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IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/1/09
| June 30, 2009 edition
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. The Shack, by William P. Young, Windblown
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, Harper
6. My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, Washington Square
7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage
8. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk
9. Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage
10. Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill, Vintage
11. Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay, St. Martin’s Griffin
12. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, Free Press
13. The Likeness, by Tana French, Penguin
14. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, Riverhead
15. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks, Penguin
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris, Back Bay
3. In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
4. Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, by Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions
5. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, Penguin
6. American Lion, by Jon Meacham, Random House
7. My Stroke of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume
8. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial
9. Wesley the Owl, by Stacey O’Brien, Free Press
10. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin
11. The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman, Norton
12. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
13. Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama, Three Rivers
14. The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins, Vintage
15. The Monster of Florence, by Douglas Preston, Grand Central
* Published Wednesday, July 1, 2009 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 28, 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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