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Bestseller List for October 20, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2011
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. |
1/28 |
2. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
4/90 |
3. | Freedom Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462 The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections. |
2/3 |
4. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
5/30 |
5. | Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345 This mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart, is now a major motion picture. |
3/113 |
6. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. |
6/23 |
7. | Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk David Sedaris, Ian Falconer (Illus.), Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316038409 A funny collection of animal-themed tales for adults by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames. |
11/2 |
8. | Started Early, Took My Dog Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $14.99, 9780316066747 The brilliant new novel featuring Jackson Brodie by the author of When Will There Be Good News? |
10/3 |
9. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
7/46 |
10. | 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. |
9/123 |
11. | A Secret Kept Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99, 9780312553494 The evocative new novel by the author of Sarah's Key. |
8/5 |
12. | 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. |
14/88 |
13. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. |
13/37 |
14. | Great House Nicole Krauss, Norton, $14.95, 9780393340648 A brilliant novel by the bestselling author of The History of Love. |
12/5 |
15. | By Nightfall Michael Cunningham, Picador, $15, 9780312610432 Cunningham's poetic and compelling novel is a heartbreaking look at a marriage. |
/5 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. | The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455510313 Connelly's compelling fourth Mickey Haller thriller. |
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