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BESTSELLERS
Aug 20 - 26, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 23, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 19, 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-Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple (9780316204279)
#12-The Kingmaker's Daughter, by Philippa Gregory (9781451626070)
#14-In the Shadow of the Banyan, by Vaddey Ratner (9781451657708)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#7-I Could Pee on This, by Francesco Marciuliano (9781452110585)
#12-Paris: A Love Story, by Kati Marton (9781451691542)
Paperback Fiction
#11-Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell (9780375507250)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Demigod Diaries (The Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan (9781423163008)
New: The Kill Order (The Maze Runner) by James Dashner (9780385742887)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
3. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
4. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
5. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
6. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
7. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
9. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
10. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
11. Where'd You Go, Bernadette- Debut
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
12. The Kingmaker's Daughter- Debut
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781451626070
13. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
14. In the Shadow of the Banyan- Debut
Vaddey Ratner, S&S, $25, 9781451657708
15. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
3. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
4. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
5. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
6. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
7. I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats- Debut
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
8. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
10. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
11. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
12. Paris: A Love Story- Debut
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542
13. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
14. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
15. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
ON THE RISE:
22. Teach Your Children Well
Madeline Levine, Harper, $26.99, 9780061824746
Levine confronts the real issues behind the way we push some of our kids to the breaking point while dismissing the talents and interests of many others.

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. 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. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
10. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
11. Cloud Atlas- Debut
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
12. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
13. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
15. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848

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. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
4. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
5. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
6. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
7. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
9. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
10. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
11. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
12. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
13. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
14. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
15. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187

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

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
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
4. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
6. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
8. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511
10. When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868
11. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
12. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562
13. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
15. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424

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. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249
8. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
9. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425009
10. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866
11. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
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. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Demigod Diaries (9781423163008)
4. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
New in Series: The Kill Order (9780385742887)
6. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS: A Novel by Margaret Dilloway (Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399157752) “Galilee Garner needs a kidney transplant. At 31, single, and teaching science in a private school, she breeds roses for pleasure. Dialysis every other day and her roses keep her life busy and organized. Then her 15-year-old niece shows up at school needing a place to live, and turns Galilee’s life upside down. No longer able to think only of herself, she must come to terms with her responsibilities, and eventually realizes that change is inevitable, and could even be for the better!” -- Beth Carpenter, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC

HOME IS A ROOF OVER A PIG: An American Family’s Journey in China by Aminta Arrington
(Overlook Press, $26.95, 9781590208991) “Few authors are able to take us inside the daily lives of the Chinese people and turn a spotlight on both the shades of difference between our societies and, perhaps more surprising, the similarities. Love of family, desires for the future, and hope for growth and advancement are themes found in these pages. But so, too, are the pain of generational gaps, fear of change, and interpersonal prejudices that still lead to harshness and even violence. If you want to look through a window at the real China of today, this is the book to read.” -- Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA

Paperback
WHAT LANGUAGE IS: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be, by John McWhorter (Gotham, $16, 9781592407200) “This is a light-hearted investigation into how linguists view language. From languages that change tone for different tenses to languages that do not have any regular verbs, this is an entertaining foray into what language is and what it is not. I look forward to reading more from this talented linguist.” -- Fran Wilson, Colorado State University Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO

For Ages 4 to 8
LAUNDRY DAY by Maurie J. Manning (Clarion, $16.99, 9780547241968) “When a little shoe-shine boy finds a red scarf, he tries to return it to its owner, by climbing higher and higher up the fire escape of an apartment building in his search. On his way, he meets immigrants from all over the world and receives a friendly ‘hello’ from each. Manning’s use of graphic novel panels perfectly captures the movement of her busy story, while dynamic angles allow readers to take in every aspect of the city. A wonderful exploration of diversity and a celebration of a neighborhood.” -- Marika McCoola, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA