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Bestseller List for January 4, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2017
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024 In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Now a major motion picture. |
1/69 |
2. |
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16.00, 9780735212152 Hawkins' bestselling debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives is now a major motion picture. |
2/25 |
3. |
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501115073 This warmhearted novel by the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different. |
5/37 |
4. |
My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16.00, 9780812979527 A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge. |
10/12 |
5. |
The Sellout Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250083258 Beatty's biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize. |
4/10 |
6. |
In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331 Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture. |
9/27 |
7. |
A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117 Cameron's moving and beautifully crafted story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose. Now a major motion picture. |
6/4 |
8. |
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944 Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
3/37 |
9. |
Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256 Kaur's collection of poetry and prose about survival and the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. |
12/17 |
10. |
The Swans of Fifth Avenue Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $16.00, 9780345528704 Benjamin's triumphant novel about the friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and socialite Babe Paley. |
/9 |
11. |
The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $15.00, 9781101906118 Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. |
14/3 |
12. |
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786 A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors. |
8/83 |
13. |
Fates and Furies Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634482 Groff's exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. |
/13 |
14. |
The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798 George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives. |
13/37 |
15. |
The Best American Short Stories 2016 Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544582897 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. |
7/13 |
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