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    <title>Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Fiction list for January 14, 2026, 
      for sales ending January 11, 2026.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
      For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
      or visit
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        <title>1. The Correspondent</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593798430&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Virginia Evans (Crown, ISBN: 9780593798430);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 22
          
	    "A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how--through letters--in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived. A May 2025 Indie Next Pick."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Correspondent</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>1</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Virginia Evans</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Crown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593798430</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how--through letters--in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived. A May 2025 Indie Next Pick.</dcdescription>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>28</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>2. Heart the Lover</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780802165176&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Lily King (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802165176);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 15
          
	    "From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers &amp; Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire,  friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2025."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Heart the Lover</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>2</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Lily King</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Grove Press</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780802165176</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers &amp; Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire,  friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2025.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="15"
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        <title>3. The First Time I Saw Him</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781668002964&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Laura Dave (Scribner, ISBN: 9781668002964);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the bestselling blockbuster, The Last Thing He Told Me. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2026."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The First Time I Saw Him</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>3</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Laura Dave</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781668002964</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the bestselling blockbuster, The Last Thing He Told Me. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2026.</dcdescription>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>4. My Friends</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781982112820&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books, ISBN: 9781982112820);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 36
          
	    "Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2025."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>My Friends</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>4</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Fredrik Backman</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Atria Books</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781982112820</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2025.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="36"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>29.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>5. Wild Dark Shore</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781250827951&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250827951);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 21
          
	    "From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Wild Dark Shore</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>5</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Charlotte McConaghy</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Flatiron Books</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781250827951</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="21"
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        <title>6. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307700155&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Kiran Desai (Hogarth, ISBN: 9780307700155);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 14
          
	    "A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years--an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>6</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Kiran Desai</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Hogarth</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780307700155</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years--an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="3"
	   wol="14"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>7. Atmosphere</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593158715&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780593158715);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 23
          
	    "An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. A June 2025 Indie Next Pick."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Atmosphere</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>7</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Taylor Jenkins Reid</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Ballantine Books</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593158715</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. A June 2025 Indie Next Pick.</dcdescription>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="4"
	   wol="23"
	  />
        
    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>30</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. Alchemised</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593972700&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by SenLinYu (Del Rey, ISBN: 9780593972700);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 13
          
	    "In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Alchemised</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>8</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>SenLinYu</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Del Rey</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593972700</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.</dcdescription>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="5"
	   wol="13"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>35</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>9. James</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780385550369&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Percival Everett (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385550369);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "Percival Everett's novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>James</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>9</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Percival Everett</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Doubleday</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780385550369</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Percival Everett's novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="13"
	   wol="*"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>28</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. Buckeye</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593595039&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Patrick Ryan (Random House, ISBN: 9780593595039);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 12
          
	    "Ryan's novel is a captivating story weaving the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century. A September 2025 Indie Next Pick."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Buckeye</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>10</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Patrick Ryan</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Random House</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593595039</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Ryan's novel is a captivating story weaving the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century. A September 2025 Indie Next Pick.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="9"
	   wol="12"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>30</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. What We Can Know</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593804728&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ian McEwan (Knopf, ISBN: 9780593804728);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 15
          
	    "From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>What We Can Know</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>11</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Ian McEwan</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Knopf</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593804728</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known. An October 2025 Indie Next Pick.</dcdescription>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="7"
	   wol="15"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>30</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>12. The Secret of Secrets</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780385546898&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Dan Brown (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385546898);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 18
          
	    "The world's most celebrated thriller writer and author of The Da Vinci Code returns with his most stunning novel yet--a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Secret of Secrets</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>12</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Dan Brown</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Doubleday</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780385546898</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The world's most celebrated thriller writer and author of The Da Vinci Code returns with his most stunning novel yet--a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do.</dcdescription>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>38</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>13. Flesh</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781982122799&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by David Szalay (Scribner, ISBN: 9781982122799);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "A novel about a man whose life veers off course due to a series of unforeseen circumstances. Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Flesh</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>13</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>David Szalay</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781982122799</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A novel about a man whose life veers off course due to a series of unforeseen circumstances. Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>14. Dog Show: Poems</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780593979419&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.) (Random House, ISBN: 9780593979419);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "In this special collection of poems inspired by dogs, former US Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of our uplifting companions--featuring striking canine portraits in watercolor by Pamela Sztybel."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Dog Show: Poems</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>14</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.)</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Random House</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780593979419</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>In this special collection of poems inspired by dogs, former US Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of our uplifting companions--featuring striking canine portraits in watercolor by Pamela Sztybel.</dcdescription>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>20</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>15. Small Things Like These</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780802158741&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Claire Keegan (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802158741);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 48
          
	    "Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Small Things Like These</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>15</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Claire Keegan</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Grove Press</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780802158741</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="14"
	   wol="48"
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