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National Indie Bestsellers
Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 24, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 20, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481 The first novel in James' erotic, amusing, and deeply moving trilogy. |
1/7 |
| 2. | Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498 The second book in the 50 Shades Trilogy. |
2/5 |
| 3. | Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504 Book Three in James' bestselling 50 Shades Trilogy. |
3/5 |
| 4. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810 A provocative novel set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto. |
4/2 |
| 5. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment. |
5/4 |
| 6. | Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077 The evocative new novel by the author of People of the Book. |
7/4 |
| 7. | The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848 Debut author Obreht's breathtaking tale of myth and legend. |
6/29 |
| 8. | The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550 Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others. |
8/7 |
| 9. | The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307744425 Otsuka's story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. |
9/9 |
| 10. | The Weird Sisters Eleanor Brown, Berkley, $15, 9780425244142 Brown's delightful novel about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. |
10/15 |
| 11. | Swamplandia! Karen Russell, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307276681 Russell's wonderfully imaginative debut novel about a run-down Everglades tourist attraction. |
11/32 |
| 12. | The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $16, 9781451617481 Hoffman's ambitious and mesmerizing novel, set in ancient Israel, now available in paperback. |
12/7 |
| 13. | The Family Fang Kevin Wilson, Ecco Press, $13.99, 9780061579059 Wilson's unforgettable tale of a family of performance artists, and the effects of their art on their children. |
14/5 |
| 14. | Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980 The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback. |
/7 |
| 15. | The House at Tyneford Natasha Solomons, Plume, $15, 9780452297647 A young Jewish woman is forced to flee 1938 Vienna and becomes a parlor maid in England. |
13/20 |