Lee Child, Dr. Seuss & Victoria Kann Debut on the Indie Bestseller List

By Maryann Yin 

We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending October 2, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.

(Debuted at #1 in Hardcover Fiction) The Affair by Lee Child: “A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercoverto find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish.” (September 2011)

(Debuted at #3 in Children’s Interest) The Bippolo Seed & Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss: “In an introduction to the collection, Cohen explains the significance these seven stories have, not only as lost treasures, but as transitional stories in Dr. Seuss’s career.  With a color palette that has been enhanced beyond the limitations of the original magazines in which they appeared, this is a collection of stories that no Seuss fan (whether scholar or second-grader) will want to miss!” (September 2011)

(Debuted at #14 in Children’s Illustrated) Pinkalicious & the Pink Pumpkin by Victoria Kann: “Pinkalicious is on a search to find a pink pumpkin in this pinkerrific new lift-the-flap book! With thirteen flaps that open to reveal hidden surprises on every page, Pinkalicious fans will be perfectly pleased!” (July 2011)