"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."
—Julius Henry Marx (1890-1977) [Groucho] American comedian, actor, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup
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- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- by Stieg Larsson (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307454546);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: *
"The bestselling debut thriller--the first in the trilogy by the late Swedish journalist Larsson--is now available in paperback."
- The Girl Who Played With Fire
- by Stieg Larsson (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307454553);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: 24
"The highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is now available in paperback."
- Little Bee
- by Chris Cleave (S&S, ISBN: 9781416589648);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: 29
"Cleave's bestselling novel about a Nigerian refugee in England is now available in paperback."
- Cutting for Stone
- by Abraham Verghese (Vintage, ISBN: 9780375714368);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 32
"The remarkable debut novel from the author of the memoir My Own Country is now available in paperback."
- The Lacuna
- by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780060852580);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: 7
"Kingsolver's November 2009 Indie Next List Great Read is now available in paperback."
- A Gate at the Stairs
- by Lorrie Moore (Vintage, ISBN: 9780375708466);
Last week: 9;
Weeks on List: 2
"Moore's graceful novel, her first in 15 years, is now available in paperback."
- Tinkers
- by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press, ISBN: 9781934137123);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: 17
"Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel looks at love, loss, and the beauty of nature."
- The Art of Racing in the Rain
- by Garth Stein (Harper, ISBN: 9780061537967);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: *
"A look at life through the eyes of Enzo, a mixed-breed pooch, is now available in paperback."
- Wolf Hall
- by Hilary Mantel (Picador, ISBN: 9780312429980);
Weeks on List: 1
"The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback."
- Let the Great World Spin
- by Colum McCann (Random House, ISBN: 9780812973990);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 40
"McCann's lyrical novel about Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center is the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction."
- A Reliable Wife
- by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781565129771);
Last week: 12;
Weeks on List: 35
"Goolrick's bestselling debut novel is now available in paperback."
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- by Jamie Ford (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345505347);
Last week: 11;
Weeks on List: 47
"An evocative novel of Japanese-Americans in Seattle during World War II."
- One Day
- by David Nicholls (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307474711);
Last week: 13;
Weeks on List: 10
"A moving love story by the author of The Understudy."
- Sarah's Key
- by Tatiana De Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 9780312370848);
Last week: 15;
Weeks on List: *
"This remarkable historical novel is an October 2008 Indie Next List Great Read."
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog
- by Muriel Barbery (Europa Editions, ISBN: 9781933372600);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: *
"Barbery's novel, a major bestseller in Europe, is a September 2008 Indie Next List Notable title."
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