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These are the top books reported by independent bookstores through April 22.
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378408
2. Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779749
3. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
4. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
5. The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307957276
6. Prague Fatale
Philip Kerr, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $26.95, 9780399159022
7. Harbor Nocturne
Joseph Wambaugh, Mysterious Press, $27, 9780802126108
8. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996
9. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
10. The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan, Reagan Arthur Books, $24.99, 9780316185905
Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Drift
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
3. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
4. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
5. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
6. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
8. Taco USA
Gustavo Arellano, Scribner, $25, 9781439148617
9. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
10. The Big Miss
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
Trade Paperback Fiction
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
4. The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565
5. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
6. The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425
7. Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681
8. The Snowman
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307742995
9. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
10. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
2. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882
3. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
4. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449
5. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913
6. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
7. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789
8. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
9. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
10. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
