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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for February 6, 2003
from sales the week ending February 2, 2003
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| TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Hours
Michael Cunningham, 0312243022, Picador, $13
Renewed interest in this award winner due to the current movie. |
1/12 |
| 2. |
The Secret Life of Bees - Debut
Sue Monk Kidd, 0142001740, Penguin, $14
Top 76 Pick, and book club favorite, now in paperback. |
/1 |
| 3. |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett, 0060934417, Perennial, $13.95
A 76 Pick; based on the true story of a hostage crisis in Peru. |
2/41 |
| 4. |
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. |
3/14 |
| 5. |
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! |
4/20 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/24 |
| 7. |
Crow Lake
Mary Lawson, 0385337639, Delta, $12.95
76 Pick, and now the latest Today Show book club pick. |
10/3 |
| 8. |
Sea Glass
Anita Shreve, 0316089699, Back Bay, $14.95
Shreve's latest bestseller, now in paper. |
9/2 |
| 9. |
Empire Falls
Richard Russo, 0375726403, Vintage, $14.95
The newest Pulitzer Prize winner, about a small town in Maine. |
7/42 |
| 10. |
The Passion of Artemisia
Susan Vreeland, 0142001821, Penguin, $13
Top Ten 76 Pick; an extraordinary novel about a real Renaissance woman artist. |
6/5 |
| 11. |
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf, 0156628708, Harvest, $12
Renewed interest in this classic due to movie version of The Hours. |
8/3 |
| 12. |
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks, 0142001430, Penguin, $14
A novel based on the true events surrounding the English plague of 1666. A July/August 76 Pick. |
13/38 |
| 13. |
Enemy Women - Debut
Paulette Jiles, 0060938099, Perennial, $13.95
Top 76 Pick, and book club favorite, now in paperback. |
/1 |
| 14. |
Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris, 0060958022, Perennial, $13.95
Latest bestseller and 76 Pick from the author of Chocolat. |
12/35 |
| 15. |
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen, 0312421273, Picador, $15
A Top Ten 76 Pick. |
11/23 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 19. |
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Doris Pilkington , 0786887842, Miramax Books, $11
A very powerful book about three Aboriginal children taken from their homes by the Australian government. See the movie, too! |
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