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Paperback fiction bestsellers, week of July 8
1. The Emperor’s Children
By Claire Messud. Vintage.
2. Suite Française
By Irène Némirovsky. Vintage.
3. The Birthdays
By Heidi Pitlor. Norton.
4. How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life
By Mameve Medwed. Avon.
5. Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
6. A Letter to Harvey Milk
By Lesléa Newman. University of Wisconsin.
7. The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
8. The Road
By Cormac McCarthy. Vintage.
9. The Whole World Over
By Julia Glass. Anchor.
10. Absurdistan
By Gary Shteyngart. Random House.
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