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1 Hardcover FICTION 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 2. Dog Songs Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ Aimless Love Billy Collins, Random House, $26 4. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $ The Luminaries Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27 7. The Circle Dave Eggers, Knopf, $ S. J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35 9. The First Phone Call From Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $ The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $ We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper, $ Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Scribner, $ The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $ The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95 NONFICTION 1. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 2. The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 3. I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 4. Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 5. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $ This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett, Harper, $ Stitches Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $ My Promised Land Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 9. Killing Jesus Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ The Men Who United the States Simon Winchester, Harper, $ The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $ Guinness World Records 2014 Guinness World Records, $ Jerusalem: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $ The Death of Santini Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 Other Indie Favorites Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories From History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings, by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie (Quirk Books, $19.95) Everyone knows that princesses are lovely beings who live fairy-tale lives. Unless, of course, they are real people. Then it s a bit messier. McRobbie has written a fascinating account of real princesses who didn t live happily ever after. Starting in antiquity, she describes the legend that has surrounded each princess and attempts to ascertain the truth of what the princess was really like and the reality of her situation. This book is a thoughtprovoking addition to feminist literature. Janice Hunsch, Kaleidosaurus Books, Fishers, IN Chickens in the Road: An Adventure in Ordinary Splendor, by Suzanne McMinn (HarperOne, $28.99) All those interested in sustainable agriculture, living off the grid, dwelling in yurts, organic farming, backyard foraging, beekeeping, cheesemaking, etc., will love this inspiring memoir. It s also a great gift for rural-wannabes, as it s filled with the details and dialogues of McMinn s challenging pursuit of a natural lifestyle. Susan Thurin, Bookends on Main, Menomonie, WI

2 Paperback FICTION.org NONFICTION 1. Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Mr. Penumbra s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15 6. The Dinner Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14 7. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $ Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 9. The Best American Short Stories 2013 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $ Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $ This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $ The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $ The House Girl Tara Conklin, Morrow, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $ The Storyteller Jodi Picoult, Atria, $ The Aviator s Wife Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15 1. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $ Unlikely Loves 3. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16 4. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 6. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $ The Old Farmer s Almanac 2014 Old Farmer s Almanac, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney s, $ The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, Penguin, $ Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $ Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $ Years a Slave Solomon Northup, Penguin, $ Unlikely Friendships 15. Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50 MASS MARKET 1. A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Ender s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card, Tor, $ The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $ A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Notorious Nineteen Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $ A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ A Feast for Crows George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99 Another Indie Favorite Stop Here: A Novel, by Beverly Gologorsky (Seven Stories Press, $16.95) A seemingly unassuming little novel with a huge heart, Stop Here captures you from page one. Gologorsky, the author of The Things We Do to Make It Home, once again expertly portrays the impact of war on the lives of working class families. I got so involved in the lives of the characters working at Murray s Diner that when my basset hound chewed up the last 25 pages of the manuscript, I had to call my sales rep to get another copy ASAP! Flossie McNabb, Union Avenue Books, Knoxville, TN = Debut = On the Rise

3 Children s Books CHILDREN S INTEREST ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Dutton, $ Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Looking for Alaska John Green, Puffin, $ Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $ Star Wars: Jedi Academy Jeffrey Brown, Scholastic, $ Frog Trouble... and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs Sandra Boynton, Workman, $ Fortunately, the Milk Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $ Miss Peregrine s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $ Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $ The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ Spirit Animals: Wild Born Brandon Mull, Scholastic, $ Fangirl Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin s Griffin, $ The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ An Otis Christmas Loren Long, Philomel, $ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15 5. The Elf on the Shelf Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20 6. The Christmas Wish Lori Evert, Random House, $ The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $ Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella Jan Brett, Putnam, $ The Night Before Christmas Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ Santa! A Scanimation Picture Book Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $ Journey Aaron Becker, Candlewick, $ Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, Charles Santore (Illus.), Applesauce Press, $ Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) 2. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books 3. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic 4. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 5. The Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan, Hyperion 6. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 7. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 8. Ranger s Apprentice John Flanagan, Puffin 9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Hyperion 10. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. Another Indie Favorite for Ages 4 to 8 The Blessing Cup, by Patricia Polacco (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99) If you loved Polacco s The Keeping Quilt, you ll feel the same way about this sequel. Repeating the artistic format and tender storytelling of the first book, Polacco shares the history of the quilt s journey to the United States. Her family struggled mightily against the terrors and prejudices of pre-wwi Russia, but somehow managed to make it to America. The strength of both a family and its story shines in this book. Definitely a classic! Margaret Brennan Neville, The King s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT = Debut

4 Indie Bestsellers Fiction HARDCOVER 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30 2. Dog Songs Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $ Aimless Love Billy Collins, Random House, $26 4. Sycamore Row John Grisham, Doubleday, $ The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $ The Luminaries Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27 7. The Circle Dave Eggers, Knopf, $ S. J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35 9. The First Phone Call From Heaven Mitch Albom, Harper, $ The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $ The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $ We Are Water Wally Lamb, Harper, $ Doctor Sleep Stephen King, Scribner, $ The Good Lord Bird James McBride, Riverhead, $ The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95 PAPERBACK 1. Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $ Where d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $ The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $ Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $ Mr. Penumbra s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan, Picador USA, $15 6. The Dinner Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14 7. Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $ Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16 9. The Best American Short Stories 2013 Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $ Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $ This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $ The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $ The House Girl Tara Conklin, Morrow, $ The Orphan Master s Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $ The Storyteller Jodi Picoult, Atria, $ The Aviator s Wife Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15 = On the Rise

5 Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29 2. The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40 3. I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26 4. Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28 5. One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $ This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Ann Patchett, Harper, $ Stitches Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $ My Promised Land Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28 9. Killing Jesus Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $ The Men Who United the States Simon Winchester, Harper, $ The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $ Guinness World Records 2014 Guinness World Records, $ Jerusalem: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press, $ The Death of Santini Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $28.95 PAPERBACK 1. Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $ Unlikely Loves 3. Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16 4. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16 6. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014 Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $ The Old Farmer s Almanac 2014 Old Farmer s Almanac, $ Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $ How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney s, $ The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, Penguin, $ Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $ Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham, Random House, $ Years a Slave Solomon Northup, Penguin, $ Unlikely Friendships 15. Far From the Tree Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50 = Debut