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Paperback fiction bestsellers, Jan. 11-17

Posted by Jim Concannon January 12, 2009 05:45 PM

1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz. Riverhead.
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.
3. Revolutionary Road
By Richard Yates. Vintage.
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By Muriel Barbery. Europa.
5. The Reader
By Bernhard Schlink. Vintage.
6. The White Tiger
By Aravind Adiga. Free Press.
7. People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks. Penguin.
8. Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
9. Me Talk Pretty One Day
By David Sedaris. Back Bay.
10. Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.

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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