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BESTSELLERS
Nov 19 - Nov 25, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 18, 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
#4-Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwan (9780385536820)
#7-The Last Man, by Vince Flynn (9781416595212)
#8-Dear Life, by Alice Munro (9780307596888)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by Jon Meacham (9781400067664)
#4-Help, Thanks, Wow, by Anne Lamott (9781594631290)
Paperback Nonfiction
#9-Dancers Among Us, by Jordan Matter (9780761171706)
Children’s Illustrated
#5-This Moose Belongs to Me, by Oliver Jeffers (9780399161032)
#10-Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, by Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.) (9780062110626)
#14-How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.) (9780545416788)
Children’s Fiction Series
New: The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) by Jeff Kinney (9781419705847)
New: Reached (Matched) by Ally Condie (9780525423669)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265
2. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
3. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247
4. Sweet Tooth- Debut
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385536820
5. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144
6. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534
7. The Last Man- Debut
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595212
8. Dear Life: Stories- Debut
Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307596888
9. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316219365
10. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361
11. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326
12. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper, $27.99, 9780061493348
13. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777
14. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923
15. Back to Blood
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $30, 9780316036313
ON THE RISE:
17. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.99, 9780316210683
Alex Cross is called away from his family on Christmas Eve to save another family from a horrific hostage situation.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power- Debut
Jon Meacham, Random House, $35, 9781400067664
2. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464873
3. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
4. Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers- Debut
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
5. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
6. Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307957245
7. The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204111
8. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780307595652
9. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40, 9780316547703
10. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
11. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879
12. America Again
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
13. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
14. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
15. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
ON THE RISE:
16. Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $37.50, 9780743236713
National Book Award-winner Solomon tells the true stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812984415
2. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
4. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
5. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
6. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
7. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
8. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
9. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
11. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
12. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661
13. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
14. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
15. The Perfect Hope
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246047

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9781451688092
2. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
3. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
4. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403
5. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736
6. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
7. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
8. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
9. Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday- Debut
Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95, 9780761171706
10. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778
11. Lucky Peach Issue 5
Peter Meehan (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781938073076
12. Arguably
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $18, 9781455502783
13. The Greater Journey
David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773
14. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
15. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332

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. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
5. Fall of Giants
Ken Follett, Signet, $9.99, 9780451232854
6. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
7. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488

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. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
5. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437
6. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203
10. Days of Blood & Starlight
Laini Taylor, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316133975
11. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $14.99, 9780316013697
13. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
14. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511
15. The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.), Frederick Warne and Company, $20, 9780723269106

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. The Thankful Book
Todd Parr, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316181013
4. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990
5. This Moose Belongs to Me- Debut
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399161032
6. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
7. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271
8. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
9. Bear Says Thanks
Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $16.99, 9781416958567
10. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas- Debut
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062110626
11. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé
Judy Schachner, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780803737822
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703
14. How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?- Debut
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky Press, $16.99, 9780545416788
15. The Night Before Thanksgiving
Natasha Wing, Tammie Lyon (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448425290

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
New in Series: The Third Wheel (9781419705847)
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. The Heroes of Olympus (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
4. Matched (hardcover and paperback)
Ally Condie, Dutton
New in Series: Reached (9780525423669)
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Captain Underpants (hardcover and paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
10. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
MAGNIFICENCE: A Novel by Lydia Millet (Norton, $25.95, 9780393081701) “Susan is a serial adulterer whose life is shattered by her husband’s sudden death. As she struggles to maintain a healthy relationship with her grown, paraplegic daughter, she unexpectedly inherits a mansion from a distant relative who had filled the magnificent house with stuffed and mounted animals from around the world. The novel explores the many forms that loss can take — a loved one’s death when it is too late to make amends; a daughter’s loss of a life filled with possibilities if not for her accident; the slow deterioration of personality in the elderly with dementia; and the loss of animals in the wild to extinction. At once funny and touching.” -- Karen Vail, Titcomb’s Bookshop, East Sandwich, MA

A QUESTION OF IDENTITY: A Simon Serrailler Mystery by Susan Hill (Overlook Hardcover, $25.95, 9781468300505) “Hill’s Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler mysteries don’t just create an almost unbearable atmosphere of brooding suspense; they also take you deeply into the lives, hearts, and minds of Serrailler, his family, and others, including some killers — in the British cathedral town of Lafferton. In this latest story, elderly women are being killed by someone whose methods match those of a man charged in previous killings, a man whose name has now vanished from all public records. Stunning!” -- Carol Schneck Varner, Schuler Books & Music, Okemos, MI

Paperback
CROSSING ON THE PARIS: A Novel, by Dana Gynther (Gallery, $15, 9781451678239) “This story chronicles five days on a steamer ship, the Paris, crossing the Atlantic from Le Havre to New York in 1921. Three women from different stations in life each traveling alone meet, and their actions impact each other’s lives during the journey. There is young Julie Vernet, who is leaving her grieving parents behind to take a job in the service sector of the ship; Constance Stone, a woman in her 30s returning from an unsuccessful trip to Paris to persuade her gypsy sister to come home; and Vera Sinclair, a rich, ailing sophisticate, who is traveling back to her hometown after many years abroad. A fascinating look at the emerging independence of women, wonderfully told.” -- Lori Gascon, Sunriver Books, Sunriver, OR

For Ages 4 to 8
WHO PUSHED HUMPTY DUMPTY? And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries by David Levinthal and John Nickle (Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375841958) “Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? is by far one of the most irreverently quirky children’s books since Bruce Hale’s Chet Gecko came on the scene. In this case, Officer Binky is on the case, and you’ll want to follow all the clues to solve every one of these intriguing nursery tale mysteries.” -- Judith Lafitte, Octavia Books, New Orleans, LA