Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for February 24, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 20, 2011
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. | 1/56 |
2. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). | 2/12 |
3. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. | 4/3 |
4. | 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. | 3/7 |
5. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. | 5/53 |
6. | True Grit Charles Portis, Overlook, $14.95, 9781590204597 A new edition of Portis' classic novel and the basis for the new film directed by the Coen brothers. | 6/7 |
7. | 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. | 10/89 |
8. | Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature. | 7/41 |
9. | The Three Weissmanns of Westport Cathleen Schine, Picador, $14, 9780312680527 Schine's wonderful follow-up to her novel The New Yorkers. | 13/2 |
10. | Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9781416586296 Walls follows up her bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, with this true-life novel about her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. | 9/24 |
11. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565125605 An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. | 8/108 |
12. | The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152 Durrow's searing debut is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction addressing issues of social justice. | 11/7 |
13. | The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. | /46 |
14. | Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann, Random House, $15, 9780812973990 McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction. | /63 |
15. | The Invisible Bridge- Debut Julie Orringer, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400034376 The eagerly awaited debut novel by the author of the short story collection How to Breathe Underwater. | /1 |
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23. | Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476012 Carey's funny new novel is set in early 19th-century America. |