The new year is starting off relatively well for many independent booksellers, with one report saying indie bookstore sales rose 8 percent in 2012. Here are the bestselling hardcover titles for January 2013 as reported by two indie stores, the Seattle Mystery Bookshop (Seattle, WA) and Murder by the Book (Houston, TX):
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
1. Dream Eyes by Jayne Anne Krentz, (Putnam)
2. Suspect by Robert Crais, (Putnam)
3. The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly, (Atria)
4. Ratlines by Stuart Neville, (Soho)
5. Dying on the Vine by Aaron Elkins, (Berkley)
6. Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin, (Little Brown)
7. The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter, (Simon & Schuster)
8. The Bat by Jo Nesbø, (Vintage UK)
9. Watching The Dark by Peter Robinson, (Morrow)
10. Crashed by Timothy Hallinan, (Soho)
Murder by the Book
1. Suspect by Robert Crais (Putnam)
2. Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin (Reagan Arthur)
3. Ever After by Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager)
4. The Blood Gospel by James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell (William Morrow)
5. Enemy of Mine (Pike Logan) by Brad Taylor (Dutton Adult)
6. The Drowning House by Elizabeth Black (Nan A. Talese)
7. Ratlines by Stuart Neville (Soho Crime)
8. The Third Bullet: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel by Stephen Hunter (Simon & Schuster)
8. Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce) by Alan Bradley (Delacorte Press)
10. The Wrath of Angels (Charlie Parker) by John Connolly (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
The American Booksellers Association also listed the top 25 bestsellers (both hardcover and paper) for the 8-week period ending January 6, which covers the Christmas holiday shopping season:
1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, (Crown)
2. The Racketeer by John Grisham, (Doubleday)
3. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan, (Nan A. Talese)
4. The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro, (Algonquin)
5. The Black Box by Michael Connelly, (Little Brown)
6. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich, (Bantam)
7. V Is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton, (Berkley)
8. A Wanted Man by Lee Child, (Delacorte)
9. Phantom by Jo Nesbø, (Knopf)
10. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø, (Vintage)
11. The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, (Plume)
12. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear, (Harper Perennial)
13. The Best American Mystery Stories 2012 by Robert Crais, Otto Penzler (Eds.), (Mariner)
14. The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle, (Knopf)
15. Broken Harbor by Tana French, (Viking)
16. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, (Bantam)
17. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, (Bantam)
18. One Shot by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
19. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny, (Minotaur)
20. The Drop by Michael Connelly, (Grand Central)
21. Still Life by Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Griffin)
22. The Affair by Lee Child (Dell)
23. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
24. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
25. Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal, (Bantam)
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