Reading Radar
From the New York Times Bestseller Lists
Trade Fiction Paperback
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#1
THE HELP
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 43 weeks.
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#2
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
A precocious boy goes on a scavenger hunt through New York’s five boroughs in search of the lock that fits a key belonging to his father, who died on Sept. 11.
On the bestsellers list for 6 weeks.
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#3
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of a Swedish heiress; the first volume in the Millennium trilogy.
On the bestsellers list for 136 weeks.
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#4
THE TIGER'S WIFE
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 13 weeks.
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#5
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
In the second volume of the Millennium trilogy, the Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes a murder suspect.
On the bestsellers list for 86 weeks.
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#6
10TH ANNIVERSARY
Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when the Women’s Murder Club is called in to find a missing baby.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks.
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#7
THE HARBINGER
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 4 weeks.
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#8
LETHAL
A woman, her daughter and a man accused of murder evade the authorities as they search for her dead husband’s secrets.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week.
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#9
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
George Smiley sets a trap to catch a Soviet mole who may have penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.
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#10
NIGHT ROAD
Three teenagers in a small, close-knit community make a calamitous decision that changes the course of their lives.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks.
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#11
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
The recovery of a lost ancient manuscript in a library at Oxford sets a fantastical underworld stirring.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.
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#12
SARAH'S KEY
A contemporary American journalist investigates what happened to a little girl and her family during the roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.
On the bestsellers list for 152 weeks.
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#13
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.
On the bestsellers list for 138 weeks.
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#14
CUTTING FOR STONE
Twin brothers, conjoined and then separated, grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia.
On the bestsellers list for 105 weeks.
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#15
ONE SUMMER
After the death of his devoted wife, a father struggles to keep his family together, and in the process learns to love again.
On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.
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#16
THE NEXT ALWAYS
A historic hotel in Boonsboro, Md., is getting a face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother.
On the bestsellers list for 13 weeks.
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#17
THE ALCHEMIST
In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.
On the bestsellers list for 213 weeks.
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#18
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD
Time is the relentless “goon squad” in this rock ’n’ roll novel, which explores the tattered lives of a cynical record producer and the people who intersect his world; a 2011 Pulitzer winner.
On the bestsellers list for 45 weeks.
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#19
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Two years after her son’s murderous high school rampage, a woman tries to come to terms with marriage, career and family in a series of correspondences with her estranged husband.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks.
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#20
ROOM
The entire world of the 5-year-old boy who narrates this novel is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his mother is being held prisoner.
On the bestsellers list for 37 weeks.
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