Bestselling books the week of 4/13/17, according to IndieBound

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

1. HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman, Norton
2. Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders, Random House
3. The Women in the Castle, by Jessica Shattuck, Morrow
4. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles, Viking
5. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, Doubleday
6. The Black Book, by James Patterson, Little Brown
7. Mississippi Blood, by Greg Iles, Morrow
8. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See, Scribner
9. Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead
10. American War, by Omar El Akkad, Knopf
11. Earthly Remains, by Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press
12. In This Grave Hour, by Jacqueline Winspear, Harper
13. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, by Hannah Tinti, Dial Press
14. Celine, by Peter Heller, Knopf
15. A Piece of the World, by Christina Baker Kline, Morrow

On the Rise:
17. The Lost Order, by Steve Berry, Minotaur
Berry's new Cotton Malone thriller is a perilous adventure into our country's dark past, and a potentially even darker future.

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