The 2012 Indie Holiday Bestsellers

Here are the top 15 bestselling titles in the categories of Hardcover Fiction and Nonfiction, Paperback Fiction and Nonfiction, and Children’s Interest and Illustrated based on reporting from independent bookstores nationwide for the six-week holiday period, from November 23 through December 31, 2012.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $28.99, 9780062124265

2. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247

3. The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $35, 9780316228534

4. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364

5. Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $26.95, 9780385536820

6. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535144

7. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307596888

8. The Black Box
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316069434

9. A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594204777

10. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $28, 9780805090031

11. Winter of the World
Ken Follett, Dutton, $36, 9780525952923

12. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $23.95, 9781616201326

13. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345527745

14. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594487361

15. The Forgotten
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446573054

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $35, 9781400067664

2. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290

3. Killing Kennedy
Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668

4. America Again
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978

5. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585

6. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464873

7. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736

8. Killing Lincoln
Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070

9. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466

10. The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204111

11. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558

12. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780307595652

13. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940 - 1965
William Manchester, Paul Reid, Little Brown, $40, 9780316547703

14. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722

15. Guinness World Records 2013
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Life of Pi
Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419

2. Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812984415

3. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316

4. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980

5. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481

6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196

7. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Mariner, $13.95, 9780547928227

8. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810

9. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432

10. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727

11. The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661

12. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169

13. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550

14. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670

15. The Best American Short Stories 2012
Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242101

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21, 9781451688092

2. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199

3. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131

4. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853

5. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2013
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985736

6. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403

7. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449410247

8. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319

9. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.99, 9781600571626

10. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878

11. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

12. Dancers Among Us
Jordan Matter, Workman, $17.95, 9780761171706

13. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279

14. F for Effort!
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9781452113227

15. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $20, 9780345408778

CHILDREN’S INTEREST

1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Lemony Snicket, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316123082

2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812

3. LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia
Claire Sipi, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756698126

4. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437

5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020

6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207

7. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203

8. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432

9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511

10. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955

11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378

12. Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun
Elizabeth Foy Larsen, et al., Bloomsbury, $25, 9781608196418

13. Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White, HarperTrophy, $7.99, 9780064400558

14. Lincoln’s Last Days
Bill O’Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Holt, $19.99, 9780805096750

15. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Safari: A Photicular Book
Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann, Workman, $24.95, 9780761163800

2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617

3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492

4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790

5. This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655990

6. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824

7. This Moose Belongs to Me
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399161032

8. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062110626

9. Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442450271

10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983

11. How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Blue Sky Press, $16.99, 9780545416788

12. The Elf on the Shelf
Carol Abersoldt, Coe Steinwart (Illus.), CCA and B, $20, 9780976990703

13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926

14. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027

15. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé
Judy Schachner, Dial, $17.99, 9780803737822