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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 6, 2004
from sales the week ending May 2, 2004
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold, 0316168815, Back Bay, $13.95
The surprising and amazing Lovely Bones is out in paperback. |
4/2 |
| 2. |
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd, 0142001740, Penguin, $14
A Top Ten Book Sense Pick and 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist, now in
paperback. |
1/65 |
| 3. |
#1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400034779, Anchor, $11.95
A Book Sense Pick, indie discovery, and massive bestseller. |
3/64 |
| 4. |
Life of Pi
Yann Martel, 0156027321, Harvest, $14
A Top Ten Book Sense Pick, 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist, and Booker
Prize winner, now in paperback. |
2/54 |
| 5. |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers, 0618526412, Mariner, $12
One word: Oprah! |
9/2 |
| 6. |
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides, 0312422156, Picador, $15
A Top Ten Book Sense Pick and 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner, now out in paperback. |
5/33 |
| 7. |
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Alexander McCall Smith, 140003180X, Anchor, $11.95
The third in the bestselling #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and Book
Sense Pick, comes to paper. |
6/8 |
| 8. |
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger, 0767914767, Broadway, $13.95
Now in paperback ... how to abuse your staff and get ahead, and look good
doing it. |
7/3 |
| 9. |
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 0060740450, Perennial, $14
Oprah shines the light on a masterpiece of magical realism. Truly required
reading! |
8/13 |
| 10. |
Tears of the Giraffe
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400031354, Anchor, $11.95
Sequel to the fantastically popular #1 Ladies' Detective Agency. |
14/57 |
| 11. |
The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl, 0812971043, Random House, $13.95
A Book Sense Pick in paper, as it was in hardcover! |
11/12 |
| 12. |
The Kite Runner - Debut
Khaled Hosseini, 1594480001, Riverhead, $14
A Book Sense Pick, now in paperback. A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship
and Afghan culture and politics. |
/1 |
| 13. |
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood, 0385721676, Anchor/Doubleday, $14
Paper edition of Atwood's wonderfully conceived futuristic bestseller. |
10/5 |
| 14. |
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Alexander McCall Smith, 1400031362, Anchor, $11.95
Book 3 in the incredible #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. |
/29 |
| 15. |
Three Junes
Julia Glass, 0385721420, Anchor, $14
A Book Sense Pick and National Book Award winner, now in paperback! |
12/53 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 31. |
Getting Mother's Body
Suzan-Lori Parks, 081296800X, Random House, $12.95
An infectious first novel from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. A Top Ten Book Sense Pick, now in paperback.
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