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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for August 24, 2006
from sales the week ending August 20, 2006
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
A tragic snap-decision about a handicapped baby, played out among the affected.
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1/11 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/119 |
| 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. |
3/25 |
| 4. |
History of Love
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
A # 1 Book Sense Pick in hardcover that travels deep into the mysteries
of love and survival. |
4/17 |
| 5. |
The Sea - Debut
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
A Man Booker Prize-winning novel about the present, the past, and the sea.
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| 6. |
March
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction and #1 Book Sense Pick. The Civil
War experiences of Little Women's absent Mr. March. |
5/17 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/79 |
| 8. |
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $14, 1400078776
Atmospheric and harrowing, this Book Sense Pick is a love story, and much
more, set in a parallel universe. |
7/22 |
| 9. |
The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $14, 0143036696
A May 2005 Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
8/23 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/80 |
| 11. |
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.
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12/157 |
| 12. |
The Alchemist (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416
A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material. |
14/2 |
| 13. |
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $14, 031242440X
The #1 December 2004 Book Sense Pick in hardcover, now available in paperback.
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13/31 |
| 14. |
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger, Broadway, $13.95, 0767925955
Now on the big screen... how to abuse your staff and get ahead, and look
good doing it. |
10/9 |
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Saturday
Ian McEwan, Anchor, $14.95, 1400076196
A Book Sense Pick from the author of Atonement. |
11/18 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 50. |
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Xinran Xue, Anchor, $13, 1400095646
A truly epic, wondrous story of love, survival, and a mysterious country.
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