National Indie Bestsellers

Trade Paperback Fiction

Bestseller List for May 12, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 8, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425232200
Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s.		 1/5
2. Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701
An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture.		 2/119
3. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477
Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback.		 3/7
4. Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country.		 4/67
5. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223
Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired).		 5/23
6. The Postmistress
Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691
Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII.		 7/14
7. 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.		 11/100
8. Little Bee
Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England.		 9/64
9. Our Kind of Traitor
John le Carre, Penguin, $15, 9780143119722
A remarkable novel of intrigue by the bestselling author of The Constant Gardener.		 10/2
10. 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.		 6/18
11. Imperfect Birds
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485046
A powerful and redemptive novel about love and family, from the bestselling author of Grace (Eventually).		 8/5
12. 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.		 14/81
13. Island Beneath the Sea- Debut
Isabel Allende, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061988257
An entrancing historical novel by the bestselling author of Ines of My Soul.		 /1
14. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender, Anchor, $15, 9780385720960
Bender's memorable novel about a young girl with a magical gift.		 12/3
15. 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.		 13/9
ON THE RISE
19. The Lonely Polygamist
Brady Udall, Norton, $15.95, 9780393339710
Udall's unforgettable novel about a man with four wives and 28 children.


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