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Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
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The Help
Author: Kathryn Stockett; Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam; ISBN: 9780399155345
This wonderful debut set in the rural South of the 1960s is a February 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
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The Man From Beijing
Author: Henning Mankell; Publisher: Knopf; ISBN: 9780307271860
A new novel of suspense by the author of The Pyramid.
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The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson; Publisher: Knopf; ISBN: 9780307269980
The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
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Split Image
Author: Robert B. Parker; Publisher: Putnam; ISBN: 9780399156236
Parker's ninth novel to feature police chief Jesse Stone.
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The Postmistress
Author: Sarah Blake; Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books; ISBN: 9780399156199
Blake's stirring debut novel, set during WWII, is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
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The Lacuna
Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780060852573
Kingsolver's eagerly anticipated novel is a November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read.
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Half Broke Horses
Author: Jeannette Walls; Publisher: Scribner; ISBN: 9781416586289
Walls follows up her bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, with this true-life novel about her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith. An October Indie Next List Great Read.
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Shadow Tag
Author: Louise Erdrich; Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780061536090
Erdrich's compelling new novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
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Wolf Hall
Author: Hilary Mantel; Publisher: Holt; ISBN: 9780805080681
Mantel's riveting historical novel is the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
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The Swan Thieves
Author: Elizabeth Kostova; Publisher: Little Brown; ISBN: 9780316065788
The new novel by the bestselling author of The Historian is a January Indie Next List Great Read.
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Union Atlantic
Author: Adam Haslett; Publisher: Nan A. Talese; ISBN: 9780385524476
Haslett's fine debut novel is a February Indie Next List Great Read.
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The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Author: Cathleen Schine; Publisher: FSG; ISBN: 9780374299040
Schine's latest is a wonderful follow-up to her novel The New Yorkers.
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Noah's Compass
Author: Anne Tyler; Publisher: Knopf; ISBN: 9780307272409
The latest novel by the bestselling author of Breathing Lessons and The Accidental Tourist.
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Horns
Author: Joe Hill; Publisher: Morrow; ISBN: 9780061147951
A new supernatural thriller by the bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box.
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Fantasy in Death
Author: J.D. Robb; Publisher: Putnam; ISBN: 9780399156243
A new novel featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas by the bestselling author of Kindred in Death.
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