Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for July 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending July 1, 2012
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481 The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy. | 1/13 |
2. | Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498 The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy. | 2/11 |
3. | Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504 Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy. | 3/11 |
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. | 4/8 |
5. | 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. | 5/5 |
6. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment. | 6/10 |
7. | Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980 The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback. | 7/13 |
8. | Rules of Civility- Debut Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. | /1 |
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. | 9/5 |
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. | 10/13 |
11. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. | 8/10 |
12. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend. | 12/35 |
13. | 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. | 11/3 |
14. | The Weird Sisters Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142 Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. | /20 |
15. | The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425 Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. | 13/15 |