National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for September 22, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 18, 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. |
1/24 |
| 2. | Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345 This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture. |
2/109 |
| 3. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
3/86 |
| 4. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
5/26 |
| 5. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. |
4/19 |
| 6. | 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. |
8/119 |
| 7. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
7/42 |
| 8. | One Day David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713 A moving love story by the author of The Understudy. |
6/12 |
| 9. | A Secret Kept- Debut Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494 The evocative new novel by the author of Sarah's Key. |
/1 |
| 10. | Fall of Giants Ken Follett, NAL, $25, 9780451232571 Book One of Follett's Century Trilogy is now available in paperback. |
9/3 |
| 11. | Great House Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648 A brilliant novel by the bestselling author of The History of Love. |
15/2 |
| 12. | 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. |
13/37 |
| 13. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. |
10/33 |
| 14. | By Nightfall Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432 Cunningham's poetic and compelling novel is a heartbreaking look at a marriage. |
12/2 |
| 15. | 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. |
/8 |
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