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BESTSELLERS
Sept 10 - Sept 16, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 13, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 9, 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-NW, by Zadie Smith (9781594203978)
#4-The Time Keeper, by Mitch Albom (9781401322786)
#11-Garment of Shadows, by Laurie R. King (9780553807998)
#14-Zoo, by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (9780316097444)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-No Easy Day, by Mark Owen (9780525953722)
#11-Wheat Belly, by William Davis (9781609611545)
#13-Happier at Home, by Gretchen Rubin (9780307886781)
#14-The Party Is Over, by Mike Lofgren (9780670026265)
Paperback Fiction
#6-The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (9781250014764)
Paperback Nonfiction
#3-The Swerve, by Stephen J. Greenblatt (9780393343403)
#15-F for Effort! by Richard Benson (9781452113227)
Mass Market
#10-Red Mist, by Patricia Cornwell (9780425250433)
Children=E2=80=99s Interest
#4-Drama, by Raina Telgemeier (9780545326995)
#6-Star Wars Origami, by Chris Alexander (9780761169437)
Children=E2=80=99s Illustrated
#4-Llama Llama Time to Share, by Anna Dewdney (9780670012336)
#5-Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems (9780062104182)
#11-The Monsters' Monster, by Patrick McDonnell (9780316045476)
#13-My Brave Year of Firsts, by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.) (9780061441554)
#15-Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin, James Dean
(Illus.) (9780061906220)
_________________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
2. NW: A Novel- Debut
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
3. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
4. The Time Keeper- Debut
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
5. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
7. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
8. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
9. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
10. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
11. Garment of Shadows- Debut
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $26, 9780553807998
12. The Dog Stars
Peter Heller, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307959942
13. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper, $26.99, 9780062188502
14. Zoo- Debut
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097444
15. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
ON THE RISE:
20. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. A September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden- Debut
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
4. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
5. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
6. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
7. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
8. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
D.T. Max, Viking, $27.95, 9780670025923
9. Double Cross
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
10. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $24, 9781451691542
11. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path
Back to Health- Debut
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
12. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
13. Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life- Debut Gretchen Rubin, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307886781
14. The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted- Debut Mike Lofgren, Viking, $25.95, 9780670026265
15. How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
ON THE RISE:
21. The Secret Race
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle, Bantam, $28, 9780345530417 An insightful look at the world of professional cycling and the doping issue surrounding the sport.
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. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
6. The Marriage Plot- Debut
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
7. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
8. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
9. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
10. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
11. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
12. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
13. The Tiger's Wife T=C3=A9a Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
15. A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
3. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern- Debut
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
4. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
5. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
6. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
7. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
9. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
10. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
11. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
12. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
13. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
14. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
15. F for Effort! More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers-
Debut
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
ON THE RISE:
18. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441 Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
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. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
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. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. Red Mist- Debut
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
2. The Empty City
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
4. Drama- Debut
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
5. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
6. Star Wars Origami- Debut
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
8. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
10. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887
11. Lincoln's Last Days
Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Holt, $19.99, 9780805096750
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99,
9780316013697
13. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
14. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
15. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
4. Llama Llama Time to Share- Debut
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336
5. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs- Debut
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
7. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908

9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99,
9780811877824
11. The Monsters' Monster- Debut
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341 1
3. My Brave Year of Firsts: Tries, Sighs, and High Fives- Debut
Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061441554
14. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
15. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes- Debut
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061906220
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. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
4. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
5. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
8. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 1
0. Lorien Legacies (hardcover and paperback)
Pittacus Lore, Harper

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
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Hardcover
THE OTHER WOMAN by Hank Phillipi Ryan (Forge, $24.99, 9780765332578)  Political scandals, power plays, and deception the twists and turns in this first of a new series will leave you gasping and wanting more. Jane Ryland, a rising young reporter, is scarred from the fallout of protecting a source, but she still delves into the biggest story gripping Boston: Who is killing young women and leaving them under bridges, and why? And just who is the  other woman? Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity award-winner Ryan's writing is compelling, and her insight into the characters creates a gripping page-turner that will leave you eager for the next chapter in the life of Jane Ryland. -- Joan Lang, Front Street Book Shop, Scituate Harbor, MA

THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID: A Novel by Shani Boianjiu (Hogarth, $24, 9780307955951) An utterly explosive debut, this novel in stories follows three young women who serve in the Israeli army, and it is not for the faint of heart. Boianjiu is not interested in preaching politics or rehashing battle scenes as a lesser writer might; she sticks to her characters, tracing their often uncertain progress toward adulthood. There are no pat endings here. The army, compulsory to Israeli citizens, is not, after all, some summer camp. No matter how you feel about the conflicts that Boianjiu describes, you will be riveted by her fresh perspective on them -- Danielle DuBois Diamond, Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX

Paperback
I MARRIED YOU FOR HAPPINESS: A Novel by Lily Tuck (Grove Press, $14, 9780802145918) Lily Tuck's new novel is a gem. Sitting beside the body of her husband who has died unexpectedly while she was making dinner, Nina spends the whole night with his body, remembering their marriage of 43 years -- the early years as well as the highlights, both the good and the difficult. Written with honesty by a woman who clearly understands relationships and all of the intimacies and secrets that go along with marriage, this is a novel to be savored -- Penny McConnel, Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT

For Ages 4 to 8
MAYA MAKES A MESS by Rutu Modan (Toon, $12.95, 9781935179177) Modan brings her Eisner Award-winning talents to emerging readers in this graphic novel. Maya's parents don't like her messy table manners, so what will the queen think? Well, it turns out that the queen is willing to offer allowances for a guest and declares the evening one of messy manners. The result is ridiculous and hysterical, perfect for messy eaters and those who are forbidden to have their own fun at the table -- Marika McCoola, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA