Paperback Fiction Bestsellers For May 12

1. The Help

By Kathryn Stockett

5 weeks on list

Paperback, 544pp, $16.00
Berkley Trade
Pub Date: Apr. 5, 2011

2. Water for Elephants

By Sara Gruen

119 weeks on list

Paperback, 350pp, $14.95
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub Date: Mar. 1, 2011

3. A Visit from the Goon Squad

By Jennifer Egan

7 weeks on list

Paperback, 352pp, $14.95
Anchor
Pub Date: Mar. 22, 2011

4. Cutting for Stone

By Abraham Verghese

67 weeks on list

Paperback, 688pp, $15.95
Vintage
Pub Date: Jan. 26, 2010

5. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

By Helen Simonson

23 weeks on list

Paperback, 384pp, $15.00
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub Date: Nov. 30, 2010

6. The Postmistress

By Sarah Blake

14 weeks on list

Paperback, 384pp, $15.00
Berkley Trade
Pub Date: Feb. 1, 2011

7. The Art of Racing in the Rain

By Garth Stein

100 weeks on list

Paperback, 336pp, $14.99
Harper Paperbacks
Pub Date: Jun. 1, 2009

8. Little Bee

By Chris Cleave

64 weeks on list

Paperback, 304pp, $15.00
Simon & Schuster
Pub Date: Feb. 16, 2010

9. Our Kind of Traitor

By John le Carre

2 weeks on list

Paperback, 320pp, $15.00
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Pub Date: Apr. 26, 2011

10. The Imperfectionists

By Tom Rachman

18 weeks on list

Paperback, 304pp, $15.00
Dial Press Trade Paperback
Pub Date: Jan. 4, 2011

11. Imperfect Birds

By Anne Lamott

5 weeks on list

Paperback, 336pp, $15.00
Riverhead Trade
Pub Date: Apr. 5, 2011

12. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

By Jamie Ford

81 weeks on list

Paperback, 320pp, $15.00
Ballantine Books
Pub Date: Oct. 6, 2009

13. Island Beneath the Sea

By Isabel Allende

1 week on list

Paperback, 480pp, $14.99
Harper Perennial
Pub Date: May. 1, 2011

14. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

By Aimee Bender

3 weeks on list

Paperback, 304pp, $15.00
Anchor
Pub Date: Apr. 19, 2011

15. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By David Mitchell

9 weeks on list

Paperback, 512pp, $15.00
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub Date: Mar. 8, 2011