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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for April 16, 2001
from sales the week ending April 8
Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, April 12
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, April 16
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
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Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Girl With A Pearl Earring - 76 Pick
Tracy Chevalier, 0452282152, Plume, $12.00.
A wonderful historical fiction built around Vermeer's household, and the
relationship between the artist and a young servant woman. |
1/13 |
| 2. |
The Red Tent - 76 Pick
Anita Diamant, 0312195516, Picador, $14.00.
A fascinating re-imagining of the biblical Dinah, daughter to Jacob and
Leah, as well as the lives of all women during that time. |
2/64 |
| 3. |
Girl In Hyacinth Blue - 76 Pick
Susan Vreeland, 014029628X, Penguin, $12.00.
Eight vibrant stories that trace the history of a Vermeer painting through
its various owners. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. |
5/26 |
| 4. |
Bridget Jones' Diary
Helen Fielding, 0141000198, Penguin, $12.95.
The longtime British bestseller moves back up the list on the tails of the
upcoming movie. |
-/1 |
| 5. |
Chocolat - 76 Pick
Joanne Harris, 014100018X, Penguin, $12.95.
An enchanting novel about a woman who opens an irresistible chocolate shop
in a tiny town in France. |
3/65 |
| 6. |
House Of Sand and Fog - 76 Pick
Andre Dubus III, 0375727345, Vintage, $13.00.
In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three people become
dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. |
7/53 |
| 7. |
Icy Sparks
Gwyn Hyman Rubio, 0142000205, Penguin, $13.95.
A young girl in 1950's Appalachia discovers that she has Tourette's syndrome. |
4/65 |
| 8. |
Ahab's Wife - 76 Pick
Sena Jeter Naslund, 0688177859, Perennial, $15.00.
A grand work of historical fiction that looks at the epic of Moby Dick from
another perspective. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick |
9/23 |
| 9. |
We Were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol Oates, 0452282829, Plume, $13.95.
The Mulvaneys are that rare thing, a happy, prosperous family, but a violent
act and its repercussions threaten to destroy them. |
6/11 |
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Plainsong - 76 Pick
Kent Haruf, 0375705856, Vintage, $13.00.
A heartstrong story of family and romance, set on the High Plains of Colorado.
A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. |
8/26 |
| 11. |
Horse Heaven - 76 Pick
Jane Smiley, 0449005410, Ballantine, $14.95.
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11/6 |
| 12. |
Interpreter of Maladies - 76 Pick
Jhumpa Lahiri, 039592720X, Mariner, $12.00.
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10/25 |
| 13. |
The Poisonwood Bible - 76 Pick
Barbara Kingsolver, 0060930535, Perennial, $14.00.
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12/71 |
| 14. |
Fortune's Rocks - 76 Pick
Anita Shreve, 0316678104, Back Bay, $13.95.
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13/13 |
| 15. |
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
Helen Fielding, 0140298479, Penguin, $13.00.
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ON THE RISE
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| 57. |
Breakfast With Scot
Michael Downing, 1582431264, Counterpoint, $13.00.
A gay couple reluctantly make good on a promise to adopt an 11-year-old
boy, who shows up with make-up and an affinity for neckerchiefs in this
sweet and funny novel. |
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