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Bestselling books the week of 11/6/14, according to IndieBound*

Created by the American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week. This week, some of the bestselling titles flagged by the stores that report their data to the ABA include "Fire Shut Up In My Bones" by Charles M. Blow and "By the Book," edited by Pamela Paul. Check out the full IndieBound list below.

1. HARDCOVER FICTION

  • By IndieBound

1. Gray Mountain, by John Grisham, Doubleday
2. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, Scribner
3. Prince Lestat, by Anne Rice, Knopf
4. Lila, by Marilynne Robinson, FSG
5. The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss, DAW
6. Leaving Time, by Jodi Picoult, Ballantine
7. The Peripheral, by William Gibson, Putnam Adult
8. Edge of Eternity, by Ken Follett, Dutton
9. Blue Horses, by Mary Oliver, Penguin Press
10. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, Little Brown
11. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, by Haruki Murakami, Knopf
12. Nora Webster, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner
13. Some Luck, by Jane Smiley, Knopf
14. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan, Knopf
15. The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café, by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon

On the Rise:
17. The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber, Hogarth
The extraordinary new novel by the bestselling author of "The Crimson Petal and the White" is a November 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.

*Published Thursday, November 6, 2014 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 2, 2014). 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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