Paperback Fiction Bestsellers For May 26

1. The Help

By Kathryn Stockett

7 weeks on list

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

2. A Visit from the Goon Squad

By Jennifer Egan

9 weeks on list

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

3. Cutting for Stone

By Abraham Verghese

69 weeks on list

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

4. Room

By Emma Donoghue

2 weeks on list

Paperback, 352pp, $14.99
Back Bay Books
Pub Date: Jun. 1, 2011

5. Water for Elephants

By Sara Gruen

121 weeks on list

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

6. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

By Helen Simonson

25 weeks on list

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

7. The Postmistress

By Sarah Blake

16 weeks on list

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

8. Little Bee

By Chris Cleave

66 weeks on list

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

9. Our Kind of Traitor

By John le Carre

4 weeks on list

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

10. The Imperfectionists

By Tom Rachman

20 weeks on list

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

11. Island Beneath the Sea

By Isabel Allende

3 weeks on list

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

12. Matterhorn

A Novel of the Vietnam War

By Karl Marlantes

2 weeks on list

Paperback, 608pp, $15.95
Grove Press
Pub Date: May. 10, 2011

13. The Art of Racing in the Rain

By Garth Stein

102 weeks on list

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

14. Super Sad True Love Story

By Gary Shteyngart

2 weeks on list

Paperback, 352pp, $15.00
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub Date: May. 3, 2011

15. Imperfect Birds

By Anne Lamott

7 weeks on list

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