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National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for February 9, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 5, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback. |
1/14 |
| 2. | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547735023 Foer's warm and brilliant imaginings from the viewpoint of a boy left fatherless by 9/11 is now a major motion picture. |
2/* |
| 3. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. |
4/44 |
| 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. |
8/5 |
| 5. | 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. |
3/17 |
| 6. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
5/46 |
| 7. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
6/106 |
| 8. | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carré, Penguin, $16, 9780143120933 Le Carré's celebrated heart-stopping tale of international intrigue is now a major motion picture. |
7/6 |
| 9. | 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. |
9/6 |
| 10. | The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. |
11/55 |
| 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. |
13/137 |
| 12. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
15/62 |
| 13. | 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. |
10/* |
| 14. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. |
12/39 |
| 15. | Sarah's Key Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin's Griffin, $13.99, 9781250004345 A mesmerizing story of a tragic past, and a present torn apart. |
14/129 |
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| 16. | The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Jan-Philipp Sendker, Other Press, $14.95, 9781590514634 Sendker's poignant love story, set in Burma and spanning the decades between the 1950s and the present, is a February Indie Next List Great Read. |
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