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Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for March 21, 2002
from sales the week ending March 17
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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.
3/108
2. Fall on Your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald, 0743237188, Scribner, $14.
The latest Oprah pick.
1/7
3. The Last Time They Met
Anita Shreve, 0316781266, Back Bay, $13.95.
A story of love and loss from the author of The Pilot's Wife.
2/8
4. Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier, 0452282152, Plume, $13.
A historical fiction built around Vermeer's household, and the relationship between the artist and a young servant woman.
7/59
5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon, 0312282990, Picador, $15.
The Pulitzer Prize winner, now in paperback. A 'Book Sense 76' Pick.
5/30
6. Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver, 0060959037, Perennial, $14.
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.
4/21
7. My Dream of You
Nuala O'Faolain, 1573229083, Riverhead, $14.
The first novel from the Irish journalist and author of Are You Somebody?
6/6
8. Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Susan Vreeland, 014029628X, Penguin, $11.
Eight vibrant stories that trace the history of a Vermeer painting through its various owners. A Top Ten 'Book Sense 76' Pick.
7/59
9. When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro, 0375724400, Vintage, $14.
The newest novel from the Booker-Prize winning author of The Remains of the Day.
10/16
9. The Death of Vishnu
Manil Suri, 006000438X, Perennial, $13.95.
A first novel of India, revolving around a dying man in an apartment building.
13/8
11. The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood, 0385720955, Anchor, $14.
9/26
12. A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry, 140003065X, Vintage, $15.
14/26
13. Bee Season
Myla Goldberg, 0385498802, Knopf, $13.
11/30
14. Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri, 039592720X, Mariner, $12.
12/44
15. The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle
Lois Battle, 0142000361, Penguin, $14.
-/4

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