Trade Paperback Fiction Bestseller List for September 29, 2005 from sales the week ending September 25, 2005 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or visit www.booksense.com   Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/ Weeks on List 1. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001 A Book Sense Pick, now in paperback. A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship and Afghan culture and politics. 1/73 2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon, Vintage, $12.95, 1400032717 This intriguing mystery and Book Sense Pick comes to paperback. A 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year finalist. 2/70 3. The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901 A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. A bookseller's son is obsessed with a writer discovered in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. 6/34 4. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, $15.95, 1582346038 The 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year is now in paperback! 5/4 5. The Known World Edward P. Jones, Amistad, $13.95, 0060557559 The winner of the Pulitzer Prize is now in paperback. The antebellum South, complete with black slave owners. 3/59 6. The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0142001740 A Top Ten Pick in hardcover and Book Sense Book of the Year winner in paperback. 4/137 7. Snow Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860 The exiled Turkish author takes a poetic look at the complicated politics of his homeland in this stunning novel. 7/10 8. My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537 Sensitive and thought provoking. A dying child ... what would you do, as a parent? As a sibling? A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. 8/33 9. Light on Snow Anita Shreve, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010677 An absorbing read about love, loss, and memory. A hardcover Book Sense Pick for November '04. 10/3 10. Wicked Gregory Maguire, ReganBooks, $15, 0060987103 The paperback version of a hardcover Book Sense Pick. Maguire turns Dorothy and company on their ears. 9/12 11. I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe, Picador, $15, 0312424442 Tom Wolfe goes to college. Fun, sharp, and fast. 11/4 12. The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14, 015602943X A winning and winsome Book Sense Pick and Book Sense Book of the Year finalist, about love and time travel. Now in paperback. 12/69 13. The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743269268 A Book Sense Pick in hardcover, this book is a fictionalized historical drama starring Elizabeth I. 13/5 14. The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $16, 0743227441 A novel of the luckier, lesser-known Boleyn sister. 14/52 15. Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer, Perennial, $13.95, 0060529709 A #1 76 Pick in hardcover, now in paperback and another 76 Pick! /5   ON THE RISE   19. The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst, Bloomsbury, $14.95, 1582346100 Winner of the 2004 Booker Prize. A beautifully crafted story of money and class in 1980s London.   The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information on obtaining permission, contact Meg Smith, Associate Director, Book Sense Marketing, ABA, 200 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591, call (914) 591-2665, ext. 6641. Reprint Guidelines.