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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for March 16, 2006
from sales the week ending March 12, 2006
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
or visit www.booksense.com
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
The #1 December 2004 Book Sense Pick in Hardcover, now available in paperback.
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1/9 |
| 2. |
The Mermaid Chair - Debut
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
A May 2005 Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
/1 |
| 3. |
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
A #1 Book Sense Pick in hardcover, set in 19th-century rural China. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
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. |
2/97 |
| 5. |
Brokeback Mountain
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $9.95, 0743271327
The award-winning short story, basis for the Golden Globe winner, now in
its own edition. |
8/13 |
| 6. |
Close Range
Annie Proulx, Scribner, $14, 0684852225
Stories on defining one's self, including "Brokeback Mountain," the basis
for the movie sensation. |
4/8 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/58 |
| 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. |
7/57 |
| 9. |
Case Histories
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
A Book Sense Pick in hardcover about the cost of unsolved crimes on the
lives of the survivors. |
9/21 |
| 10. |
Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $13.95, 081297235X
An updated coming-of-age in prep school story, from the feminine perspective.
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10/16 |
| 11. |
Wicked
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $15, 0060987103
The paperback version of a hardcover Book Sense Pick. Maguire turns Dorothy
and company on their ears. |
5/36 |
| 12. |
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden, Vintage, $14.95, 0307275167
A haunting story of a geisha's life. |
15/16 |
| 13. |
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. |
13/85 |
| 14. |
The Geographer's Library - Debut
Jon Fasman, Penguin, $14, 0143036629
An engaging thriller about stolen library treasures. A Book Sense Pick in
hardcover. |
/1 |
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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. |
14/93 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 28. |
Oh My Stars
Lorna Landvik, Ballantine, $13.95, 0345468368
A poignant telling of an outcast's blooming that is threaded with Depression era
reality, the ugliness of racism, and the power of music. |
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