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Some new leaders on the lists, which reflect sales in independent bookstores for the week that ended Sunday.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022328
2. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670022410
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269997
4. Gideon's Sword
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446564328
5. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307263995
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
2. Life
Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388
3. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922
4. A Widow's Story: A Memoir
Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062015532
5. Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95, 9780520267190
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
2. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
3. The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671
4. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
5. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco Press, $16, 9780060936228
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway Books, $16, 9781400052189
3. Tattoos on the Heart
Gregory Boyle, Free Press, $14, 9781439153154
4. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
5. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
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