Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for July 21, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending July 17, 2011
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Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
1. | The Help Kathryn Stockett, Berkley, $16, 9780425245132 Stockett's wonderful debut novel set in the rural South of the 1960s. | 1/15 |
2. | A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307477477 Egan's masterful and genre-bending novel is now available in paperback. | 4/17 |
3. | Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375714368 The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country. | 3/77 |
4. | Room Emma Donoghue, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316098328 Donoghue's brilliant novel about the bonds between parent and child. | 2/10 |
5. | Faithful Place Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143119494 A mesmerizing Dublin murder squad novel by the bestselling author of The Likeness. | 5/3 |
6. | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson, Random House, $15, 9780812981223 Helen Simonson's charming debut novel about the endearing Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired). | 7/33 |
7. | Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616200701 An indie fave about a traveling circus is now a major motion picture. | 6/129 |
8. | 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. | 9/110 |
9. | The Postmistress Sarah Blake, Berkley, $15, 9780425238691 Blake's stirring debut novel is set during WWII. | 8/24 |
10. | Star Island Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446556125 Hiaasen's hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane. | 13/4 |
11. | One Day David Nicholls, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307946713 A moving love story by the author of The Understudy. | 15/3 |
12. | A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $12.99, 9780765330345 Cameron's wonderful novel is a dog's-eye look at human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. | 10/6 |
13. | 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. | 12/28 |
14. | Little Bee Chris Cleave, S&S, $15, 9781416589648 Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England. | 11/74 |
15. | French Lessons Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, $15, 9780345522771 A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city. | 14/2 |
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16. | The Cookbook Collector Allegra Goodman, Dial Press, $15, 9780385340861 A delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and holding on to what is real in a virtual world. |