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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 10, 2009
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2009
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| Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345 This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February Indie Next List Great Read. | 2/30 |
| 2. | South of Broad Pat Conroy, Nan A. Talese, $29.95, 9780385413053 Conroy's first novel in 14 years, an epic tale of friendship in Charleston, S.C., is an August Indie Next List Great Read. | 1/4 |
| 3. | A Gate at the Stairs - Debut Lorrie Moore, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375409288 Moore's graceful new novel, her first in 15 years, is a September Indie Next List Notable title. | /1 |
| 4. | The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980 The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dargon Tattoo. | 3/6 |
| 5. | That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo, Knopf, $25.95, 9780375414961 An introspective and moving new novel by the bestselling author of Bridge of Sighs and Empire Falls. | 4/5 |
| 6. | Homer & Langley - Debut E.L. Doctorow, Random House, $26, 9781400064946 Doctorow's fascinating novel of the lives of the Collyer brothers, hermits found dead in their Fifth Avenue brownstone in 1947. | /1 |
| 7. | The White Queen Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686 The first book in The Cousins' War series by the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. | 5/3 |
| 8. | Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202247 In Pynchon's new novel, private eye Doc Sportello describes the end of the sixties in Southern California. | 6/5 |
| 9. | The Magicians Lev Grossman, Viking, $26.95, 9780670020553 Grossman's gripping fantasy thriller is an August Indie Next List Great Read. | 8/4 |
| 10. | Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316070621 This novel, written in the voice of Patterson's detective Alex Cross, deals with his great Uncle Abraham Cross and his struggle with the Ku Klux Klan. | 7/2 |
| 11. | Even Money Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155918 The latest crime thriller by the bestselling authors of Silks. | 9/2 |
| 12. | Shanghai Girls Lisa See, Random House, $25, 9781400067114 A fascinating novel of two sisters by the author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. | 12/15 |
| 13. | Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.99, 9780743294294 The latest novel by the bestselling author of Certain Girls. | 15/8 |
| 14. | Await Your Reply Dan Chaon, Ballantine, $25, 9780345476029 Dan Choan's literary thriller is a September Indie Next List Great Read. | 14/2 |
| 15. | 206 Bones Kathy Reichs, Scribner, $26.99, 9780743294393 The latest Temperance Brennan mystery by the bestselling author of Devil Bones. | 10/2 |
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| 24. | The Skating Rink Roberto Bolano, New Directions, $21.95, 9780811217132 A witty and romantic crime story by the award-winning author of 2666. |