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Bestseller List for February 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 12, 2012
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | 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. |
1/15 |
2. | 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. |
2/* |
3. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. |
3/45 |
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. |
4/6 |
5. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. |
6/47 |
6. | 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. |
5/18 |
7. | The Weird Sisters - Debut 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. |
/1 |
8. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. |
7/107 |
9. | 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. |
8/7 |
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. |
9/7 |
11. | 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. |
11/138 |
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. |
13/13 |
13. | The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307454553 The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. |
10/56 |
14. | Dreams of Joy - Debut Lisa See, Random House, $15, 9780812980547 See's outstanding follow-up to her novel Shanghai Girls. |
/1 |
15. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). |
12/63 |
ON THE RISE | ||
19. | Before I Go to Sleep S.J. Watson, Harper, $14.99, 9780062060563 Watson's enthralling novel is about a woman whose memories are all forgotten every time she falls asleep. |
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