Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for February 21, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending February 17, 2013
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15, 9780345521316 McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. | 1/12 |
2. | Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Vintage, $15, 9780307950659 James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. | 2/7 |
3. | The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196 Chbosky's powerful novel of the wild and poignant days of adolescence is now a major motion picture. | 13/21 |
4. | Canada Richard Ford, Ecco Press, $15.99, 9780061692031 Ford's masterful novel about the mysterious and consoling bonds of family. | 3/4 |
5. | 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. | 4/45 |
6. | Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481 The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy. | 9/45 |
7. | Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980 The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback. | 5/39 |
8. | 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. | 6/37 |
9. | 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. | 7/32 |
10. | Life of Pi Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547848419 Martel's beloved 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel is now a major motion picture. | 8/16 |
11. | The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9780743273565 Fitzgerald's tale of America in the Jazz Age of the 1920s is a classic of 20th-century literature. | 15/7 |
12. | The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey, Reagan Arthur/Back Bay Books, $14.99, 9780316175661 Ivey's touching novel is set in the Alaskan wilderness of the 1920s. | 12/15 |
13. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. | 11/33 |
14. | In One Person- Debut John Irving, S&S, $15.99, 9781451664133 Irving's intimate and unforgettable new novel about the life of a bisexual man. | /1 |
15. | 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. | 10/40 |
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20. | The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $15, 9780812982947 Walker's luminous and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world. |