NPR Bestsellers: Week Of January 17, 2013 : NPR

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A survey of independent bookstores nationwide

Hardcover Fictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	A Memory Of Light	Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson	1
2	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	31
3	Tenth Of December	George Saunders	1
4	Flight Behavior	Barbara Kingsolver	10
5	The Round House	Louise Erdrich	14
6	The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie	Ayana Mathis	5
7	Dear Life	Alice Munro	9
8	Sweet Tooth	Ian McEwan	9
9	This Is How You Lose Her	Junot Diaz	16
10	Bring Up The Bodies	Hilary Mantel	23
11	A Thousand Mornings	Mary Oliver	12
12	The Casual Vacancy	J.K. Rowling	15
13	The Racketeer	John Grisham	11
14	The Yellow Birds	Kevin Powers	12
15	The Last Runaway	Tracy Chevalier	1

Hardcover Nonfictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	Help, Thanks, Wow	Anne Lamott	9
2	The World Until Yesterday	Jared Diamond	2
3	I Could Pee On This	Francesco Marciuliano	21
4	Wild	Cheryl Strayed	42
5	Behind The Beautiful Forevers	Katherine Boo	16
6	Thomas Jefferson	Jon Meacham	9
7	Barefoot Contessa Foolproof	Ina Garten and Quentin Bacon	11
8	The Dude And The Zen Master	Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman	1
9	Killing Kennedy	Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard	14
10	Fat Chance	Robert H. Lustig	1
11	Far From The Tree	Andrew Solomon	4
12	Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand	104
13	The Signal And The Noise	Nate Silver	12
14	Killing Lincoln	Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard	49
15	Jerusalem	Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi	2

Paperback Fictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	The Paris Wife	Paula McLain	7
2	Life Of Pi	Yann Martel	11
3	Death Comes To Pemberley	P.D. James	2
4	Wolf Hall	Hilary Mantel	34
5	Fifty Shades Of Grey	E.L. James	40
6	The Sense Of An Ending	Julian Barnes	32
7	Cloud Atlas	David Mitchell	12
8	The Perks Of Being A Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	17
9	The Language Of Flowers	Vanessa Diffenbaugh	40
10	State Of Wonder	Ann Patchett	35
11	The Snow Child	Eowyn Ivey	10
12	The Night Circus	Erin Morgenstern	27
13	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	2
14	Fifty Shades Freed	E.L. James	33
15	Rules Of Civility	Amor Towles	28

Paperback Nonfictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	Proof Of Heaven	Eben Alexander, M.D.	11
2	Team Of Rivals	Doris Kearns Goodwin	10
3	In The Garden Of Beasts	Erik Larson	36
4	The Swerve	Stephen Greenblatt	18
5	Bossypants	Tina Fey	53
6	Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey	Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon	18
7	The World Almanac And Book Of Facts 2013	Sarah Janssen	6
8	Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)	Mindy Kaling	16
9	The Happiness Project	Gretchen Rubin	63
10	How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You	Oatmeal	9
11	Unlikely Friendships	Jennifer S. Holland	80
12	Wreck This Journal	Keri Smith	6
13	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Rebecca Skloot	87
14	The Old Farmer's Almanac 2013		17
15	Tiny Beautiful Things	Cheryl Strayed	20

A survey of independent bookstores nationwide

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