Trade Paperback Fiction Bestseller List for November 5, 2001 from sales the week ending October 28 Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, October 31 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, November 5 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or visit www.booksense.com   TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION Last Week/ Weeks on List 1. Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver, 0060959037, Perennial, $14.00. The author of The Poisonwood Bible celebrates the tapestry of nature, and the human thread that runs through it, in her novel set in southern Appalachia. 1/2 2. The Red Tent Anita Diamant, 0312195516, Picador, $14.95. A re-imagining of the biblical Dinah, daughter to Jacob and Leah. The Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winner. 2/90 3. Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier, 0452282152, Plume, $12.00. A historical fiction built around Vermeer's household, and the relationship between the artist and a young servant woman. 4/40 4. The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood, 0385720955, Anchor, $14.00. A richly imagined and layered book about two sisters and the secrets between them. A 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 3/7 5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon, 0312282990, Picador, $15.00. The Pulitzer Prize winner, now in paperback. A 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 5/11 6. Shopgirl Steve Martin, 0786885688, Theia, $10.95. From the actor and comedian, a bittersweet tale of love and romance. 7/6 7. Bee Season Myla Goldberg, 0385498802, Anchor, $13.00. A coming-of-age novel about an ordinary girl discovering her extraordinary talent for spelling, while her family unravels around her. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick. 6/21 8. Soul Mountain - 1st Week on List Gao Xingjian, 0060936231, Perennial, $15.00. The Nobel-Prize winning novel, now in paperback. -/1 9. The Best American Short Stories 2001 Edited by Barbara Kingsolver & Katrina Kenison, 0395926882, Houghton Mifflin, $13.00. A collection edited by Barbara Kingsolver, with stories from Alice Munro, John Updike, Rick Moody and others. 10/5 10. Lying Awake Mark Salzman, 0375706062, Vintage, $12.00. A present-day nun has to make a devastating decision when she finds out that her "visions" are connected with a potentially life-threatening disease. 9/3 11. White Teeth Zadie Smith, 0375703861, Vintage, $14.00. 8/18 12. Ahab's Wife Sena Jeter Naslund, 0688177859, Perennial, $15.00. 12/52 13. Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland, 014029628X, Penguin, $12.00. 13/52 14. Disobedience Jane Hamilton, 0385720467, Anchor, $13.00. -/14 15. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind Ann B. Ross, 0688177751, Perennial, $13.00. -/   ON THE RISE   45. Jayber Crow Wendell Berry, 1582431604, Counterpoint, $15.00. "Berry offers a marvelous tale of faith and community with all his usual intelligence and compassion." - Brian McCarthy, Wordsworth, Cambridge, MA   The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information, please contact Sascha Alper, Book Sense Projects Manager, at: (914) 591-2665 ext. 1202, 828 South Broadway, Tarrytown NY. Reprint Guidelines.