May 15, 2019



Bestseller List for May 15, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending May 12, 2019
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
2/6
2. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
1/7
3. Little Fires Everywhere- Debut
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780735224315
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
/1
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/36
5. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few have seen.
/1
6. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.
5/10
7. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
Edugyan's dazzling novel is an adventure story about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world.
4/5
8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690
Honeyman's novel is a smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and wit make for an irresistible journey.
6/49
9. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16.00, 9780735215092
Benjamin's sweeping novel probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next.
9/14
10. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
A scintillating satire of the American abroad, a rumination on time and the human heart, and a bittersweet romance of chances lost. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
7/51
11. The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501156250
A spellbinding thriller by the bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10.
14/2
12. Warlight
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525562962
Ondaatje's masterful novel tells a dramatic story set in London in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of mysterious characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement with one another.
10/6
13. Clock Dance
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563020
Tyler's charming novel of self-discovery and second chances.
15/2
14. When Life Gives You Lululemons- Debut
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $16.99, 9781476778457
With her signature wit, Weisberger offers an alluring look into a sexy, over-the-top world--and proves it's style and substance together that gets the job done.
/1
15. The Mister
E L. James, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898326
A passionate new novel by the bestselling author of the Fifty Shades Trilogy.
11/4


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