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National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for April 7, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 3, 2011
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
1/62 |
| 2. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701 An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture. |
3/114 |
| 3. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
2/18 |
| 4. | 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. |
4/13 |
| 5. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. |
5/9 |
| 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. |
7/2 |
| 7. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. |
6/59 |
| 8. | 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. |
12/4 |
| 9. | 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. |
8/95 |
| 10. | The Man From Beijing Henning Mankell, Vintage, $15, 9780307472847 An electrifying global thriller by the award-winning author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. |
11/3 |
| 11. | The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781616200152 Durrow's searing debut is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction addressing issues of social justice. |
10/13 |
| 12. | Every Last One- Debut Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812976885 A breathtaking novel by the bestselling author of One True Thing. |
/1 |
| 13. | 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. |
9/76 |
| 14. | Tinkers Paul Harding, Bellevue Literary Press, $14.95, 9781934137123 Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature. |
13/47 |
| 15. | The Double Comfort Safari Club- Debut Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $14, 9780307277480 The 11th installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. |
/1 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 17. | My Name Is Mary Sutter Robin Oliveira, Penguin, $15, 9780143119135 Oliveira's enthralling debut novel about a young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the Civil War. |
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