Trade Fiction Paperback
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#1 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
E L James
An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks
#2 FIFTY SHADES DARKER
E L James
Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship — but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in a trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks
#3 FIFTY SHADES FREED
E L James
Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in a trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks
#4 THE LAST BOYFRIEND
Nora Roberts
The Montgomery brothers are about to open their bed-and-breakfast, thanks to Owen Montgomery’s planning — but there’s one thing he didn’t anticipate; Book 2 of the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy.
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#5 THE LUCKY ONE
Nicholas Sparks
A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
On the bestsellers list for 23 weeks
#6 ABRAHAM LINCOLN - VAMPIRE HUNTER
Seth Grahame-Smith
A journal reveals Lincoln’s fight against the undead; by the author of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
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#7 THE ART OF FIELDING
Chad Harbach
At a small college in Wisconsin, a gifted but vulnerable baseball player faces a crisis.
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#8 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST
Stieg Larsson
In the last volume of the Millennium trilogy, Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are threatened by an adversary from deep within the government.
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#9 THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett
Three women — a white socialite and two black maids — work on a tell-all book about black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi.
On the bestsellers list for 57 weeks
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#10 ZERO DAY
David Baldacci
An Army veteran and military investigator teams up with a local homicide detective to uncover a conspiracy in West Virginia coal country.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks
#11 NOW YOU SEE HER
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Nina Bloom, a successful lawyer and loving mother who years ago changed her identity to save her life, is forced to confront the past and the killer she thought she had escaped.
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#12 A GAME OF THRONES
George R R Martin
In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
On the bestsellers list for 34 weeks
#13 THE HARBINGER
Jonathan Cahn
A man tells of his encounters with a mysterious figure who has given him a series of messages that hold the secret of America’s future.
On the bestsellers list for 18 weeks
#14 CALEB'S CROSSING
Geraldine Brooks
Growing up among the Massachusetts Puritans in the 1660s, a restless young woman forges a secret bond with the son of a Wampanoag chief.
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#15 THE NEXT ALWAYS
Nora Roberts
A historic hotel in Boonsboro, Md., is getting a face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother.
On the bestsellers list for 15 weeks
#16 THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho
In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.
On the bestsellers list for 217 weeks
#17 THE AMERICAN HEIRESS
Daisy Goodwin
Traveling abroad at the turn of the 20th century, Cora Cash — wealthy, glamorous and looking for a titled husband — finds an English social scene full of traps and betrayals.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks
#18 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
A young woman’s gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others, even as she struggles with her own troubled past.
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#19 THE TIGER'S WIFE
Téa Obreht
Fable and allegory illustrate the complexities of Balkan history, as a young doctor unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s death.
On the bestsellers list for 27 weeks
#20 THE DOVEKEEPERS
Alice Hoffman
The lives of four fiercely independent women intersect during the Roman siege of Masada in the first century.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks