2011 Hardcover
FICTION
1. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99
Indie Bestsellers
NONFICTION
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27
2. The Paris Wife
2. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $25
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur, $26.99
4. A Dance With Dragons 5. The Tiger's Wife
4. Go the F**k to Sleep
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35 Ta Obreht, Random House, $25 Jean M. Auel, Crown, $30
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95 Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35 David McCullough, S&S, $37.50 Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99 Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99 David Brooks, Random House, $27
5. Steve Jobs
6. The Land of Painted Caves 7. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks,Viking, $26.95
6. The Greater Journey 7. A Stolen Life 8. Cleopatra
8. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95 Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95 David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Little Brown, $21.99 Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28 Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $28
9. The Night Circus
9. The Social Animal 10. Killing Lincoln
10. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk 11. The Marriage Plot 12. Freedom 13. Room
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28 Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95 Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26 Dr. Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25
11. The Autobiography of Mark Twain 12. Blood, Bones & Butter 13. The 17 Day Diet 14. Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $24.99 Caroline Kennedy (Ed.), Hyperion, $24.99 Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $29.95
14. She Walks in Beauty
15. The Wise Man's Fear
15. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95
Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1 to December 1, 2011.
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2011 Paperback
FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16 Abraham Verghese,Vintage, $15.95 Helen Simonson, Random House, $15 Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95 Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95 Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99
Indie Bestsellers
NONFICTION
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16
2. Cutting for Stone
2. Heaven Is for Real 3. Just Kids
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99 Patti Smith, Ecco, $16 Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95 Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16 Christopher McDougall,Vintage, $15.95 S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 4. Water for Elephants
4. Unlikely Friendships 5. Inside of a Dog 6. Born to Run
5. A Visit From the Goon Squad 6. The Art of Racing in the Rain 7. Room
Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99 Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99 Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15 Chris Cleave, S&S, $15 Tom Rachman, Dial, $15
7. Empire of the Summer Moon 8. The Happiness Project 9. F in Exams
8. Sarah's Key
9. The Postmistress 10. Little Bee
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99 Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95 Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15 Dave Eggers,Vintage, $15.95 Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99 Keith Richards, Back Bay, $16.99 Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99 Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95
10. The Glass Castle 11. Zeitoun
11. The Imperfectionists 12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15
12. Outliers 13. Life
13. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16 Stieg Larsson,Vintage, $15.95
14. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 15. Tinkers
14. Cleopatra
Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95
15. The Big Short
Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1 to December 1, 2011.
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Childrens Books
CHIlDreNs INTeresT
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99
Indie Bestsellers
1. The Book Thief 2. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95
IllUsTrATeD
1. Goodnight Moon
2011
FICTION serIes
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
2. Oh,The Places You'll Go! 3. Pat the Bunny
2. Magic Tree House
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99 Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99 Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Every Thing On It
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $19.99
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $11.99
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar 5. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
5. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99 Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99
Philip Christian Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook, $16.99 Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95
5. Harry Potter
6. Where the Wild Things Are 7. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illus.), Knopf, $17.99 Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books Rick Riordan, Hyperion Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Thirteen Reasons Why 7. Wonderstruck
6. The Heroes of Olympus 7. The Kane Chronicles 8. Inheritance Cycle 9. Ivy & Bean
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $29.99
8. Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
8. Love You Forever
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park (Illus.), Little Brown, $15.99 Pittacus Lore, Harper, $17.99 Clare Vanderpool, Delacorte, $16.99
Christopher Paolini, Knopf
9. I Am Number Four
9. Good Night, Gorilla 10. Silverlicious
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99 Victoria Kann, Harper, $17.99
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
10. Moon Over Manifest
10. The Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
Based on sales at independent bookstores from January 1 to December 1, 2011.
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