distant future, The Bird Saviors takes place in a destitute southern Colorado town where the characters are as damaged as the environment. Although stark and cruel, Cobb’s tale has enough scenes of dark humor and irony to keep the reader turning the pages. He also allows us to discover the amazing warmth that lies hidden beneath the grim exterior of some remarkable and memorable characters.” -- Joni Montover, Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX

A LADY CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO KASHGAR: A Novel by Suzanne Joinson (Bloomsbury USA, $26, 9781608198115) “Two worlds collide with the discovery of a mysterious inheritance. On one side of the globe in the 1920s, three young women embark on an adventure along the famous Silk Road. On the other side of the world in present day London, two young strangers bond over a beautiful illustration with a history. Decades of family tradition and mystery become unraveled as the stories come crashing together.” -- Morgan Kiedrowski, Next Chapter Bookshop, Mequon, WI

Paperback
FREEMAN: A Novel by Leonard Pitts (Agate Bolden, $16, 9781932841640) “As the Civil War ends, many broken lives await their own personal reconstruction. Pitts weaves together the stories of former slaves seeking family members from whom they were long separated, abolitionists opening a school to educate Southern blacks for a new life, and defeated, still angry Confederate soldiers. The characters are multi-dimensional and the historical detail is astonishingly accurate. Freeman is an engrossing, moving read and an original portrayal of a pivotal time in our nation’s history.” -- Terri Weiner, Village Books, Bellingham, WA

For Teen Reader
THE WICKED AND THE JUST by J. Anderson Coats (Harcourt Children’s Books, $16.99, 9780547688374) “This is one of the best young adult titles I have read in a long, long, time. The setting is clearly evoked, the unlikable narrator gradually becomes sympathetic, and the message of the book is that juxtaposition of masters and servants, haves and have-nots, slaves and free, has happened throughout history and is still happening. The concerns, politics, and emotions of a young woman in 13th century England are not nearly as foreign to our time and world as one might think.” -- Robert McDonald, The Book Stall At Chestnut, Winnetka, IL