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Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 2012
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481 The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy. |
1/18 |
2. | Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498 The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy. |
2/16 |
3. | Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504 Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy. |
3/16 |
4. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810 A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto. |
5/13 |
5. | The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432 Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians. |
4/5 |
6. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. |
6/6 |
7. | The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727 In this novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about. |
7/10 |
8. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment. |
8/15 |
9. | Maine J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216 By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family. |
9/10 |
10. | The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550 Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others. |
10/18 |
11. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend. |
11/40 |
12. | Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980 The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback. |
12/18 |
13. | A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685 A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript. |
13/17 |
14. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. |
15/15 |
15. | The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418 Ondaatje's wonderful novel about an 11-year-old boy on board a ship bound for England in the early 1950s. |
14/8 |
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