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Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 17, 2007
from sales the week ending May 13, 2007
For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605
An indie fave recalling the traveling circus comes to paperback. The 2007
Book Sense Book of the Year Fiction Winner. |
1/5 |
| 2. |
Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275
Paris under the Germans, by an author exterminated at Auschwitz. A bestseller
in hardcover too. |
3/5 |
| 3. |
The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307387899
A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background,
for this Pulitzer Prize winning Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book and
latest Oprah Book Club choice. |
2/7 |
| 4. |
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149
A tragic snap-decision about a handicapped baby, played out among the affected. |
4/49 |
| 5. |
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. |
5/31 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/63 |
| 7. |
Rise and Shine
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $14.95, 9780812977813
An insightful entry from Ms. Quindlen that looks closely at post-9/11 New
York, class, and family. |
7/3 |
| 8. |
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri, Mariner, $14, 9780618485222
A mesmerizing and melancholy Book Sense Pick about a first-generation Indian
family in America. |
8/52 |
| 9. |
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl, Penguin, $15, 9780143112129
A sparkling debut in the form of a syllabus for a course in Great Works
of Literature. A Book Sense (hardcover) Pick. |
9/3 |
| 10. |
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. |
10/55 |
| 11. |
The Whistling Season
Ivan Doig, Harvest, $14, 9780156031646
"Flawlessly crafted," said bookseller Stephen Grutzmacher of Passtimes Books,
Sister Bay, WI, of this Book Sense (hardcover) Pick. |
11/3 |
| 12. |
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. |
14/157 |
| 13. |
Blue Shoes and Happiness
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400075713
Precious Ramotswe is back for her seventh delightful (paperback) adventure. |
13/9 |
| 14. |
The Alchemist (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415
A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material. |
15/29 |
| 15. |
The 5th Horseman
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446699310
The Women's Murder Club hunts for a cruel killer among a hospital's staff. |
/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
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Elements of Style
Wendy Wasserstein, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400076871
A witty look at New York society post-9/11. |
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