Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for June 13, 2002
from sales the week ending June 9
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
1. |
Empire Falls
Richard Russo, 0375726403, Vintage, $14.95.
The newest Pulitzer Prize winner, about a small town in Maine. |
1/8 |
2. |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells, 0060928336, Perennial, $14.
The bestselling novel, in paperback. |
2/* |
3. |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett, 0060934417, Perennial, $14.
A 76 Pick, based on the true story of a hostage crisis in Peru. |
3/7 |
4. |
Back When We Were Grownups
Anne Tyler, 0345446860, Ballantine, $14.95.
Anne Tyler's latest in paperback, about a woman who, at 53, decides that
she's living the wrong life. |
4/8 |
5. |
How to Be Good
Nick Hornby, 1573229326, Riverhead, $13.
Hornby's new hilarious novel. |
5/5 |
6. |
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks, 0142001430, Penguin, $14.
A novel based on the true events surrounding the English plague of 1666.
A 76 Pick. |
6/5 |
7. |
The Fourth Hand
John Irving, 0345449347, Ballantine, $15.
Irving's latest wild ride, now in paper. |
7/4 |
8. |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon, 0312282990, Picador, $15.
Last year's Pulitzer Prize winner, now in paperback. A 76 Pick. |
8/41 |
9. |
The Red Tent
Anita Diamant, 0312195516, Picador, $14.95.
A re-imagining of the biblical Dinah, daughter to Jacob and Leah. The 2001
Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winner. |
12/* |
10. |
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Brady Udall, 0375719180, Vintage, $14.
The #1 Summer Paperback 76 Pick! "The best $14 you'll spend this summer."
-- Chris Bowe, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME |
9/3 |
11. |
About a Boy
Nick Hornby, 1573229571, Riverhead, $12.95.
The movie tie-in pushes up sales of this 1998 gem. |
10/4 |
12. |
Little Altars Everywhere
Rebecca Wells, 0060976845, Harper, $13.
Ya-Ya author's first book, also riding the movie wave. |
15/2 |
13. |
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas: A Novel
James Patterson, 0446679593, Warner, $12.95.
Patterson's latest novel is a departure from the thrillers he is known for. |
13/2 |
14. |
Five Quarters of the Orange - Debut
Joanne Harris, 0060958022, Perennial, $13.95.
Latest bestseller and 76 Pick from the author of Chocolat. |
-/1 |
15. |
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. A 76 and Oprah pick. |
14/31 |
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ON THE RISE |
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18. |
Folly
Laurie R. King, 0553381512, Bantam, $11.95.
"Don't even think of starting this gripping book unless you have a clear
calendar." -- Laura Hudson, Bookloft, Great Barrington, MA
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