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BESTSELLERS
Aug 13 - 19, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 16, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 12, 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
#11-The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman (9781451681734)
#14-The Dog Stars, by Peter Heller (9780307959942)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-Dearie, by Bob Spitz (9780307272225)
Children’s Interest
#6-Liar & Spy, by Rebecca Stead (9780385737432)
#10-When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (9780375850868)
Children’s Illustrated
#15-Kindergarten, Here I Come! By D.J. Steinberg (9780448456249)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee (Origami Yoda) by Tom Angleberger (9781419703928)
New: Nevermore (Maximum Ride) by James Patterson (9780316101844)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
3. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
5. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
6. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
7. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
8. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
9. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
10. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
11. The Light Between Oceans- Debut
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
12. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
13. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194
14. The Dog Stars- Debut
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
15. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
3. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
4. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
5. Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child- Debut
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
6. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
7. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
8. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
9. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
10. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
11. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
13. The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694
14. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434
15. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
ON THE RISE:
17. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091
A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.

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 Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
7. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
9. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
11. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
12. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
14. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
ON THE RISE:
16. The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Plume, $16, 9780452297906
The first book in Adler-Olsen's Department Q crime fiction series.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
4. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
5. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
7. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
8. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
9. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
11. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
12. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
13. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
15. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
6. Liar & Spy- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511
10. When You Reach Me- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
12. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424
13. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562
14. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
15. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268

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 the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
8. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866
9. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
11. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
15. Kindergarten, Here I Come!- Debut
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249

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 (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
New in Series: The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee (9781419703928)
6. Maximum Ride (hardcover and paperback)
James Patterson, Little Brown
New in Series: Nevermore (9780316101844)
7. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
VENGEANCE: A Novel by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt, $26, 9780805094398) “If you haven’t yet discovered Benjamin Black (a.k.a. John Banville) and his marvelous creation, Dr. Quirke, then you are missing some first-rate writing and entertainment. Vengeance is the fourth in a series set in Dublin in the late 1950s featuring the good doctor, a somewhat grumpy pathologist, and his drinking and sleuthing companion Inspector Detective Hackett. Quirke is a flawed man of many weaknesses, yet he manages to be in a state of permanent self-deprecation that he takes as a sign of virtue, and that makes him an irresistible and believable character.” -- Darwin Ellis, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

YOU AND ME: A Novel by Padgett Powell (Ecco, $23.99, 9780062126139) “Experience the utter joy of shooting the breeze on the porch with a couple of crotchety, intelligent old codgers. Inventive, funny, and profound, Powell turns phrases like a dervish in this Southern-styled ersatz retelling of Waiting for Godot. A wonderful book that perfectly captures kicking back and trying to make sense of the crazy world streaming by.” -- Josh Cook, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA

Paperback
IF JACK’S IN LOVE: A Novel by Stephen Wetta (Berkley, $15, 9780425247785) “Jack Witcher's voice is one of the most heartbreaking I've heard in a long time. He's 12 going on 13 and in love with Myra Joyner. When Myra's brother goes missing and Jack's older brother, Stan, becomes the leading suspect in the disappearance, Jack's world starts to unravel. Not that he ever had it very good: his father is unemployed and hangs around the house watching soap operas; his brother is a pot-smoking 'hippie freak' with a terrible temper; and his mother is trying to understand why her family is the laughingstock of the town. Wetta has written a coming-of-age novel set in 1967 that is at once dark, witty, and charming.” -- Ken Favell, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI

For Teen Readers
PUSHING THE LIMITS by Katie McGarry (Harlequin Teen, $17.99, 9780373210497) “I picked up this book and thought, ‘Oh, please save us from another typical high school romance story’ and that is exactly what Katie McGarry has done. Told from the alternating perspectives of Echo — a girl with physical and emotional scars bespeaking a past she cannot remember — and Noah — a self-important fringe-walking bad boy who doesn’t need anyone — this novel is expertly crafted and wholly believable. Sophisticated teens rejoice! Here’s the number-one book on your summer ‘must read’ list!” -- Andrea Greenlee, Page One Bookstore, Albuquerque, NM