Hari Kunzru, Ree Drummond & Jeanette Winterson 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 March 18, 2012–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.

(Debuted at #9 in Hardcover Nonfiction) The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond: “With The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, Ree serves up a feast of delicious, soul-satisfying, cowboy-approved comfort food that the whole family will enjoy—from glazed doughnuts to restaurant-style salsa to spicy Dr. Pepper pulled pork to the best grilled cheese ever!” (March 2012)

(Debuted at #12 in Hardcover Fiction) Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru: “Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them.” (March 2012)

(Debuted at #15 in Hardcover NonFiction) Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson: “Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded search for belonging—for love, identity, home, and a mother.” (March 2012)