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We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending September 18, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #1 in Children’s Interest) Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick: “Ben’s story takes place in 1977. Rose’s story takes place in 1927. Ever since his mother died, Ben feels lost. At home with her father, Rose feels alone. When Ben finds a mysterious clue hidden in his mother’s room, and when a tempting opportunity presents itself to Rose, both children risk everything to find what’s missing.” (September 2011)
(Debuted at #1 in Hardcover Fiction) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: “Behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.” (September 2011)
(Debuted at #1 in Hardcover Nonfiction) Jacqueline Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy & Michael Beschloss: “For the rest of her life, the famously private Jacqueline Kennedy steadfastly refused to discuss her memories of those years, but beginning that March, she fulfilled her obligation to future generations of Americans by sitting down with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and recording an astonishingly detailed and unvarnished account of her experiences and impressions as the wife and confidante of John F. Kennedy…In conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy’s Inauguration, Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy family are now releasing these beautifully restored recordings on CDs with accompanying transcripts.” (September 2011)