Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 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. | 1/25 |
2. | Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498 The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy. | 2/23 |
3. | Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504 Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy. | 3/23 |
4. | The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, $16, 9781250014764 The impressive novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. | 5/3 |
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. | 4/17 |
6. | 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. | 7/20 |
7. | Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780375507250 The dazzling third novel by the author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is now a major motion picture. | 8/6 |
8. | 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. | 6/12 |
9. | Rules of Civility Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169 Towles' captivating debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. | 9/13 |
10. | 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. | 15/2 |
11. | 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. | 10/25 |
12. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment. | 11/22 |
13. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend. | 13/47 |
14. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. | 12/22 |
15. | 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. | 14/13 |