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BESTSELLERS
Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 15, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 11, 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-Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver (9780062124265)
#10-The Art Forger, by B.A. Shapiro (9781616201326)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks (9780307957245)
Paperback Fiction
#8-The Perfect Hope, by Nora Roberts (9780425246047)
#15-The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey (9780316175661)
Paperback Nonfiction
#10-Lucky Peach Issue 5, by Peter Meehan (Ed.) (9781938073076)
Children’s Interest
#3-Days of Blood & Starlight, by Laini Taylor (9780316133975)
Children’s Illustrated
#13-Bear Says Thanks, by Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.) (9781416958567)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), (9780375856532)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Flight Behavior- Debut
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265
2. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
3. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144
4. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
5. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
6. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
7. Back to Blood
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $30, 9780316036313
8. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
9. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
10. The Art Forger- Debut
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326
11. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
12. The Panther
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446580847
13. The Twelve
Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $28, 9780345504982
14. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031
15. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464873
2. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
3. The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204111
4. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
5. Hallucinations- Debut
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307957245
6. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
7. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780307595652
8. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40, 9780316547703
9. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
10. Elsewhere
Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959539
11. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
12. America Again
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
13. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
14. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
15. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
ON THE RISE:
16. The Generals
Thomas E. Ricks, Penguin Press, $32.95, 9781594204043
Ricks examines the epic history of U.S. military leadership from World War II to today.

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. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
6. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
7. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
8. The Perfect Hope- Debut
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246047
9. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
10. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
11. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
12. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
13. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
14. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
15. The Snow Child- Debut
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661

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. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
4. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
5. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
6. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
7. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
8. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
9. Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9781451688092
10. Lucky Peach Issue 5- Debut
Peter Meehan (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781938073076
11. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
12. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
13. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
14. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
15. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
ON THE RISE:
19. Dancers Among Us
Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95, 9780761171706
Matter presents joyful photographs of dancers leaping, spinning, and lifting in the midst of daily life.

MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. V Is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425250563
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
6. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
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. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Lemony Snicket, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316123082
2. Lego Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia
Claire Sipi, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756698126
3. Days of Blood & Starlight- Debut
Laini Taylor, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316133975
4. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
5. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203
6. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
8. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
10. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
11. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
12. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
13. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
14. The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.), Frederick Warne and Company, $20, 9780723269106
15. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Safari: A Photicular Book
Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann, Workman, $24.95, 9780761163800
3. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990
4. The Thankful Book
Todd Parr, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316181013
5. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
6. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271
7. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé
Judy Schachner, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780803737822
8. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
9. Mossy
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399257827
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
13. Bear Says Thanks- Debut
Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $16.99, 9781416958567
14. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
15. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray, $17.99, 9780062104182

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
New in Series: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time (9780375856532)
2. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
3. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
4. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
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
THE STOCKHOLM OCTAVO: A Novel by Karen Engelmann (Ecco, $26.99, 9780061995347) “Emil Larsson, a mid-level bureaucrat in late 18th century Stockholm, is drawn into a web of intrigue and magic when Mrs. Sparrow, the proprietress of his favorite gambling den, insists on reading his cards because he is a ‘Seeker’ who must find his ‘Eight’ to ensure a positive outcome in an event of historical importance. Fans of historical fiction will enjoy this sumptuous novel and appreciate the expertly explored Scandinavian setting.” -- Susan Taylor, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY

CONSIDER THE FORK: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (Basic Books, $26.99, 9780465021765) “Interest in the evolution of human food culture has always been popular. In Consider the Fork, Wilson invites readers to examine this evolution in a new light. She discusses the transformation of kitchen tools and utensils throughout human existence as well as the implications these transformations have on how humans cook and eat. Wilson’s air of curiosity and amusement makes for an enjoyable read; pots and pans have never been more interesting, and the intermingling of anthropology, history, and sociology is certain to spark further thought next time a spork or a blender is encountered.” --
Lucy Beeching, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA

Paperback
LEON AND LOUISE by Alex Capus, John Brownjohn (Trans.) (Haus Publishing, $15, 9781908323132)
“On the cusp of World War I, while visiting the seashore on the coast of France, Leon and his new love, Louise, lose touch with one another when they are caught in the crosshairs of battle. Each believes the other is dead. Years later they discover they have both been living in Paris, blocks from each other. During World War II, Leon and his family struggle with living in a Nazi-occupied city, while Louise is encamped in Africa, working to protect French gold from the enemy. This charming novel follows the two through the decades as they continue to live their lives apart, yet never out of each other’s hearts.” -- Robin Allen, Forever Books, Saint Joseph, MI

For Teen Readers
ASK THE PASSENGERS by A.S. King (Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316194686) “This touching, challenging story about a small-town girl struggling to be honest with herself while she has to keep secrets from everyone around her is as finely wrought as any of King’s previous award-winning novels.” -- Todd A. Dickinson, Aaron’s Books, Lititz, PA