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Bestsellers this week: Julian Barnes, Katherine Boo and more

Here's what the Southern California Independent Booksellers are reporting as the top books for the past week. Tina Fey and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" — still going strong.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
2. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
3. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
4. Kill Shot
Vince Flynn, Atria, $27.99, 9781416595205
5. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749
6. Taken
Robert Crais, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399158278
7. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
8. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Viking, $26.95, 9780670022694
9. Private Games
James Patterson, Mark Sullivan, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316206822
10. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307958709

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
2. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
3. The End of Illness
M.D. Agus, David B., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
4. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
5. Full Service
Scotty Bowers, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120076
6. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
8. Elizabeth the Queen
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $30, 9781400067893
9. Indivisible
James Robison, Jay W. Richards, Faithwords, $21.99, 9781455503124
10. China's Wings
Gregory Crouch, Bantam, $30, 9780553804270

Softcover bestsellers below.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
3. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
4. When the Killing's Done
T.Coraghessan Boyle, Penguin Books, $16, 9780143120391
5. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933
7. The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647
8. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
9. The Sisters Brothers
Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289
10. Pulse
Julian Barnes, Vintage Books, $15, 9780307742407

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
3. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
5. Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537
6. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
7. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666
8. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
9. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
10. Tattoos on the Heart
Gregory Boyle, Free Press, $14, 9781439153154

Longer and more lists.


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