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Bestselling paperback books
| June 5, 2009 edition
The Indie bestseller list*
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial
2. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, Random House
3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions
4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk
5. The Shack, by William P. Young, Windblown
6. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage
7. Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill, Vintage
8. City of Thieves, by David Benioff, Plume
9. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks, Penguin
10. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, Free Press,
11. Testimony, by Anita Shreve, Back Bay
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, Riverhead
13. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin
14. The Likeness, by Tana French, Penguin
15. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson, Picador
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin
2. In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
3. My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume
4. American Lion, by Jon Meacham, Random House
5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial
7. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
8. The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan, Voice
9. A Voyage Long and Strange, by Tony Horwitz, Picador
10. The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria, Norton
11. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, Three Rivers
12. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin
13. The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman, Norton
14. The Soloist, by Steve Lopez, Berkley
15. The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport, by Carl Hiaasen, Vintage
ON THE RISE:
Cook Yourself Thin, by Lifetime Television (Eds.), Hyperion
A companion to the Lifetime reality show offering recipes to easily cut calories.
*Published Thursday, June 4, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 31, 2009). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
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1. Philip O’Mara | 06.06.09
Read a great adult sporting comedy that follows the fortunes of Paul Marriot, the secretary of the Barnstorm Village Sunday soccer team and coach of a school cricket team in Yorkshire, England. The story describes the remarkable camaraderie between the players and supporters of this little club and their desire to achieve success. Nonetheless, the team is known more for its antics off the field, rather than their performances on it.
During his time at the club he meets and becomes involved with Emma Potter, who is the sister of James Potter, a major player for their bitter rivals Moortown Inn. Thus, begins an entangled web of romance and conflict. He also begins working at Derry High School, a school with a poor reputation of academic success, where he becomes coach of the school cricket team. Here he develops an amazing relationship with the children and embarks on an epic journey.
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