For the week ending 3/21.
Two first novels we’ve been tracking are moving up the list:
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| Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet |
| Jamie Ford |
| Price: |
$24.00 |
| Hardcover: |
304 pages |
| Publisher: |
Ballantine Books – (2009-01-27) |
| ISBN-10: |
0345505336 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780345505330 |
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Hotel moves from sweet to even sweeter, arriving at #14 on the main list from #21 on the extended list. It’s showing very heavy reserves in some libraries, particularly in the NorthWest (it’s set in Seattle).
Previous EarlyWord coverage – First Novel a Hit with Booksellers
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| The Help |
| Kathryn Stockett |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
464 pages |
| Publisher: |
Putnam Adult – (2009-02-10) |
| ISBN-10: |
0399155341 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780399155345 |
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The Help is in its second week on the list, moves to #14, tied with Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child at #13. It is also showing heavy reserve lists in some libraries.
Getting ‘The Help’
And remember, the audio has won strong praise from AudioFile:
Audio of ‘The Help’
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| The Help |
| Stockett Kathryn |
| Retail Price: |
39.95 |
| Audio CD: |
Unabridged |
| Publisher: |
Penguin Audio |
| ISBN-10:0143144189
ISBN-13:9780143144182 |
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Also moving up, with heavy reserves:
#17 (from #28)
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| Life Sentences |
| Laura Lippman |
| Price: |
$24.99 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
William Morrow – (2009-03-01) |
| ISBN-10: |
0061128899 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780061128899 |
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New to the extended list:
#19 THE TOURIST, by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
The last in a five-book series (correction: Thanks to an alert EarlyWord reader — this is not the last book in Steinhauer’s series set somewhere in the Soviet Union. That series actually finished with Victory Square in 2007. The Tourist, a contemporary international thriller, is separate from that series). Variety reports that George Clooney has acquired the rights to this new title. Reserves are heavy.
Stellar reviews:
- LA Times, “A new thriller from a writer whose stories are as rich as any by Greene, Deighton or Le Carre.”
- Washington Post, “first-rate popular fiction”
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| The Tourist |
| Olen Steinhauer |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
416 pages |
| Publisher: |
St. Martin’s Minotaur – (2009-03-03) |
| ISBN-10: |
0312369727 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780312369729 |
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#25 THE LAST DICKENS, by Matthew Pearl (Random House)
Reserves light so far.
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| The Last Dickens |
| Matthew Pearl |
| Price: |
$25.00 |
| Hardcover: |
400 pages |
| Publisher: |
Random House – (2009-03-17) |
| ISBN-10: |
1400066565 |
| ISBN-13: |
9781400066568 |
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#31 DEAD SHOT, by Jack Coughlin with Donald A. Davis (St. Martin’s)
Reserves light
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| Dead Shot (A Sniper Novel) |
| Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
St. Martin’s Press – (2009-03-03) |
| ISBN-10: |
0312379129 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780312379124 |
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#35 GRAVE GOODS, by Ariana Franklin (Putnam)
Comfortable reserve ratios
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| Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death) |
| Ariana Franklin |
| Price: |
$25.95 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Putnam Adult – (2009-03-19) |
| ISBN-10: |
0399155449 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780399155444 |
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