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Bestselling books the week of 3/23/17, according to IndieBound

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

1. HARDCOVER FICTION

  • By IndieBound

1. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman, Norton
2. Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders, Random House
3. Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead
4. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, Doubleday
5. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles, Viking
6. In This Grave Hour, by Jacqueline Winspear, Harper - Debut
7. The Whistler, by John Grisham, Doubleday
8. Celine, by Peter Heller, Knopf
9. A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline, Morrow
10. The Refugees, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press
11. Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett, Harper
12. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, Scribner
13. The Idiot, by Elif Batuman, Penguin Press - Debut
14. Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay, Grove Press
15. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult, Ballantine
On the Rise:
18. New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit
Robinson presents a bold and brilliant vision of New York City in the next century.

Published Wednesday, March 22, 2017 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 19, 2017). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

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Mark Sappenfield
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