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    <title>Trade Paperback Fiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Trade Paperback Fiction list for May 23, 2013, 
      for sales ending May 19, 2013.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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    <bsbl:listDate published="2013-05-23" 
                   ending="2013-05-19"
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        <title>1. The Great Gatsby</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781451689433&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner, ISBN: 9781451689433);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "Fitzgerald's tale of America in the Jazz Age of the 1920s is a classic of 20th-century literature, and now a major motion picture."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Great Gatsby</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>F. Scott Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Scribner</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781451689433</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Fitzgerald's tale of America in the Jazz Age of the 1920s is a classic of 20th-century literature, and now a major motion picture.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Beautiful Ruins</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061928178&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jess Walter (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780061928178);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Beautiful Ruins</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jess Walter</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061928178</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="7"
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        <title>3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316204262&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Maria Semple (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316204262);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Maria Semple</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Back Bay</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316204262</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="7"
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        <title>4. The Orphan Master's Son</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780812982626&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Adam Johnson (Random House, ISBN: 9780812982626);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 5
          
	    "Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Orphan Master's Son</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Adam Johnson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780812982626</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="5"
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        <title>5. Bring Up the Bodies</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781250024176&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Hilary Mantel (Picador USA, ISBN: 9781250024176);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "Mantel's follow-up to Wolf Hall is the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Bring Up the Bodies</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Hilary Mantel</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Picador USA</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781250024176</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Mantel's follow-up to Wolf Hall is the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="2"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>6. The Light Between Oceans</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781451681758&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by M.L. Stedman (Scribner, ISBN: 9781451681758);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Light Between Oceans</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>M.L. Stedman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Scribner</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781451681758</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="5"
	   wol="7"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>7. The Art Forger</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781616203160&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by B.A. Shapiro (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781616203160);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Art Forger</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>B.A. Shapiro</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Algonquin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781616203160</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="6"
	   wol="3"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>14.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. The Orchardist</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780062188519&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Amanda Coplin (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780062188519);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 11
          
	    "Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Orchardist</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Amanda Coplin</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780062188519</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="10"
	   wol="11"
	  />
        
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        <title>9. The Yellow Birds</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316219341&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Kevin Powers (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316219341);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Yellow Birds</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Kevin Powers</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Back Bay</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316219341</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="8"
	   wol="3"
	  />
        
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        <title>10. The Language of Flowers</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780345525550&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345525550);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Language of Flowers</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Vanessa Diffenbaugh</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Ballantine</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780345525550</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="*"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. Broken Harbor</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143123309&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Tana French (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143123309);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "A riveting Dublin Murder Squad novel by the bestselling author of In the Woods."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Broken Harbor</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Tana French</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143123309</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A riveting Dublin Murder Squad novel by the bestselling author of In the Woods.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="12"
	   wol="3"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>12. The Paris Wife</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780345521316&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Paula McLain (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345521316);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 25
          
	    "McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Paris Wife</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Paula McLain</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Ballantine</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780345521316</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>13. The Dog Stars</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307950475&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Peter Heller (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307950475);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Dog Stars</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Peter Heller</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307950475</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Heller's breathtaking novel about what it means to be human.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>14. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780812983456&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Rachel Joyce (Random House, ISBN: 9780812983456);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Rachel Joyce</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780812983456</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>15. Wolf Hall</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780312429980&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Hilary Mantel (Picador, ISBN: 9780312429980);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 47
          
	    "The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Wolf Hall</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Hilary Mantel</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Picador</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780312429980</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is now available in paperback.</dc:description>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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