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Bestseller List for August 3, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending July 31, 2016
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634024 Hawkins' bestselling debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives is soon to be a major motion picture. |
1/3 |
2. |
After You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143108863 After You is quintessential Jojo Moyes--a novel that will make you laugh, cry, and rejoice at being back in the world she creates. |
3/2 |
3. |
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024 In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. |
2/47 |
4. |
Me Before You Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109464 A memorable love story about two people who couldn't have less in common. Now a major motion picture. |
4/78 |
5. |
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944 Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. |
5/15 |
6. |
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501115073 This warmhearted novel by the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different. |
8/15 |
7. |
The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798 George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives. |
7/19 |
8. |
In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331 Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture. |
10/5 |
9. |
The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000 Acclaimed Swedish journalist and author Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this adrenaline-charged thriller. |
6/10 |
10. |
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786 A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors. |
9/61 |
11. |
Circling the Sun Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780345534200 An engrossing novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Wife. |
11/9 |
12. |
Our Souls at Night Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15.00, 9781101911921 Our Souls at Night is the perfect final installment to this beloved writer's enduring contribution to American literature. |
13/4 |
13. |
The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende, Atria, $16.00, 9781501116995 Allende's multigenerational epic stretches from San Francisco in the present day to Poland and the United States during World War II. |
14/4 |
14. |
A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780553394399 Tyler's poignant yet unsentimental novel in praise of family in all its emotional complexity. |
12/14 |
15. |
The Rocks Peter Nichols, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781101983393 A romantic page-turner propelled by the 60-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community. |
15/9 |
ON THE RISE | ||
16. |
Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Bantam, $17.00, 9781101967669 Gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, Rogue Lawyer showcases the master of the legal thriller at his very best. |
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