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Bestsellers at Independent Bookstores

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Sticking with the independent theme, I’ve found a bestsellers list for independent bookstores across the U.S.

Here are the top ten trade paperback fiction books sold in U.S. indie bookstores for the week ending September 14, accoding to Indie Bound:

1. The Shack by William P. Young
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
3. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
4. Run by Ann Patchett
5. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
6. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
8. In the Woods by Tana French
9. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
10. Away by Amy Bloom

As it just so happens, number 7, Water for Elephants is the novel that I started reading this weekend. I’m not too far into it, but I can already tell that I am going to like it. It’s a histoical fiction novel - my fave, and is well written. Coincidentally, Water for Elephants is about a man’s involvement with the circus during the Depression; Burning Bright, which I just finished, also had a local circus storyline. The circus … is it a new trend?


Posted in Bestsellers on September 23rd, 2008

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