1. The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht, Random House
2. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain, Ballantine
3. Sing You Home, by Jodi Picoult, Atria
4. The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss, DAW
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
6. A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, Viking
7. Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell, Knopf]
8. Room, by Emma Donoghue, Little Brown
9. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
10. Started Early, Took My Dog, by Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books
11. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen, FSG
12. Minding Frankie, by Maeve Binchy, Knopf
13. When the Killing's Done, by T.C. Boyle, Viking
14. The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor Brown, Amy Einhorn Books/Putna
15. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing, by Jasper Fforde, Viking
ON THE RISE:
20. Three Stages of Amazement, by Carol Edgarian, Scribner
Edgarian's accomplished second novel is a March Indie Next List Great Read.
*Published Thursday, March 24, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 20, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
