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The Indie/NEIBA Bestseller List

For week ending Sunday May 12, 2013

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of
The New England Independent Booksellers Association


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The IndieBound National List, along with Subject Category Bestseller lists and national recommendations list can be found at: www.bookweb.org and www.indiebound.org

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Delicate Truth  New
John le Carre, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897
2. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
3. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
4. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
5. Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.5, 9780385535304
6. Maya's Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
7. Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655
8. The Storyteller **
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28.99, 9781439102763
9. NOS4A2
**
Joe Hill, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062200570
10. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
11. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
12. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
13. Dead Ever After
New
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007881
14. Silken Prey
New
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159312
15. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
2. Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025442
3. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
4. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
5. Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117
6. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
7. It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712
8. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
9. Country Girl
**
Edna O'Brien, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316122702
10. Obsessed: America's Food Addiction--And My Own
New **
Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26, 9781602861763
11. Letters to a Young Scientist
**
Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $21.95, 9780871403773
12. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
New **
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
13. Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
New **
Robert M. Edsel, Norton, $28.95, 9780393082418
14. Help, Thanks, Wow
New
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
15. Henri, Le Chat Noir
**
William Braden, Ten Speed Press, $12.99, 9781607745105

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433
2. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
3. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
5. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758
6. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
7. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
8. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316
9. The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062188519
10. Bring Up the Bodies
New
Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $16, 9781250024176
11. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316219341
12. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143123309
13. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781439156438
14. Phantom
Jo Nesbo, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951151
15. The Sandcastle Girls
**
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743916

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
3. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812981667
4. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
5. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most
Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616201357
6. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
7. When Women Were Birds
New
Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $15, 9781250024114
8. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16, 9780425261019
9. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
10. Escape From Camp 14
Blaine Harden, Penguin, $15, 9780143122913
11. The Four Agreements
New **
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Midnight in Peking
New
Paul French, Penguin, $16, 9780143123361
13. Some Assembly Required
New **
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $16, 9781594486678
14. America the Beautiful
New
Ben Carson, Zondervan, $14.99, 9780310330912
15. Unlikely Friendships
**
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

MASS MARKET
1. Defending Jacob
William Landay, Dell, $7.99, 9780440246138
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
4. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
5. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
New
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
New **
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. 1984
New
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
4. That Is Not a Good Idea!
Mo Willems, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062203090
5. The Dark
Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316187480
6. Love You Forever
New
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
7. Blueberries for Sal
New **
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
10. Where the Wild Things Are
New
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. Poems to Learn by Heart
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423108054
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
5. House of Secrets
Chris Columbus, Ned Vizzini, Greg Call (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062192462
6. The 5th Wave
New
Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99, 9780399162411
7. Out of My Mind
New **
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum, $6.99, 9781416971719
8. Code Name Verity
New
Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423152880
9. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763660505
10. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES
1. Big Nate: Genius Mode
New
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $9.99, 9780062086983
2. Divergent
**
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $9.99, 9780062024039
3. Stallion by Starlight (Magic Tree House, #49)
New
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House, $12.99, 9780307980403
4. The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
New
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423142027
5. Insurgent (Divergent Series, #2)
New **
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062024046
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:The Third Wheel
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419705847
7. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)
New
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall, Chronicle, $5.99, 9780811849098
8. The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, Book One)
New **
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423113461
9. The Hunger Games
**
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
10. Middle School:The Worst Years of My Life
**
James Patterson, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316101691

NEW - Did NOT appear on NEIBA Indie List list week
** - Does NOT appear on National Indie list this week 
 
 
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