Kindle bestsellers: 'The Help,' 'Dear John,' 'The Lovely Bones'
Wednesday 27 January 2010
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Amazon.com's list of weekly bestselling Kindle e-books, released January 26 by Publisher's Marketplace, has Kathryn Stockett's
The Help,
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, and
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold holding the top spots. New titles by Tami Hoag, Stephen Hunter, and Barbara Delinsky have also climbed into the top ten.
The Help has been a best-selling title in both print and electronic editions since it was released nearly a year ago. Stockett's debut novel, it centers on a young woman in Jackson, Mississipppi at the beginning of the American civil rights movement.
The romance Dear John was published in December 2009 and has been made into a feature film starring Amanda Seyfried, out in February 2010. Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, first published in 2002, has gained in popularity with the January release of the Peter Jackson film based on the novel.
New to the list this week are Deeper Than the Dead, a new thriller by Tami Hoag published in late December; I, Sniper, the latest in a series of suspense novels by Stephen Hunter, also published at the end of December: and Not My Daughter, a story of teenage girls by perennial American best-selling author Barbara Delinsky.
Kindle weekly bestsellers:
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett (4=previous position)
2. Dear John - Nicholas Sparks (new)
3. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (9)
4. Deeper Than the Dead - Tami Hoag (new)
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (8)
6. I, Alex Cross - James Patterson (1)
7. I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel - Stephen Hunter (new)
8. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (2)
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson (9 for week ending October 10)
10. Not My Daughter - Barbara Delinsky (new)
Source: Publishers' Marketplace
Amazon's Kindle e-reader is available internationally. Kindle e-books can also be read on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch using the Kindle iPhone application, and on personal computers using the Kindle for PC application, available in more than 100 countries.
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