We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending January 08, 2012–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month.
(Debuted at #9 in Children’s Interest) Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler & illustrated by Maira Kalman: “I’m telling you why we broke up, Ed. I’m writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship.” (December 2011)
(Debuted at #13 in Hardcover Nonfiction) Pity The Billionaire by Thomas Frank: “[This book] examines the peculiar mechanism by which dire economic circumstances have delivered wildly unexpected political results. Using firsthand reporting, a deep knowledge of the American Right, and a wicked sense of humor, he gives us the first full diagnosis of the cultural malady that has transformed collapse into profit, reconceived the Founding Fathers as heroes from an Ayn Rand novel, and enlisted the powerless in a fan club for the prosperous. The understanding Frank reaches is at once startling, original, and profound.” (January 2012)
(Debuted at #14 in Children’s Illustrated) Pinkalicious: Pink of Hearts by Victoria Kann & illustrated by Victoria Kann: “Pinkalicious loves Valentine’s Day! Everyone in her class is assigned to make an extra-special Valentine’s Day card for one person in the class. Pinkalicious creates a magnificently pinkerrific card. Will the valentine that she gets in return measure up?” (November 2011)