1. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, Crown
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple, Little Brown
3. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, Bantam
4. Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter, Harper
5. Broken Harbor, by Tana French, Viking
6. The Dog Stars, by Peter Heller, Knopf
7. The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman, Scribner
8. A Hologram for the King, by Dave Eggers, McSweeney's
9. Canada, by Richard Ford, Ecco
10. Lionel Asbo: State of England, by Martin Amis, Knopf
11. Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness, Viking
12. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce, Random House
13. The Bartender's Tale, by Ivan Doig, Riverhead
14. The Fallen Angel, by Daniel Silva, Harper
15. Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel, Holt
ON THE RISE:
16. The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin, Harper
Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in, is a September 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
*Published Thursday, August 30, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 26, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
