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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for August 15, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 11, 2013
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| Trade Paperback Fiction |
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| 1. |
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178 Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives. |
1/19 |
| 2. |
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262 Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world. |
2/19 |
| 3. |
The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $18, 9780316228589 Rowling's darkly comic and thought-provoking first novel for adults. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272 Kingsolver's powerful novel about the complexities of modern life in rural Appalachia. |
4/10 |
| 5. |
The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $16, 9781451681758 Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback. |
7/19 |
| 6. |
The Bat Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780345807090 The first Inspector Harry Hole novel by the bestselling author of The Redeemer. |
6/6 |
| 7. |
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626 Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea. |
5/17 |
| 8. |
Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542 A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. |
14/2 |
| 9. |
Dear Life Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725 A brilliant collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time. |
11/2 |
| 10. |
Joyland Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $12.95, 9781781162644 KIng's novel, set in a small-town amusement park in 1973, tells the story of a college student who comes to work as a carny and how his life is changed forever. |
9/10 |
| 11. |
The Secret Keeper Kate Morton, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781439152812 A spellbinding novel of love and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Distant Hours. |
12/4 |
| 12. |
Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345803450 A wonderfully witty novel of betrayal and intrigue by the bestselling author of The Innocent. |
8/6 |
| 13. |
The Art Forger B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160 Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. |
10/15 |
| 14. |
The Silent Wife- Debut A.S.A. Harrison, Penguin, $16, 9780143123231 Harrison's expertly plotted novel about a married couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can't be made, and promises that won't be kept. |
/1 |
| 15. |
A Hologram for the King Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947512 Eggers takes readers around the world in this novel about one man's fight to hold himself and his family together in the face of the global economic crisis. |
13/10 |
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| 21. |
The Bartender's Tale Ivan Doig, Riverhead , $16, 9781594631481 Doig's engaging novel about a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son. |
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