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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for July 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending July 17, 2011
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. |
1/15 |
| 2. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
4/17 |
| 3. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
3/77 |
| 4. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. |
2/10 |
| 5. | Faithful Place Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494 A mesmerizing Dublin murder squad novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness. |
5/3 |
| 6. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
7/33 |
| 7. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701 An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture. |
6/129 |
| 8. | 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. |
9/110 |
| 9. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. |
8/24 |
| 10. | Star Island Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446556125 Hiaasen's hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane. |
13/4 |
| 11. | One Day David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713 A moving love story by the author of The Understudy. |
15/3 |
| 12. | A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345 Cameron's wonderful novel is a dog's-eye look at human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. |
10/6 |
| 13. | The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman, Dial, $15, 9780385343671 Rachman's wry debut novel follows the lives of the staff of an international English-language newspaper in Rome. |
12/28 |
| 14. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. |
11/74 |
| 15. | French Lessons Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, $15, 9780345522771 A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city. |
14/2 |
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| 16. | The Cookbook Collector Allegra Goodman, Dial Press, $15, 9780385340861 A delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and holding on to what is real in a virtual world. |
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