Bestselling books the week of 3/12/15, according to IndieBound*

Created by the American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week. Check out the full IndieBound list below.

1. HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, Riverhead
2. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, Scribner
3. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf
4. A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler, Knopf
5. The Whites, by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt, Holt
6. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's
7. Trigger Warning, by Neil Gaiman, Morrow
8. The Fifth Gospel, by Ian Caldwell, S&S
9. Funny Girl, by Nick Hornby, Riverhead
10. Leaving Berlin, by Joseph Kanon, Atria
11. The Assassin, by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, Putnam
12. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf
13. The First Bad Man, by Miranda July, Scribner
14. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, Little Brown
15. Gray Mountain, by John Grisham, Doubleday

On the Rise:
19. The Sellout, by Paul Beatty, FSG
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court.

*Published Thursday, March 12, 2015 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 8, 2015). 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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