National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest- Debut
Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454560
The stunning third and final novel in Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy.
/1
2. 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.
1/17
3. 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.
2/3
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.
5/8
5. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.
3/47
6. 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.
4/9
7. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.
6/49
8. 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.
7/20
9. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.
8/109
10. 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.
10/9
11. Dreams of Joy
Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547
See's outstanding follow-up to her novel Shanghai Girls.
12/3
12. 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.
11/140
13. 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.
13/2
14. 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.
9/9
15. 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.
/14


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