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Trade Paperback Fiction Bestsellers
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9780307454546
The bestselling debut thriller--the first in a trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback.
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A Reliable Wife
Author: Robert Goolrick; Publisher: Algonquin; ISBN: 9781565129771
Goolrick's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback.
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Little Bee
Author: Chris Cleave; Publisher: S&S; ISBN: 9781416589648
Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is now available in paperback.
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Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN: 9780375714368
The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country is now available in paperback.
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Olive Kitteridge
Author: Elizabeth Strout; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812971835
Thirteen related stories by the bestselling author of Abide With Me.
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Let the Great World Spin
Author: Colum McCann; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812973990
McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Author: Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows; Publisher: Dial; ISBN: 9780385341004
The inaugural Best Indie Buzz Book (fiction) winner, now available in paperback.
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Author: Muriel Barbery; Publisher: Europa Editions; ISBN: 9781933372600
Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title.
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Shanghai Girls
Author: Lisa See; Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9780812980530
The fascinating novel of two sisters by the author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is now available in paperback.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
Author: Garth Stein; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780061537967
A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback.
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Sarah's Key
Author: Tatiana De Rosnay; Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; ISBN: 9780312370848
This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read.
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Author: Jamie Ford; Publisher: Ballantine; ISBN: 9780345505347
An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Author: Alan Bradley; Publisher: Bantam; ISBN: 9780385343497
Bradley's acclaimed debut, featuring 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce, is now available in paperback.
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The Piano Teacher
Author: Janice Y.K. Lee; Publisher: Penguin; ISBN: 9780143116530
Lee's outstanding bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback.
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The Forgotten Garden
Author: Kate Morton; Publisher: Washington Square Press; ISBN: 9781416550556
Morton's novel about a woman's search for her identity is now available in paperback.
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