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BESTSELLERS
July 23 - July 29, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, July 26, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 22, 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
#2-The Fallen Angel, by Daniel Silva (9780062073129)
#7-Creole Belle, by James Lee Burke (9781451648133)
#11-The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian (9780385534796)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#10-Monkey Mind, by Daniel Smith (9781439177303)
Paperback Nonfiction
#8-To Heaven and Back, by Mary C. Neal (9780307731715)
Children’s Interest
#3-The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, by Chris Colfer (9780316201575)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
2. The Fallen Angel- Debut
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
3. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
5. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
6. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
7. Creole Belle- Debut
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133
8. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
9. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977
10. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282
11. The Sandcastle Girls- Debut
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
12. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
14. Gold
Chris Cleave, S&S, $27, 9781451672725
15. In One Person
John Irving, S&S, $28, 9781451664126

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
3. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
4. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
5. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
6. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
8. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
9. The Presidents Club
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.5, 9781439127704
10. Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety- Debut
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
11. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
12. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
13. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
14. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
15. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
ON THE RISE:
20. Dream Team
Jack McCallum, Ballantine, $28, 9780345520487
McCallum delivers an insightful look at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team.

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. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
5. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
6. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
7. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
9. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
10. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
11. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
12. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
13. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
ON THE RISE:
16. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907
Book one in Day's erotic Crossfire series.

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. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
4. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
7. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
8. To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again-Debut
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
9. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
10. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
11. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
12. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253
13. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
14. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
15. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
ON THE RISE:
17. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
With humor and insight Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself.

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 Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell- Debut
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
4. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
6. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
8. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
9. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562
10. Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult, Samantha Van Leer, Emily Bestler Books, $19.99, 9781451635751
11. Chomp
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375868429
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99, 9780316013697
13. Big Nate Fun Blaster
Lincoln Peirce, Lincoln Peirce (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062090454
14. Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction
One Direction, Harper, $12.99, 9780062213426
15. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027
3. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
9. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
10. Where's Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634995
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
14. Ladybug Girl and Bingo
Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803735828
15. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341

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. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
6. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott, Delacorte

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
SOME KIND OF PEACE by Camilla Grebe and Asa Traff, Paul Norlen (Trans.) (Free Press, $24, 9781451654592) “The intensity of Scandinavian crime fiction, its intimacy and human scale, is impressively on display in this novel by Swedish sisters Grebe and Traff. I often feel freezing when reading a thriller from the North, but from the very first page, this compelling fiction paints a warm and lively portrait of a Swedish summer, its beauty and lighthearted spirit, its customary celebrations — so ironic a background for a dark, wrenching, and compelling story.” -- Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ

INTO THE DARKET CORNER: A Novel by Elizabeth Haynes (Harper, $25.99, 9780062197252) “Catherine Bailey was a vibrant and outgoing young woman until she met Lee — the one she thought was her dream man. After a devastatingly abusive relationship that almost killed her, she became a complete introvert, driven by OCD and scarred by PTSD. Just as she begins a new relationship with her wonderfully understanding neighbor and makes progress dealing with her compulsions, she starts seeing Lee out of the corner of her eye and things in her apartment start feeling out of place. Has he returned, or is she imagining things? A brilliant and exciting thriller!” -- Nichole McCown, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Paperback
A GOOD HARD LOOK: A Novel of Flannery O’Connor, by Ann Napolitano (Penguin, $16, 9780143121152) “Although Flannery O'Connor's literary and personal history has been well examined, Napolitano shows an exquisite ability to capture the essence of mid-20th century Georgia and the fictional characters that O’Connor created. Some novelists might have been tempted to emulate her Southern Gothic style; Napolitano treads lightly in this field, letting tragedy work where it best fits. She captures both the joys and weaknesses of O’Connor’s characters in a parallel to the beloved author’s belief that it is difficult to distinguish between blessings and curses. A Good Hard Look is an artful novel that is as electrifying as O’Connor’s peacocks and as magnetic as her life.” -- Bill Threlfall, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

For Ages 9 to 12
A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Roddy Doyle (Amulet, $16.95, 9781419701689) “One day as 12-year-old Mary walks home from school, she meets a mysterious woman who seems to appear out of nowhere. The woman looks young, but seems old, and her name is Tansey, which, as it happens, is the name of Mary’s long-dead great-grandmother. Tansey says she has a message for Mary’s granny. And so, impossibly, four generations of women embark on a midnight road trip to revisit the farm that made them who they are. Doyle’s delightful story is charming, witty, and poignant, a surprisingly fresh generational tale that mothers and daughters will want to share!” -- Megan Graves, Hooray for Books!, Alexandria, VA