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BESTSELLERS
Sept 24 - Sept 30, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, September 27, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 23, 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
#1-Winter of the World, by Ken Follett (9780525952923)
#15-San Miguel, by T.C. Boyle (9780670026241)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-Joseph Anton: A Memoir, by Salman Rushdie (9780812992786)
#8-The Oath, by Jeffrey Toobin (9780385527200)
#12-I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, by Sylvie Simmons (9780061994982)
#13-How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough (9780547564654)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-Eat to Live, by Joel Fuhrman (9780316120913)
#9-Catherine the Great, by Robert K. Massie (9780345408778)
#11-Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (9780307886279)
Mass Market
#5-Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett (9780451232854)
#10-Eat to Live, by Joel Fuhrman (9780316206648)
Children’s Interest
#1-The Diviners, by Libba Bray (9780316126113)
#5-The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater (9780545424929)
Children’s Illustrated
#13-Mossy, by Jan Brett (9780399257827)
#15-Goodnight Goon, by Michael Rex (9780399260117)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Winter of the World- Debut
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
2. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
3. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
4. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
6. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
7. NW: A Novel
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
8. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
9. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
10. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
11. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
12. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
13. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
14. The Bartender's Tale
Ivan Doig, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594487354
15. San Miguel- Debut
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670026241
ON THE RISE:
17. The Malice of Fortune
Michael Ennis, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385536318
This epic historical mystery set in Renaissance Italy is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
2. Joseph Anton: A Memoir- Debut
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
3. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
4. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
5. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
6. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
7. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
8. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court- Debut
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
9. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
10. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
11. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
12. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen- Debut
Sylvie Simmons, Ecco Press, $27.99, 9780061994982
13. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character- Debut
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
14. Dearie
Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225
15. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
ON THE RISE:
23. The Black Count
Tom Reiss, Crown, $27, 9780307382467
This stunning look at the life of General Alex Dumas is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.

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 Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
6. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
7. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
9. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
11. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
12. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
13. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
3. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
4. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
5. Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss- Debut
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913
6. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441
7. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
9. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman- Debut
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
10. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)- Debut
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
12. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
13. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
14. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
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. Fall of Giants- Debut
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433
10. Eat to Live- Debut
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316206648

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Diviners- Debut
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
3. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
4. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
5. The Raven Boys- Debut
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545424929
6. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
7. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
8. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432
9. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
10. Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719
11. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
12. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
13. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697
14. The Empty City
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560
15. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Llama Llama Time to Share
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336
4. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
7. Room on the Broom Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Sheffler (Illus.), Dial, $6.99, 9780803738416
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Bear Has a Story to Tell
Philip Christian Stead, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596437456
10. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476
11. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
13. Mossy- Debut
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827
14. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
15. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody- Debut
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117

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. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
4. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Origami Yoda (hardcover and paperback)
Tom Angleberger, Amulet
7. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
8. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
10. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THOSE WE LOVE MOST: A Novel by Lee Woodruff (Voice, $26.99, 9781401341787) “Woodruff tackles a tough subject in Those We Love Most. The marriage of Maura and Pete was rocky before the tragic death of one of their children. Maura can’t get past her grief and guilt from the accident and is struggling to be a mother to her remaining children and a wife to Pete. Her parents, Roger and Margaret, are the epitome of a strong marriage, or so it seems. Can Roger’s compassion and Margaret’s level head steer this family out of grief? Can a marriage survive such a loss? A delicate subject is treated with poise and dignity.” --
Kerri Childs, Kerri’s Korner Bookstore, Fairmont, WV

THE REVISED FUNDAMENTALS OF CAREGIVING: A Novel by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616200398) “What a heartfelt journey we travel in this capriciously tragic story of Benjamin Benjamin Jr., caregiver extraordinaire. His charge, Trev, is a 19-year-old suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or, as Ben describes him, ‘a pretzel with a perfectly healthy imagination.’ Ben is suffering, too. He is trying to recover from a personal tragedy that has left him without a family or a job. To read this book is to be in a constant, conflicting state between tears and laughter.” -- Lynn Riggs, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI

Paperback
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR by Karl Marlantes (Grove Press, $15, 9780802145925) “This is a courageous, noble, and intelligent grapple with myth, history, and spirituality that beautifully elevates the conversation on the role of the military in today’s world. Marlantes volunteers his knowledge and experience (and really, his soul) to the cause of crafting the model of a just and ethical warrior in the 21st century. The long-overdue reckoning that Marlantes’ novel Matterhorn deftly demanded of America is enhanced and extended with this new work. It is an emotional, honest, and affecting primer for all Americans on war and the national psyche. We ignore this book at our own peril.” -- Ed Conklin, Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA

For Teen Readers
KATERINA’S WISH by Jeannie Mobley (Margaret K. McElderry Books, $15.99, 9781442433434) “Life in a turn-of-the-century Colorado coal town means relentless work and little reward for 13-year-old Katerina and her immigrant family. Reminded of a folktale about a wish-granting fish, Trina casts a few wishes of her own when she sees a carp in a nearby pond. New hair ribbons and a favorite dessert appear, so does she dare wish for the impossible? A farm? A brighter future? Trina discovers that wishes can come true with a little magic and a whole lot of moxie. I’m wishing for a sequel to this absolutely wonderful debut novel!” -- Julie Shimada, Maria’s Bookshop, Durango, CO