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BESTSELLERS
Sept 24 - Sept 30, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 4, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 30, 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-The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling (9780316228534)
#13-Sutton, by J.R. Moehringer (9781401323141)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-Waging Heavy Peace, by Neil Young (9780399159466)
Paperback Fiction
#13-The Shoemaker's Wife, by Adriana Trigiani (9780061257100)
Paperback Nonfiction
#14-The Chew, by Mario Batali, Gordon Elliott, et al. (9781401311063)
Children’s Interest
#10-Dodger, by Terry Pratchett (9780062009494)
#14-Starry River of the Sky, by Grace Lin (9780316125956)
Children’s Illustrated
#11-Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.) (9781442402973)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: Under Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles) by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), (9780062024718)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Casual Vacancy- Debut
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
2. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
3. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
4. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
6. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333
7. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
8. NW
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
9. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
10. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
11. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
12. The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655464
13. Sutton- Debut
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $27.99, 9781401323141
14. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
15. San Miguel
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $27.95, 9780670026241

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
3. Waging Heavy Peace- Debut
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
4. Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
5. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
6. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
7. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
8. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
9. The Oath
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
10. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
11. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
12. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
13. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
14. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
15. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061994982
ON THE RISE:
17. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Jen Campbell, Overlook, $15, 9781468301281
A celebration of bookstores, large and small, in the U.S., U.K., and Canada.

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 Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
6. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
9. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
11. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
12. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
13. The Shoemaker's Wife- Debut
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $15.99, 9780061257100
14. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
15. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077

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. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
5. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
6. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
7. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
9. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
10. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
12. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
13. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
14. The Chew: Food. Life. Fun.- Debut
Mario Batali, Gordon Elliott, et al., Hyperion, $19.99, 9781401311063
15. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241

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. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
6. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $9.99, 9781416595229

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. The Diviners
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113
3. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
5. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
7. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
8. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887
9. The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545424929
10. Dodger- Debut
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $17.99, 9780062009494
11. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
14. Starry River of the Sky- Debut
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316125956
15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697

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. Room on the Broom Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Sheffler (Illus.), Dial, $6.99, 9780803738416
4. Mossy
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827
5. Llama Llama Time to Share
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336
6. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476
7. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Bear Has a Story to Tell
Philip Christian Stead, Erin Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99, 9781596437456
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
11. Creepy Carrots!- Debut
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781442402973
12. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117
13. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
14. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
15. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. Wildwood Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray
New in Series: Under Wildwood (9780062024718)
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. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
THE PATERNITY TEST by Michael Lowenthal (University of Wisconsin Press, $26.95, 9780299290009) “This novel is at once timely and classic. Readers won’t be able to help rooting for Pat and Stu as they struggle to conceive a child through surrogacy and fight their family’s — and their own — preconceived notions of what it means to be gay, all while trying to salvage their rocky relationship. Lowenthal’s latest novel ultimately addresses the universal question: What makes a family a family? Deftly told and perfectly paced. Don’t miss this one!” -- Alise Hamilton, Andover Bookstore, Andover, MA

MAY WE BE FORGIVEN by A.M. Homes (Viking Adult, $26.95, 9780670025480) “Homes’ latest darkly comic novel is more poignant and moving than it appears at first glimpse, and the rudderless, hapless Nixon scholar Harold Silver’s year in the wilderness is more eye-opening than he can at first admit to himself. As Harry grows and grieves in his own way over the course of the insanity-laced year, we are happily along for the ride, unquestioningly loving the person he becomes. A truly remarkable feat of storytelling that both pulsates with the underlying ache of loss and manages to crack a couple of your ribs when you laugh too hard.” -- Seth Marko, UCSD Bookstore, La Jolla, CA

Paperback
THE ANGEL ESMERALDA: Nine Stories, by Don DeLillo (Scribner, $15, 9781451659092) “This is the book DeLillo fans have been waiting for -- his first collection of short stories written between 1979 and 2011. In these stories, DeLillo takes global themes and ideas, the conflicts we often don't want to acknowledge, and makes them human. The subjects are true and resonant: a jogger who witnesses a kidnapping, an elderly nun working in poverty-stricken New York, an astronaut looking down on a war-ravaged Earth. Each story is textured in DeLillo's precise, startling voice, one that can shout and whisper at the same time.” -- Michael Karpus, Books & Books, Bal Harbour, FL

For Ages 9 to 12
HOMESICK by Kate Klise (Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250008428) “The clever title of this novel is just the beginning of another great read from Klise. Benny’s mom has left him, his difficult dad, and all the clutter in their house. When a local teacher enters their town in a most charming small town contest, the pressure is on to get the family home cleaned up. With a cast of quirky small-town characters and a natural disaster that no one knew was coming, Klise once again creates a place you would like to visit and characters you would like to meet. There is a lot of great ‘stuff’ in her new novel!” -- Margaret Brennan Neville, The King’s English, Salt Lake City, UT