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We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending June 24, 2012–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #3 in Children’s Illustrated) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce with illustrations by William Joyce & Joe Bluhm: “Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power of story will save the day.” (June 2012)
(Debuted at #5 in Hardcover Fiction) A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers: “In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great.” (June 2012)
(Debuted at #5 in Hardcover Nonfiction) Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss: “The book unfolds in the small towns of Kansas and the remote villages of western Kenya, following the personal struggles of Obama’s white and black ancestors through the swirl of the twentieth century. It is a roots story on a global scale, a saga of constant movement, frustration and accomplishment, strong women and weak men, hopes lost and deferred, people leaving and being left. Disparate family threads converge in the climactic chapters as Obama reaches adulthood and travels from Honolulu to Los Angeles to New York to Chicago, trying to make sense of his past, establish his own identity, and prepare for his political future.” (June 2012)