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Bestseller List
The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and the NCIBA. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the NCIBA and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. (©NCIBA 2013)
Sales Week Ending May 12, 2013
Hardcover Fiction
- Maya’s Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99 - A Delicate Truth
John le Carré, Viking, $28.95 - The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95 - Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25 - Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99 - The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26 - The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99 - The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95 - Dead Ever After
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95 - The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker, Harper, $26.99 - Z
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin’s, $25.99 - A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35 - The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99 - Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.50 - Silken Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95
Hardcover Nonfiction
- Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27 - Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95 - Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95 - Vader’s Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95 - Gulp
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95 - I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95 - VB6
Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26 - My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95 - Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou, Random House, $22 - Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books, $29.99 - It’s All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32 - Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95 - The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95 - Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95 - Waiting to Be Heard
Amanda Knox, Harper, $28.99
Trade Paperback Fiction
- The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15 - Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99 - The Orphan Master’s Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15 - Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99 - The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99 - Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $16 - Broken Harbor
Tana French, Penguin, $16 - The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15 - The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95 - The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15 - Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $16 - The Black Box
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99 - Phantom
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95 - The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper Perennial, $14.99 - The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
- Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95 - Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99 - Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 - Season of the Witch
David Talbot, Free Press, $16 - Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16 - Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15 - Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16 - What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most
Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $15.95 - God’s Hotel
Victoria Sweet, Riverhead, $16 - Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95 - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14 - Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $16 - Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99 - Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright Publishing Corporation, $16.95 - Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $14.99
Mass Market
- A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 - Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99 - A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 - A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 - A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 - Defending Jacob
William Landay, Dell, $7.99 - The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99 - To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99 - Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99
Children’s Titles
- The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99 - Steam Train, Dream Train
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99 - Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99 - The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99 - The Dark
Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99 - Big Nate: Genius Mode
Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $9.99 - Poems to Learn by Heart
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.99 - That Is Not a Good Idea!
Mo Willems, Balzer + Bray, $17.99 - Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $14.99 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99 - Good Night San Francisco
Adam Gamble, Santiago Cohen (Illus.), Our World of Books, $9.95 - The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99 - Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers Association. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday Book Reviews
Sunday, March 24, 2013
- Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson by Blake Bailey
- Napalm: An American Biography by Robert M. Neer
- The Engagement a novel by Chloe Hooper
- The Art of Freedom: Teaching Humanities to the Poor by Earl Shorris
- Benediction a novel by Kent Haruf
- Ghostman a novel by Roger Hobbs
- The Blue Book a novel by A.L. Kennedy
- New Queer Cinema by B. Ruby Rich
Top Shelf Picks
From Book Passage, Corte Madera
Fiction
- The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin. Benjamin’s first novel Alice I Have Been, the remained story of Alice that inspired the Wonderland books, was stunningly literary. Her new book is even better, as she imagines the story of Anne Morrow and the love of her life Charles Lindbergh.
- The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker. Marin County resident Baker’s new novel, set on a salt farm on the East Coast, is filled with thought-provoking situations involving two sisters that could not be more opposite and a grudge they have carried for far too long. Readers will be caught up in the vivid details of Jo and Claire’s lives as well as the compromises they have to make to make peace.
- Murder Below Montparnasse by by Cara Black. Aimee Luduc is back and protecting priceless art in the Montparnesse area of Paris. Black fills her beloved city with intrigue and such detail that you are transported without using any frequent flyer miles.
- Schroder, A Novel by Amity Gaige. Identity is central to this story of a first generation German immigrant who hides his born identity, redefines himself as a Kennedy and fights to spend time with his daughter. This novel is a masterpiece of storytelling — dark and hopeful.
Nonfiction
- Nigellisma by Nigella Lawson. Nigella Lawson’s cookbooks are always easy to follow, simple to understand, approachable by busy people and always sensual. Nigellisma is a tribute to her dream of being Italian. The no churn ice-cream recipe will change lives.
- The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart. Plants and Cocktails — nature writer Amy Stewart (independent bookseller as well) brings us the bible of mixing the passion of gardening with the pleasure of imbibing. History, humor and fascinating science make this book a must read in our local sourcing, sustainable and foraging world.
- The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater. A genius when it comes to food writing, Slater this time focuses on a year in the kitchen told in diary format and filled with tips, insight and recipes. It is compelling read for any foodie — real or pretending.
- Everybody Matters by Mary Robinson. The first woman president of Ireland and longtime human rights activist tells her story and conveys without trying what a true hero of the modern age she is. Her message that we all can make the world better by being better ourselves is told with pure grace and a sense of empowerment.
