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Paperback fiction bestsellers, Oct. 19-25
1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
2. Bridge of Sighs
By Richard Russo. Vintage.
3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By Muriel Barbery. Europa.
4. Run
By Ann Patchett. Harper Perennial.
5. The Shack
By William P. Young.Windblown.
6. Second Chance
By Jane Green. Plume.
7. The Road
By Cormac McCarthy. Vintage.
8. The Almost Moon
By Alice Sebold. Back Bay.
9. The Best American Short Stories 2008
Edited by Salman Rushdie. Houghton Mifflin.
10. Out Stealing Horses
By Per Petterson. Picador.
From Borders Books & Music, Brookline Booksmith, Concord Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newtonville Books, and Porter Square Books.
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