Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for June 2, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 29, 2011
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425232200 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. | 1/8 |
2. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. | 2/10 |
3. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. | 4/3 |
4. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. | 3/70 |
5. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701 An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture. | 5/122 |
6. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). | 6/26 |
7. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. | 7/17 |
8. | Our Kind of Traitor John le Carre, Penguin, $15, 9780143119722 A remarkable novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of The Constant Gardener. | 9/5 |
9. | 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. | 10/21 |
10. | Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $15, 9780812977868 The new satiric novel by the author of Absurdistan. | 14/3 |
11. | 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. | 13/103 |
12. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. | 8/67 |
13. | Matterhorn Karl Marlantes, Grove Press, $15.95, 9780802145314 Marlantes' epic novel of the Vietnam War is now available in paperback. | 12/3 |
14. | The Passage- Debut Justin Cronin, Ballantine, $16, 9780345504975 Cronin's terrifying and entertaining novel about post-apocalyptic America is available in paperback. | /1 |
15. | Island Beneath the Sea Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061988257 An entrancing historical novel by the bestselling author of Ines of My Soul. | 11/4 |
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17. | A Dog's Purpose W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345 Cameron's wonderful novel is a dog's-eye look at human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. |