Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for February 13, 2003
from sales the week ending February 9, 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. |
1/13 |
2. |
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd, 0142001740, Penguin, $14
Top 76 Pick, and book club favorite, now in paperback. |
2/2 |
3. |
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett, 0060934417, Perennial, $13.95
A 76 Pick; based on the true story of a hostage crisis in Peru. |
3/42 |
4. |
#1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400034779, Anchor, $11.95
76 Pick and indie discovery!! Do not miss this "mystery" and its sequels! |
/1 |
5. |
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. |
4/15 |
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. |
6/25 |
7. |
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf, 0156628708, Harvest, $12
Renewed interest in this classic due to movie version of The Hours. |
11/4 |
8. |
Sea Glass
Anita Shreve, 0316089699, Back Bay, $14.95
Shreve's latest bestseller, now in paper. |
8/3 |
9. |
Empire Falls
Richard Russo, 0375726403, Vintage, $14.95
The newest Pulitzer Prize winner, about a small town in Maine. |
9/43 |
10. |
The Passion of Artemisia
Susan Vreeland, 0142001821, Penguin, $13
Top Ten 76 Pick; an extraordinary novel about a real Renaissance woman artist. |
10/6 |
11. |
Crow Lake
Mary Lawson, 0385337639, Delta, $12.95
76 Pick and Today Show book club pick. |
7/4 |
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. |
12/39 |
13. |
Tears of the Giraffe - Debut
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400031354, Anchor, $11.95
Sequel to the fantastically popular #1 Ladies' Detective Agency. |
/1 |
14. |
Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris, 0060958022, Perennial, $13.95
Latest bestseller and 76 Pick from the author of Chocolat. |
14/36 |
15. |
Enemy Women
Paulette Jiles, 0060938099, Perennial, $13.95
Top 76 Pick, and book club favorite, now in paperback. |
13/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
24. |
Boonville
Robert Mailer Anderson , 0060516216, Perennial, $12.95
A far-out tale from a hippie part of California that still exists. |
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