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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for November 21, 2002
from sales the week ending November 17, 2002
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| TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett, 0060934417, Perennial, $13.95
A 76 Pick, based on the true story of a hostage crisis in Peru. |
2/30 |
| 2. |
Peace Like a River
Leif Enger, 0802139256, Grove, $13
The Book Sense Book of the Year winner for fiction is now in paperback. Run, don't walk. |
1/13 |
| 3. |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Sijie Dai, 0385722206, Anchor, $10
#1 76 Pick! A magical little novel; two Chinese boys discover forbidden literature and more. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
Empire Falls
Richard Russo, 0375726403, Vintage, $14.95
The newest Pulitzer Prize winner, about a small town in Maine. |
4/31 |
| 5. |
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen, 0312421273, Picador, $15
A Top Ten 76 Pick. |
5/12 |
| 6. |
Falling Angels
Tracy Chevalier, 0452283205, Plume, $13
New book from the author of the outrageously popular Girl with a Pearl
Earring. |
7/8 |
| 7. |
Good Harbor
Anita Diamant, 0743225724, Scribner , $12
The latest from the author of the Book Sense Book of the Year winner The
Red Tent. |
6/9 |
| 8. |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400031346, Anchor, $11.95
76 Pick and indie discovery!! Do not miss this 'mystery' and its sequels! |
9/9 |
| 9. |
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Harriet Scott Chessman, 0452283507, Plume, $13
Top Ten 76 Pick; a gem about Mary Cassatt, her ill sister, and the art of painting and love. |
12/2 |
| 10. |
Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris, 0060958022, Perennial, $13.95
Latest bestseller and 76 Pick from the author of Chocolat. |
8/24 |
| 11. |
White Oleander
Janet Fitch, 0316284955, Back Bay, $13.95
The incredible novel and Oprah pick, now a movie. |
10/8 |
| 12. |
The Hours - Debut
Michael Cunningham, 0312243022, Picador, $13
Renewed interest in this award winner due to the upcoming movie. |
/1 |
| 13. |
Portrait in Sepia
Isabel Allende, 0060936363, Perennial, $13.95
The latest from magical storyteller Allende. |
11/3 |
| 14. |
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks, 0142001430, Penguin, $14
A novel based on the true events surrounding the English plague of 1666. A 76 Pick. |
13/28 |
| 15. |
The Secret History - Debut
Donna Tartt, 0449911519, Ballantine, $14.95
The book that tartted it all. |
/1 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 23. |
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Alexander McCall Smith , 1400031362, Anchor, $11.95
Book #3 in the incredible No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. |
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