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Historical Fiction Bestsellers: Week of May 24


The following titles are shown in order of appearance from
USA Today's Top 150:


The Help  Bring Up the Bodies

Wolf Hall  The Shoemaker's Wife  Soulless

Coming Up Roses  Lord of Vengeance  11/22/63

Tough week for historical fiction, with only nine in the top 150. Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel's follow-up to her critically-acclaimed Wolf Hall, falls from 19 to 54 in its second week, but Wolf Hall continues to tag along for the ride! A fan favorite, Soulless makes the list in its new ebook format and Catherine Anderson's novel gets a new lease on life in ebook format, too.