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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 16 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
- Aisha Sultan | Post-Dispatch
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 9 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
- Chris Hewitt The Minnesota Star Tribune
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- Chris Hewitt The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 2 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended April 18 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended April 18 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
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Crime doesn’t pay. Even if you have all the money in the world. This is the premise of Debbie Baldwin’s eighth book, "The Architect of Deception."
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended May 16 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, reprinted from Publishers Weekly.
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