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Historical Fiction Bestsellers: Weeks of May 9 and 16

The following titles are shown in order of appearance from
USA Today's Top 150 May 9:

The Great Gatsby  Best Kept Secret  Life After Life

Clockwork Princess  Paris  The Light Between Oceans

Lord of Wicked Intentions  Beautiful Ruins  Beauty and the Blacksmith

Nine titles this week. Down from twelve last week, but still a respectable showing. Jeffrey Archer's Best Kept Secret debuts at #5. Last week's hot debut, Paris, falls from #21 to #84. Lorraine Heath's newest lands at #122, and Tessa Dare's new ebook rounds out the list at #127.


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The Great Gatsby  The Oracle Glass  Best Kept Secret

Cheyenne Amber  Paris  Beautiful Ruins

The Light Between Oceans  Clockwork Princess

Historical fiction continues its slide, down from twelve two weeks ago to eight titles this week. The Oracle Glass lands at #16. Last week's hot debut, Best Kept Secret, falls to #58. A classic Catherine Anderson from 1994 gets a new lease on life with a reissue and hits the list at #73. And this week marks eight weeks in a row on the list for YA historical fantasy Clockwork Princess.