So, I shared some of our bestsellers for 2011 with you a few weeks ago. Then I thought it might be interesting to see what the top 5 were for the previous 4 years. Check out this interesting blast from the past...
2011
1. Just Kids by Patti Smith (paperback)
2. Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
5. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2010
1. Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
2. Just Kids by Patti Smith (hardcover)
3. Secret Stairs by Charles Fleming
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
5. oops, forgot to write that one down...
2009
1. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
3. Los Feliz: An Illustrated History by Donald Seligman
4. Requiem for a Paper Bag by Davy Rothbart
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
2008
1. Acting Class by Milton Katselas
2. Sad Animals (zine) by Adam Meuse
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
4. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2. Los Angeles Noir edited by Denise Hamilton
3. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
5. Walking LA by Erin Mahoney Harris
"Zone" by Mathias Enard [25 Days of the BTBA]
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*As with years past, we’re going to spend the next five weeks highlighting
all 25 titles on the BTBA fiction longlist. We’ll have a variety of guests
wri...
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