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    <title>Trade Paperback Fiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Trade Paperback Fiction list for May 16, 2013, 
      for sales ending May 12, 2013.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
      For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
      or visit
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    <bsbl:listDate published="2013-05-16" 
                   ending="2013-05-12"
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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: 3
          
	    "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."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Great Gatsby</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>1</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>F. Scott Fitzgerald</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781451689433</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>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.</dcdescription>
        
        
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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: 6
          
	    "Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Beautiful Ruins</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>2</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Jess Walter</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Harper Perennial</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061928178</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Walter's dazzling yet deeply human novel spans 50 years and nearly as many lives.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="2"
	   wol="6"
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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: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "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>
	<dctitle>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>3</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Maria Semple</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Back Bay</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780316204262</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Semple's compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's roles in an absurd world.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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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: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Orphan Master's Son</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>4</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Adam Johnson</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Random House</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780812982626</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Johnson's epic story of a young man's journey through the mysterious dictatorship of North Korea.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="4"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>5. 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: 6
          
	    "Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Light Between Oceans</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>5</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>M.L. Stedman</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781451681758</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is now available in paperback.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="5"
	   wol="6"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>6. 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: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Art Forger</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>6</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>B.A. Shapiro</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Algonquin</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781616203160</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Shapiro's absorbing literary thriller treats readers to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="2"
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        <title>7. 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: 8;
	  
	    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>
	<dctitle>The Language of Flowers</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>7</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Vanessa Diffenbaugh</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Ballantine</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780345525550</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Diffenbaugh's beautiful debut novel about a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="*"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. 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: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "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>
	<dctitle>The Yellow Birds</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>8</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Kevin Powers</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Back Bay</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780316219341</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>This powerful novel, written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, is a harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="10"
	   wol="2"
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        <title>9. 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);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Mantel's follow-up to Wolf Hall is the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Bring Up the Bodies</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>9</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Hilary Mantel</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Picador USA</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781250024176</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Mantel's follow-up to Wolf Hall is the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>10. 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: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Orchardist</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>10</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Amanda Coplin</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Harper Perennial</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780062188519</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Coplin's touching debut novel about a reclusive man who opens his heart and lets the world in.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="6"
	   wol="10"
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        <title>11. 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: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 24
          
	    "McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Paris Wife</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>11</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Paula McLain</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Ballantine</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780345521316</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>McLain's richly rewarding novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>12. 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: 2
          
	    "A riveting Dublin Murder Squad novel by the bestselling author of In the Woods."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Broken Harbor</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>12</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Tana French</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Penguin</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780143123309</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A riveting Dublin Murder Squad novel by the bestselling author of In the Woods.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>13. Istanbul Passage</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781439156438&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Joseph Kanon (Washington Square Press, ISBN: 9781439156438);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "Kanon's haunting novel about a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Istanbul Passage</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>13</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Joseph Kanon</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Washington Square Press</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781439156438</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Kanon's haunting novel about a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War.</dcdescription>
        
        
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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: 15;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>14</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Rachel Joyce</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Random House</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780812983456</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Joyce's novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we bury within our hearts.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>15. Phantom</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307951151&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jo Nesb&#248; (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307951151);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "A riveting Harry Hole novel by the bestselling author of The Leopard."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Phantom</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>15</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Jo Nesb&#248;</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Vintage</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780307951151</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A riveting Harry Hole novel by the bestselling author of The Leopard.</dcdescription>
        
        
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