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Historical Fiction Bestsellers: Week of Sept. 6


The following titles are shown in order of appearance from
The Ugly Duchess   The Light Between Oceans  To Kill a Mockingbird

The Great Gatsby  11/22/63  The Rose Garden

Shadow of Night  A Lady by Midnight  A Sunless Sea

The Night Circus  The Kingmaker's Daughter  The Shoemaker's Wife

The Catcher in the Rye  Of Mice and Men  The Way to a Duke's Heart

The Book Thief

Sixteen out of 150--a pretty typical week for historical fiction, fueled mostly by historical romance and classics, maybe because students returning to school just got their reading lists and moms now have time to indulge in a little guilty pleasure? The Ugly Duchess debuts at number thirteen, The Light Between Oceans comes in at number eighteen, and did you know that To Kill A Mockingbird (coming in at number forty-eight) has been on the bestseller list for a total of 793 weeks?