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Bestselling books the week of 3/11/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
The Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, Colo.
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
2. House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, Atria
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson, Knopf
4. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, Amy Einhorn Books
5. The Man From Beijing, by Henning Mankell, Knopf
6. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, Random House
7. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper
8. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith, Grand Central
9. Split Image, by Robert B. Parker, Putnam
10. The Three Weissmanns of Westport, by Cathleen Schine, FSG
11. Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich, Harper
12. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls, Scribner
13. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, Holt
14. The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova, Little Brown
15. Horns, by Joe Hill, Morrow
ON THE RISE:
17. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin
Durrow's thoughtful novel about the daugher of white Danish woman and African-American man is a February Indie Next List Great Read.









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