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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 20, 2010
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2010
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307454546 The bestselling debut thriller--the first in a trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback. | 1/47 |
| 2. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $14, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is now available in paperback. | 2/13 |
| 3. | The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is now available in paperback. | 3/8 |
| 4. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country is now available in paperback. | 4/16 |
| 5. | Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990 McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction. | 5/24 |
| 6. | A Reliable Wife Robert Goolrick, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565129771 Goolrick's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback. | 6/19 |
| 7. | South of Broad Pat Conroy, Dial, $16, 9780385344074 Conroy's epic tale of friendship in Charleston, South Carolina, is now available in paperback. | 8/2 |
| 8. | Tinkers- Debut Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature. | /1 |
| 9. | The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper, $14.99, 9780061537967 A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback. | 9/49 |
| 10. | The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions, $15, 9781933372600 Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title. | 10/89 |
| 11. | Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $14, 9780812971835 Thirteen related stories by the bestselling author of Abide With Me. | 7/56 |
| 12. | The Little Stranger Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $16, 9781594484469 A chilling ghost story from the bestselling author of The Night Watch. | 15/2 |
| 13. | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II. | 12/32 |
| 14. | Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.95, 9780312370848 This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read. | 14/70 |
| 15. | Brooklyn Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $15, 9781439148952 The bestselling coming-of-age novel set in Ireland and Brooklyn of the 1950s is now available in paperback. | 13/11 |
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| 22. | A Change in Altitude Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316020718 Newlyweds set off on an adventure in Kenya. | / |