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Published Thursday, October 25, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 21, 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
#3-The Twelve, by Justin Cronin (9780345504982)
#7-The Panther, by Nelson DeMille (9780446580847)
#9-A Thousand Mornings, by Mary Oliver (9781594204777)
#10-The Bone Bed, by Patricia Cornwell (9780399157561)
#13-The Secret Keeper, by Kate Morton (9781439152805)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#8-Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, by Timothy Egan (9780618969029)
#14-The Signal and the Noise, by Nate Silver (9781594204111)
Paperback Nonfiction
#12-How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, by The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman (9781449410247)
Children’s Interest
#3-The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.) (9780723269106)
#11-A Tale Dark & Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz (9780142419670)
Children’s Illustrated
#4-Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé, by Judith Byron Schachner (9780803737822)
#8-Safari, by Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann (9780761163800)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (Dork Diaries) by Rachel Renee Russell (9781442449619)
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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. The Twelve- Debut
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982
4. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
6. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
7. The Panther- Debut
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580847
8. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
9. A Thousand Mornings- Debut
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
10. The Bone Bed- Debut
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399157561
11. Phantom
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960474
12. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
13. The Secret Keeper- Debut
Kate Morton, Atria, $26.99, 9781439152805
14. Live By Night
Dennis Lehane, Morrow, $27.99, 9780060004873
15. In Sunlight and in Shadow
Mark Helprin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780547819235
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
2. America Again
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
3. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
5. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
6. The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25, 9780307594037
7. Who I Am
Pete Townshend, Harper, $32.5, 9780062127242
8. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis- Debut
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780618969029
9. Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
10. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
11. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
12. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
13. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
14. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-But Some Don't- Debut
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204111
15. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
ON THE RISE:
18. Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607743941
A collection of recipes exploring the flavors of Jerusalem from the bestselling author of Plenty.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812984415
2. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
4. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
5. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
6. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
7. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
8. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
9. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
10. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
11. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
12. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
13. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
14. The Best American Short Stories 2012
Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242101
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. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
4. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
6. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
8. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
9. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
10. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
11. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227
12. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You- Debut
The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247
13. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
14. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
15. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
5. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
7. Red Mist
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425250433
8. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
9. Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, Signet, $9.99, 9780451191144
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
3. The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit- Debut
Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.), Frederick Warne and Company, $20, 9780723269106
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
5. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
6. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
8. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
9. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
10. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
11. A Tale Dark & Grimm- Debut
Adam Gidwitz, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142419670
12. The Diviners
Libba Bray, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316126113
13. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697
14. Starry River of the Sky
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316125956
15. Lego Batman: Visual Dictionary
Daniel Lipkowitz, DK Publishing, $21.99, 9780756697877
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990
3. Room on the Broom Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Sheffler (Illus.), Dial, $6.99, 9780803738416
4. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé- Debut
Judith Byron Schachner, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780803737822
5. The Monsters' Monster
Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316045476
6. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271
7. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
8. Safari: A Photicular Book- Debut
Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann, Workman, $24.95, 9780761163800
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
Michael Rex, Putnam, $6.99, 9780399260117
12. Mossy
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. Frankenstein
Ludworst Bemonster, Feiwel & Friends, $14.99, 9780312553661
15. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
4. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
New in Series: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (9781442449619)
8. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
9. Divergent (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
ACCELERATED: A Novel by Bronwen Hruska (Pegasus, $25, 9781605983790) “What starts off as a send-up of overscheduled, gifted children and the Rambo parents and elite schools that create them quickly turns into a tale of a huge pharmaceutical conspiracy. When Sean reluctantly caves in to the pressure that New York City’s most prestigious school exerts on him to start medicating his son, Toby, for seemingly nonexistent issues, there are disastrous consequences. Sean must gather his allies close and his enemies closer if he wants to take on this bedrock of prestige and wealth, whose arms of power extend eerily into every aspect of his life. A fast-paced read covering a topic about which every reader should be concerned.” -- Emily Crowe, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
THE NEWS FROM SPAIN: Seven Variations on a Love Story by Joan Wickersham (Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958884) “The messengers delivering The News From Spain vary among the stories in Wickersham’s collection, but each serve to remind the reader how a short story can rank with the thickest novel as a vehicle for rich character development and breathtaking plot. The stories take us from an assisted living home to a boys’ prep school, from a New York apartment where a paralyzed dancer is confined to a first-person story by Mozart’s librettist set within a contemporary tale. Anyone who doubts that the short story form offers a satisfying literary experience should read this extraordinary collection.” -- Cheryl McKeon, Rakestraw Books, Danville, CA
Paperback
THE ODDS: A Love Story by Stewart O’Nan (Penguin, $14, 9780143122272) “This is a small novel that packs an emotional wallop. Art and Marion Fowler are at the end of their rope, with their marriage, careers, and finances unraveling at an alarming rate. A last hurrah, a Valentine's Day weekend at a posh gambling resort on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls – which they can ill afford -- will determine their future. Anyone in a long relationship will both nod and cringe as O'Nan subtly and brilliantly lays out Art and Marion’s frailties, strengths, foibles, and deep affection. Both suspenseful and sweet, I loved this gem of a novel.” -- Cathy Langer, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO
For Ages 9 to 12
GODS AND WARRIORS by Michelle Paver (Dial, $16.99, 9780803738775) “Gods, animals, and humans collide in this rollicking adventure. Set in the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, this story will treat readers to a tale filled with fascinating historical detail juxtaposed with a breathlessly paced plot. For lovers of Percy Jackson, a new hero has arrived. And he’s wearing a tunic!” -- Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Books Inc., San Francisco, CA
