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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for July 11, 2002
from sales the week ending July 7
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION |
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Empire Falls
Richard Russo, 0375726403, Vintage, $14.95.
The newest Pulitzer Prize winner, about a small town in Maine. |
| 2. |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett, 0060934417, Perennial, $14.
A 76 Pick, based on the true story of a hostage crisis in Peru. |
| 3. |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells, 0060928336, Perennial, $14.
The bestselling novel, in paperback. |
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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 |
| 5. |
How to Be Good
Nick Hornby, 1573229326, Riverhead, $13.
Hornby's new, hilarious novel. |
| 6. |
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. |
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Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris, 0060958022, Perennial, $13.95.
Latest bestseller and 76 Pick from the author of Chocolat. |
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Little Altars Everywhere
Rebecca Wells, 0060976845, Perennial, $13.
Ya-Ya author's first book, also riding the movie wave. |
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Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks, 0142001430, Penguin, $14.
A novel based on the true events surrounding the English plague of 1666.
A 76 Pick. |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon, 0312282990, Picador, $15.
Last year's Pulitzer Prize winner, now in paperback. A 76 Pick. |
| 11. |
The Fourth Hand
John Irving, 0345449347, Ballantine, $15.
Irving's latest wild ride, now in paper. |
| 12. |
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. |
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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. |
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Good in Bed
Jennifer Weiner, 0743418174, Washington Sq., $13.
A plus-size pop-culture reporter discovers that her ex-boyfriend is chronicling
their relationship in a series of articles. A 76 Pick. |
| 15. |
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. |
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ON THE RISE |
| 39. |
Bread Alone
Judith Ryan Hendricks, 0060084405, Perennial, $13.95.
A 76 Pick in cloth, now in paper; fiction and food and good smells all in
one. |
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