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Bestseller List for August 7, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 3, 2014
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371 Flynn's mesmerizing thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong. |
1/15 |
2. |
The Signature of All Things Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846 A sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, by the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love. |
2/6 |
3. |
Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728 A powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. |
4/29 |
4. |
The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329 Tan's evocative novel of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity. |
3/3 |
5. |
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389 An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner. |
5/9 |
6. |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662 A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror. |
8/9 |
7. |
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265 This extraordinary novel by the author of The Namesake is a National Book Award finalist. |
6/7 |
8. |
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925 A dazzling novel of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria, by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun. |
7/22 |
9. |
The Silver Star Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9781451661545 Walls' heartbreaking and redemptive novel about a girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world. |
9/9 |
10. |
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091 Simsion's heartfelt and humorous debut novel about a college professor's search for the perfect wife. |
12/9 |
11. |
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853 A riveting crime fiction novel for adults by J.K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. |
10/12 |
12. |
The Girl You Left Behind Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143125778 A spellbinding novel about two women separated by a century but united in their determination to fight for what they love most. |
11/5 |
13. |
How the Light Gets In- Debut Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274 A masterful Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery. |
/1 |
14. |
Police Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951168 A riveting Harry Hole novel by the the bestselling author of The Redeemer. |
13/2 |
15. |
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262 Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world. |
14/70 |
ON THE RISE | ||
25. |
Doomed Chuck Palahniuk, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307476548 Madison Spencer continues her afterlife adventure begun in Palahniuk's bestseller Damned. |
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