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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 10, 2001
from sales the week ending December 2
Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, December 5
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, December 10
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
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. |
2/94 |
| 2. |
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. |
1/7 |
| 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. |
3/45 |
| 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. |
4/12 |
| 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. |
5/16 |
| 6. |
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien, 0618129022, Houghton Mifflin, $20.00.
The new omnibus edition, in time for the upcoming movie. |
6/3 |
| 7. |
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro, 0375724400, Vintage, $14.00.
The newest novel from the Booker-Prize winning author of The Remains
of the Day. |
7/5 |
| 8. |
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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. |
12/57 |
| 9. |
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey, 0375724672, Vintage, $14.00.
The Booker-Prize winning novel about the infamous Australian outlaw. |
15/2 |
| 10. |
Soul Mountain
Gao Xingjian, 0060936231, Perennial, $15.00.
The Nobel-Prize winning novel, now in paperback. |
11/6 |
| 11. |
Shopgirl
Steve Martin, 0786885688, Theia, $10.95.
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8/11 |
| 12. |
Bee Season
Myla Goldberg, 0385498802, Anchor, $13.00.
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10/26 |
| 13. |
Lying Awake
Mark Salzman, 0375706062, Vintage, $12.00.
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9/8 |
| 14. |
The Best American Short Stories 2001
Edited by Barbara Kingsolver & Katrina Kenison, 0395926882, Houghton Mifflin,
$13.00.
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13/10 |
| 15. |
Ahab's Wife
Sena Jeter Naslund, 0688177859, Perennial, $15.00.
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