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Bestseller List- Paperback Trade Fiction - W/E Feb 2nd
1.
The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club)
by Ken Follett
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Murder, arson and lust surround the building of a cathedral.
2.
Atonement
by Ian Mcewan
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A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family’s idyllic life.
3.
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
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An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared under the Taliban.
4.
Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara Gruen
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A young man — and an elephant — save a Depression-era circus.
5.
6th Target, The (Woman's Murder Club)
by James Patterson
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Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate the disappearance of several children in San Francisco.
6.
The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs
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A group of women meet weekly at a New York City yarn shop.
7.
Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A Colombian poet’s love for a woman is tested.
8.
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
by Cormac McCarthy
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A father and son travel in post-apocalypse America.
9.
Body Surfing: A Novel
by Anita Shreve
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A woman takes a job as a tutor and becomes involved in a wealthy family’s tensions and rivalries.
10.
No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
by Cormac Mccarthy
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Mayhem ensues in this reissued novel after a West Texas man stumbles upon $2 million in drug money — and decides to keep it.
11.
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
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A tale of courtly intrigue starring Henry VIII and Mary and Anne Boleyn.
12.
The Alchemist (Plus)
by Paulo Coelho
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A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure.
13.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
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A doctor’s decision to secretly send his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to an institution haunts everyone involved.
14.
Suite Francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
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Two novellas, which came to light more than 50 years after the author’s death at Auschwitz.
15.
The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)
by Anne Enright
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A middle-aged woman struggles to come to terms with the suicide of her brother; the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize.
16.
The Emperor's Children (Vintage)
by Claire Messud
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Privileged 30-somethings try to make their way in literary New York just before 9/11.
17.
PS, I LOVE YOU
by Cecelia Ahern
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A young widow performs a series of tasks laid out in a package of letters written by her husband.
18.
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
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A professor of German history investigates what really went on in her mother’s life in Germany during World War II.
19.
Oil!
by Upton Sinclair
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Sinclair’s 1927 novel of greed, corruption and class warfare during the Southern California oil boom.
20.
Someday (Sunrise Series-Baxter 3, Book 3)
by Karen Kingsbury
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The pressures of celebrity life and family struggles are explored in Book 3 of the Sunrise Series.
Created by Tammy
NY Times best seller list for paperback trade fiction for the week ending Feb 2, 2008
Category: Award Lists - e.g. 'Booker Prize Winners'