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National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 5, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 1, 2011
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425232200 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. |
1/4 |
| 2. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701 An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture. |
2/118 |
| 3. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
3/6 |
| 4. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
4/66 |
| 5. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
5/22 |
| 6. | 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. |
6/17 |
| 7. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. |
7/13 |
| 8. | Imperfect Birds Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485046 A powerful and redemptive novel about love and family, from the bestselling author of Grace (Eventually). |
9/4 |
| 9. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. |
8/63 |
| 10. | Our Kind of Traitor- Debut John le Carre, Penguin, $15, 9780143119722 A remarkable novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of The Constant Gardener. |
/1 |
| 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. |
10/99 |
| 12. | The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender, Anchor, $15, 9780385720960 Bender's memorable novel about a young girl with a magical gift. |
15/2 |
| 13. | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell, Random House, $15, 9780812976366 The riveting novel by the author of Cloud Atlas was a July 2010 Indie Next List Great Read in hardcover. |
11/8 |
| 14. | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, Ballantine, $15, 9780345505347 An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II. |
12/80 |
| 15. | Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature. |
/49 |