NPR Bestsellers: Week Of February 14, 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	Tenth Of December	George Saunders	5
2	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	35
3	The Round House	Louise Erdrich	18
4	Flight Behavior	Barbara Kingsolver	14
5	A Memory Of Light	Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson	5
6	The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie	Ayana Mathis	9
7	Insane City	Dave Barry	2
8	My Brother's Book	Maurice Sendak	1
9	Speaking From Among The Bones	Alan Bradley	2
10	The River Swimmer	Jim Harrison	4
11	Suspect	Robert Crais	3
12	The Aviator's Wife	Melanie Benjamin	2
13	Sweet Tooth	Ian McEwan	13
14	House Of Earth	Woody Guthrie	1
15	This Is How You Lose Her	Junot Diaz	20

Hardcover Nonfictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	My Beloved World	Sonia Sotomayor	4
2	I Could Pee On This	Francesco Marciuliano	25
3	Help, Thanks, Wow	Anne Lamott	13
4	Going Clear	Lawrence Wright	4
5	The Future	Albert Gore	2
6	Wild	Cheryl Strayed	46
7	The World Until Yesterday	Jared Diamond	6
8	Behind The Beautiful Forevers	Katherine Boo	20
9	Thomas Jefferson	Jon Meacham	13
10	Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand	108
11	A Higher Call	Adam Makos and Larry Alexander	4
12	The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook	Deb Perelman	12
13	Barefoot Contessa Foolproof	Ina Garten and Quentin Bacon	15
14	Francona	Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy	3
15	The Dude And The Zen Master	Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman	4

Paperback Fictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	The Paris Wife	Paula McLain	11
2	Death Comes To Pemberley	P.D. James	6
3	Canada	Richard Ford	3
4	The Language Of Flowers	Vanessa Diffenbaugh	44
5	Wolf Hall	Hilary Mantel	38
6	The Sense Of An Ending	Julian Barnes	36
7	The Night Circus	Erin Morgenstern	31
8	Life Of Pi	Yann Martel	15
9	Fifty Shades Of Grey	E.L. James	44
10	State Of Wonder	Ann Patchett	39
11	Rules Of Civility	Amor Towles	32
12	The Snow Child	Eowyn Ivey	14
13	The Perks Of Being A Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	21
14	Cloud Atlas	David Mitchell	16
15	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	6

Paperback Nonfictionsee full list

Pos.	Title	Author	Weeks on List
denotes NPR coverage
1	Proof Of Heaven	Eben Alexander, M.D.	15
2	Quiet	Susan Cain	2
3	In The Garden Of Beasts	Erik Larson	40
4	Team Of Rivals	Doris Kearns Goodwin	14
5	The Swerve	Stephen Greenblatt	22
6	How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You	Oatmeal	13
7	Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey	Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon	22
8	Unlikely Friendships	Jennifer S. Holland	84
9	Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)	Mindy Kaling	20
10	Bossypants	Tina Fey	57
11	The Happiness Project	Gretchen Rubin	67
12	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Rebecca Skloot	90
13	Tiny Beautiful Things	Cheryl Strayed	24
14	Wreck This Journal	Keri Smith	9
15	ObamaCare Survival Guide	Nick J. Tate	1

A survey of independent bookstores nationwide

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