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Paperback Fiction Best Sellers (Book Sense)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 
   
    by Stieg Larsson (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307454546); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: * "The bestselling debut thriller--the first in the trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback."


The Girl Who Played With Fire 
   
    by Stieg Larsson (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307454553); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 23 "The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is now available in paperback."


Little Bee 
   
    by Chris Cleave (S&S, ISBN: 9781416589648); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 28 "Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is now available in paperback."


Cutting for Stone 
   
    by Abraham Verghese (Vintage, ISBN: 9780375714368); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 31 "The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country is now available in paperback."


The Lacuna 
   
    by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780060852580); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 6 "Kingsolver's November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read is now available in paperback."


Tinkers 
   
    by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press, ISBN: 9781934137123); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 16 "Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature."


The Art of Racing in the Rain 
   
    by Garth Stein (Harper, ISBN: 9780061537967); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: * "A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback."


Let the Great World Spin 
   
    by Colum McCann (Random House, ISBN: 9780812973990); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 39 "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."


A Gate at the Stairs 
   
    by Lorrie Moore (Vintage, ISBN: 9780375708466); Weeks on List: 1 "Moore's graceful novel, her first in 15 years, is now available in paperback."


The Elegance of the Hedgehog 
   
    by Muriel Barbery (Europa Editions, ISBN: 9781933372600); Last week: 14; Weeks on List: * "Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title."


Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 
   
    by Jamie Ford (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345505347); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: 46 "An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II."


A Reliable Wife 
   
    by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781565129771); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 34 "Goolrick's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback."


One Day 
   
    by David Nicholls (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307474711); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 9 "A moving love story by the author of The Understudy."


Her Fearful Symmetry 
   
    by Audrey Niffenegger (Scribner, ISBN: 9781439169018); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 9 "Niffenegger's haunting follow-up to The Time Traveler's Wife is now available in paperback."


Sarah's Key 
   
    by Tatiana De Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 9780312370848); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: * "This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read."
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