Bestsellers


Bestsellers for this week, from the nationwide network of independent booksellers, IndieBound.

 Trade Paperback Fiction

1. The Shack
William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230
A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted.
 
2. Out Stealing Horses
Per Petterson, Picador, $14, 9780312427085
A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend.
 
3. Loving Frank
Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006
Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback.
 
4. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback.
 
5. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $14, 9780143113492
French's debut novel is a gripping story of the murder of a child in a suburb of Dublin.
 

 

 

Trade Paperback Nonfiction

 
1. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
 
2. Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.
 
3. A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick.
 
4. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year.
 
5. Big Russ & Me
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652
Russert's bestselling ode to his father.
 
6. Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful.
 

 

 

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