Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for March 29, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 25, 2012
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend. | 1/21 |
2. | 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. | 3/7 |
3. | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560 The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy. | 2/5 |
4. | The House at Tyneford Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647 A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England. | 4/12 |
5. | The Buddha in the Attic- Debut 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. | /1 |
6. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. | 7/51 |
7. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. | 5/113 |
8. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. | 9/53 |
9. | The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt, Ecco, $14.99, 9780062041289 DeWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force. | /5 |
10. | Swamplandia! Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681 Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction is now available in paperback. | 6/24 |
11. | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307949493 The first installment in the bestselling thriller trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson. | /16 |
12. | The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307472984 The new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel follows The Double Comfort Safari Club. | 10/3 |
13. | 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. | 13/144 |
14. | A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685 A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and a mysterious manuscript. | 14/13 |
15. | Doc Mary Doria Russell, Ballantine, $15, 9780812980004 Russell's vibrant novel about John Henry "Doc" Holliday. | 11/3 |
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19. | Clara and Mr. Tiffany Susan Vreeland, Random House , $15, 9780812980189 An evocative novel of New York near the turn of the 20th century by the author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue. |