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Top 30 Trade Fiction

Ahhh...this is what it's all about, isn't it? It's the book group staple. It's your airport reading. It's the just-a-little-thought gift. The trade paperback: one of life's portable joys. No batteries required.

In order, our top sellers of the year...this year with MORE BRAINS!

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback)

By Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781594743344
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Published: Quirk Books, 4/2009
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Brains!

Bound South (Paperback)

By Susan Rebecca White
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9781416558675
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Published: Touchstone, 2/2009
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New Southern classic.

Dear American Airlines (Paperback)

By Jonathan Miles
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780547237909
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Published: Mariner Books, 6/2009
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Here's Jonny!

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)

By Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385341004
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 5/2009
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Book club champ.

The Big Steal (Paperback)

By Emyl Jenkins
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781565124462
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 7/2009
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Emyl strikes again with her frolicsome mysteries!

The Shack (Paperback)

By William P. Young
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780964729230
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Windblown Media, 7/2008
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Winner of the bought-one-came-back-and-bought-for-friends award.

Coroner's Lunch (Paperback)

By Colin Cotterill
$13.00
ISBN-13: 9781569474181
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Published: Soho Crime, 11/2005
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Recommended to us by our friends at Park Road Books, this little mystery from 2004 turned out to be a surprise bestseller this year. We loved it. Thank you Sally Brewster, owner of Park Road and bookseller extraordinaire!

The Legal Limit (Paperback)

By Martin Clark
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307388667
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Published: Vintage, 6/2009
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For the first time ever, a book has made it to our bestseller lists in two formats, paper and hardback. Cool. Of course, Martin makes headlines everywhere he goes. Cheers, brother!

Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen (Paperback)

By Susan Gregg Gilmore
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780307395023
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Published: Broadway, 6/2009
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She's our new best friend. She gave us free coupons for Blizzards...so yes, you can bribe your way on to this list. (kidding)

Serena (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061470844
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Published: Ecco, 10/2009
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Not a bad showing for a book that was released in October. Congrats, Ron. You're a fabulous author and made a great focal point for our Southern Lit Book Group. Now come visit us. We think we've proven we have an audience for you now.

Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform (Paperback)

By Jeffery Hess
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780982441602
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Published: Press 53, 4/2009
Yay Hannah! Great event too!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Paperback)

By Stieg Larsson
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307454546
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Published: Vintage, 6/2009
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We are sad that there won't be more books by this author, but let's celebrate the ones we've got, ok?

The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or On the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)

By Laurie R. King
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780312427368
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Published: Picador, 10/2007
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A favorite of Tess's and a great event with this mystery lady.

The Fire (Paperback)

By Katherine Neville
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780345500687
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Published: Ballantine Books, 8/2009
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Hi There, Katherine!

Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Strout
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780812971835
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 10/2008
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Pulitzer Prize winner.

The White Tiger (Paperback)

By Aravind Adiga
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781416562603
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Published: Free Press, 10/2008
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A favorite of Kelly's.

Watchmen (Paperback)

By Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9780930289232
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Published: DC Comics, 4/1995
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The whole staff went Watchmen crazy this year.

The Eight (Paperback)

By Katherine Neville
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780345419088
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Published: Ballantine Books, 6/1997
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Another one from Katherine!

Loving Frank (Paperback)

By Nancy Horan
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780345495006
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Published: Ballantine Books, 4/2008
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Grim, but great.

The Holiday Season (Paperback)

By Michael Knight
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802143891
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Published: Grove Press, 11/2008
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We love Michael Knight...now everybody else, figure it out!

Silent On The Moor (Paperback)

By Deanna Raybourn
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780778326144
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Published: Mira, 3/2009
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We've stopped counting how many Deanna Raybourn books we sell. It's a whole lot.

The Art of Racing in the Rain (Paperback)

By Garth Stein
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061537967
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Paperbacks, 6/2009
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People love dogs.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Paperback)

By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781933372600
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Published: Europa Editions, 9/2008
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People love France...well, some of them.

The House on Tradd Street (Paperback)

By Karen White
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780451225092
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Published: NAL Trade, 11/2008
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Think tv's Moonlighting with ghosts. Good!

In the Woods (Paperback)

By Tana French
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143113492
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 6/2008
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Viva French!

The Pilo Family Circus (Paperback)

By Will Elliott, Katherine Dunn
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780980226027
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Published: Underland Press, 3/2009
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Kelly became obsessed with killer clowns in 2009...well, in reality, it was probably before that, but this is the first time she shared it with the world...

Let the Right One In (Paperback)

By John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ebba Segerberg
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780312355296
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 10/2008
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...the rest of the staff chose vampires. And zombies. BRAINS!

The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143034902
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2/2005
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A modern classic for book-lovers.

Water for Elephants (Paperback)

By Sara Gruen
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781565125605
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 5/2007
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Another staff favorite.

Nine Kinds of Naked (Paperback)

By Tony Vigorito
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780156031233
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Published: Mariner Books, 10/2008
It's an incredible book. It's got the word naked in the title. It makes people look at you funny when they see you reading it. What more do you want? It's perfect!

Murder in the Museum of Man: A Norman de Ratour Mystery (Paperback)

By Alfred Alcorn
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781581952308
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Published: Zoland Books, 1/2009
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Another mystery series we love. The new one comes in on May 1, 2010. Yay!
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