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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for March 8, 2007
from sales the week ending March 4, 2007
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
A tragic snap-decision about a handicapped baby, played out among the affected. |
1/39 |
| 2. |
The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 9780802142818
A rich Book Sense Notable and winner of the Man Booker Prize. Set in India
on the eve of the Nepalese movement for an independent state. |
2/21 |
| 3. |
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064
A #1 Book Sense Pick in hardcover, set in 19th-century rural China. |
3/53 |
| 4. |
Labyrinth
Kate Mosse, Berkley, $15, 9780425213971
Present-day collides with 13th-century Carcassonne in a quest for the Holy
Grail. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
4/4 |
| 5. |
March
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 9780143036661
2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction and #1 Book Sense Pick. The Civil
War experiences of Little Women's absent Mr. March. |
6/45 |
| 6. |
The History of Love
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 9780393328622
A #1 Book Sense Pick in hardcover that travels deep into the mysteries of
love and survival. |
5/45 |
| 7. |
Astrid and Veronika
Linda Olsson, Penguin, $14, 9780143038078
The stories and secrets of friends, in Sweden. A Book Sense Pick. |
9/4 |
| 8. |
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 9781594480003
A Book Sense Pick, now in paperback. A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship
and Afghan culture and politics. |
11/147 |
| 9. |
The Alchemist (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 9780061122415
A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material. |
12/23 |
| 10. |
In the Company of the Courtesan
Sarah Dunant, Random House, $13.95, 9780812974041
Enchanting historical fiction, bringing Renaissance Italy to life. |
8/4 |
| 11. |
Case Histories
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316010702
A Book Sense Pick in hardcover about the cost of unsolved crimes on the
lives of the survivors. |
7/42 |
| 12. |
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
A mesmerizing and melancholy Book Sense Pick about a first-generation Indian
family in America. |
13/42 |
| 13. |
Snow
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375706868
The Turkish author takes a poetic look at the complicated politics of his
homeland in this stunning novel and Book Sense Pick. |
10/54 |
| 14. |
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 9780743454537
Sensitive and thought provoking. A dying child ... what would you do, as
a parent? As a sibling? A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
15/102 |
| 15. |
The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debut
Debra Dean, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 9780060825317
A top Book Sense Pick in hardcover. The "lovely story of a woman able to
celebrate beauty despite the ravages of war, time, and disease." --Teresa
Grossman, Tuesday Books, Williamston, MI |
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| 26. |
The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga
Edward Rutherfurd, Ballantine, $16.95, 9780345472366
The final installment in Rutherford's Dublin saga. |
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