Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 8, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2011
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's bestselling tale of myth and legend is now available in paperback. | 1/5 |
2. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. | 2/35 |
3. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. | 3/97 |
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. | 4/37 |
5. | 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. | 8/9 |
6. | 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. | 9/130 |
7. | 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. | 5/120 |
8. | Freedom Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $16, 9780312576462 The new novel by the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections. | 6/10 |
9. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. | 7/30 |
10. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). | 12/53 |
11. | An Object of Beauty Steve Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446573658 Martin's novel is an engaging and clever look at the New York City art scene. | 11/3 |
12. | 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/* |
13. | 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? | 13/10 |
14. | The Best American Short Stories 2011 Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547242163 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. | 15/8 |
15. | 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. | /8 |
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19. | A Christmas Blizzard Garrison Keillor, Penguin, $13, 9780143119883 A charming Dickensian holiday farce from the bestselling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion. |