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BESTSELLERS
Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 11, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 7, 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
#6-Phantom, by Jo Nesbø (9780307960474)
#7-Live By Night, by Dennis Lehane (9780060004873)
#9-In Sunlight and in Shadow, by Mark Helprin (9780547819235)
#10-The Round House, by Louise Erdrich (9780062065247)
#14-Mad River, by John Sandford (9780399157707)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Killing Kennedy, by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard (9780805096668)
#3-America Again, by Stephen Colbert (9780446583978)
#10-The End of Your Life Book Club, by Will Schwalbe (9780307594037)
Children’s Interest
#1-Son, by Lois Lowry (9780547887203)
#14-Lego Batman: Visual Dictionary, by Daniel Lipkowitz (9780756697877)
Children’s Illustrated
#14-Frankenstein, by Ludworst Bemonster (9780312553661)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan (9781423140603)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Casual Vacancy
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. Phantom- Debut
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960474
7. Live By Night- Debut
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.99, 9780060004873
8. A Wanted Man
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344333
9. In Sunlight and in Shadow- Debut
Mark Helprin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780547819235
10. The Round House- Debut
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
11. The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $24.99, 9781401322786
12. NW
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594203978
13. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316204279
14. Mad River- Debut
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399157707
15. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
ON THE RISE:
16. Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
Sherman Alexie, Grove Press, $27, 9780802120397
A bold new collection of stories by the PEN/Faulkner award–winning author of War Dances.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot- Debut
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
2. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
3. America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't- Debut
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
4. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
5. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
6. Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
7. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
8. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
9. The Oath
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
10. The End of Your Life Book Club- Debut
Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25, 9780307594037
11. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
12. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
13. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
14. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
15. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
ON THE RISE:
16. Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger, S&S, $35, 9781451662436
An autobiography by the popular actor and former governor of California.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250
3. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
6. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
7. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
8. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
9. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
10. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
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. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418
15. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $15, 9781594483295

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. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097
5. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
6. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
7. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
8. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
9. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
10. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
11. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343441
12. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
14. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
15. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261

MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
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. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
8. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Son- Debut
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
3. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
6. The Diviners
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
8. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
9. The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic, $18.99, 9780545424929
10. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
11. The Empty City
Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780062102560
12. Every Day
David Levithan, Knopf, $16.99, 9780307931887
13. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
14. Lego Batman: Visual Dictionary- Debut
Daniel Lipkowitz, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756697877
15. Dodger
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $17.99, 9780062009494

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. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476
5. Mossy
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827
6. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117
7. Creepy Carrots!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), S&S, $16.99, 9781442402973
8. Llama Llama Time to Share
Anna Dewdney, Viking, $17.99, 9780670012336
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
13. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182
14. Frankenstein- Debut
Ludworst Bemonster, Feiwel & Friends, $14.99, 9780312553661
15. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Mark of Athena (9781423140603)
2. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
5. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
8. The Maze Runner (hardcover and paperback)
James Dashner, Delacorte
9. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
10. Wildwood Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE: A Novel by Robin Sloan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374214913) “Booksellers and book lovers alike will adore charming Mr. Penumbra and his towering stacks of mysterious, code-filled tomes, as well as the array of eccentric old men that make up the store’s late-night clientele. I now want to keep a log of our bookshop’s customers by Mr. Penumbra’s criteria: ‘You must keep precise records of all purchases. Time. Amount. The customer’s appearance. His state of mind. How he asks for the book. How he receives it. Does he appear to be injured. Is he wearing a sprig of rosemary on his hat. And so on.’ Wonderful!” -- Andrea Aquino, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

BLACK FRIDAYS: A Novel by Michael Sears (Putnam Adult, $25.95, 9780399158667) “This is not just an inside look at Wall Street but also a heartbreaking look at a father’s unconditional love for a son afflicted by autism. Jason Stafford has paid the ultimate price for cheating as a trader on Wall Street — two years in prison. Recently released, he is determined to reclaim his life and the life of his son, but his first job may be his last as he is asked to look into the trades of a man who died in a boating accident. Or was it murder? Exceptional writing, engaging characters, and a plot both complicated and fascinating. I look forward to the sequel!” -- Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books and Hobbies, Oscoda, MI

Paperback
AMONG THE WONDERFUL: A Novel by Stacy Carlson (Steerforth Press, $19.95, 9781586422011) “Among the Wonderful is an historical novel rich with images of 1840s Manhattan and the exhibits - both living and preserved - that populate P. T. Barnum's American Museum. Outwardly freakish but inwardly just like you and me, the living, breathing, feeling human characters Stacy Carlson has created remind us of our common humanity.” -- Susan Morgan, The Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, VT

For Ages 4 to 8
THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE by Helen Ward (Templar Publishing, $16.99, 9780763660987) “A classic fable from Aesop is retold and illustrated in sumptuous watercolors. Depression-era New York City is bustling and loud and frightening for a timid country cousin. The country is, of course, too tame for a mouse used to the hubbub of the city. Fortunately, each has the perfect place to live.” -- Ellen Richmond, Children’s Book Cellar, Waterville, ME