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    <title>Trade Paperback Fiction Bestsellers</title>
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    <description>
      Trade Paperback Fiction list for August 21, 2008, 
      for sales ending August 17, 2008.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
      For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
      or visit
      &lt;a href="http://indiebound.org/?affiliateId=objective"&gt;IndieBound.org&lt;/a&gt;.
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                   ending="2008-08-17"
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        <title>1. The Shack</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780964729230&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by William P. Young (Windblown, ISBN: 9780964729230);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 13
          
	    "A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Shack</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>William P. Young</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Windblown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780964729230</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A man's relationship with God is changed when his daughter is abducted.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Run</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061340642&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780061340642);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "An intimate domestic drama from the author of Bel Canto."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Run</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Ann Patchett</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061340642</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An intimate domestic drama from the author of Bel Canto.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Out Stealing Horses</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780312427085&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Per Petterson (Picador, ISBN: 9780312427085);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 16
          
	    "A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Out Stealing Horses</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Per Petterson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Picador</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780312427085</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A widower's recollections of a day with his childhood friend.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>4. Loving Frank</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780345495006&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Nancy Horan (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345495006);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 19
          
	    "Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Loving Frank</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Nancy Horan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Ballantine</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780345495006</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Horan's fictionalized account of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is now available in paperback.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="19"
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        <title>5. In the Woods</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143113492&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Tana French (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143113492);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 13
          
	    "French's debut novel is a gripping story of the murder of a child in a suburb of Dublin."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>In the Woods</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Tana French</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143113492</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>French's debut novel is a gripping story of the murder of a child in a suburb of Dublin.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>6. Bridge of Sighs</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400030903&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Richard Russo (Vintage, ISBN: 9781400030903);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "An unforgettable portrait of vanishing small-town America."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Bridge of Sighs</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Richard Russo</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400030903</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An unforgettable portrait of vanishing small-town America.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>7. Water for Elephants</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781565125605&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781565125605);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Water for Elephants</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Sara Gruen</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Algonquin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781565125605</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>8. Away</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780812977790&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Amy Bloom (Random House, ISBN: 9780812977790);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "An extraordinary trek across America, and through unsentimental emotional landscapes."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Away</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Amy Bloom</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780812977790</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An extraordinary trek across America, and through unsentimental emotional landscapes.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="7"
	   wol="8"
	  />
        
    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
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        <title>9. The Yiddish Policemen's Union</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780007149834&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Michael Chabon (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780007149834);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 16
          
	    "A fanciful and believable tale of a Yiddish-speaking detective in Alaska."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Yiddish Policemen's Union</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Michael Chabon</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780007149834</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A fanciful and believable tale of a Yiddish-speaking detective in Alaska.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="10"
	   wol="16"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. The Road</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307387899&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307387899);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Road</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Cormac McCarthy</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307387899</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A barren, post-apocalyptic landscape is the foreground, and background, for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>11. On Chesil Beach</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307386175&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ian McEwan (Anchor, ISBN: 9780307386175);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "A wedding night in 1963, sexual repression, and patented McEwan prose."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>On Chesil Beach</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Ian McEwan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Anchor</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307386175</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A wedding night in 1963, sexual repression, and patented McEwan prose.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="9"
	   wol="10"
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        <title>12. The Friday Night Knitting Club</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780425219096&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Kate Jacobs (Berkley, ISBN: 9780425219096);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 33
          
	    "The heartwarming story of a yarn shop owner and her 12 year-old biracial daughter."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Friday Night Knitting Club</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Kate Jacobs</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Berkley</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780425219096</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The heartwarming story of a yarn shop owner and her 12 year-old biracial daughter.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>13. The Maytrees</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061239540&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Annie Dillard (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780061239540);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "Free-spirited characters are dazzled by Cape Cod and the sea in a lyrically beautiful novel."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Maytrees</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Annie Dillard</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061239540</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Free-spirited characters are dazzled by Cape Cod and the sea in a lyrically beautiful novel.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>14. The Alchemist</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061122415&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne, ISBN: 9780061122415);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Alchemist</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>HarperOne</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061122415</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A boy's journey and metamorphosis, with new bonus material.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>15. Songs Without Words</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780375727177&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ann Packer (Vintage, ISBN: 9780375727177);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "The follow-up to Packer's The Dive From Clausen's Pier."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Songs Without Words</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Ann Packer</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780375727177</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The follow-up to Packer's The Dive From Clausen's Pier.</dc:description>
        
        
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