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Alt Best-Seller List

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FICTION

1 WHITE TEETH,by Zadie Smith (Hamilton) — UK sensation’s first novel about culture clash in London takes world by storm.

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2 ANIL’S GHOST, by Michael Ondaatje (McClelland & Stewart) — Follow-up to The English Patient is still going strong.

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3 DISGRACE, by J.M. Coetzee (Vintage) — Brilliant Booker winner turns into popular summer reading.

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4 POST-DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR, by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand) — Cartoon strips get inside the lesbo scene.

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5 KIT’S LAW, by Donna Morrissey (Penguin) — Tale of 14-year-old girl living in Newfoundland with her mentally handicapped mother shows some power.

NON-FICTION

1 EXPERIENCE, by Martin Amis (Knopf) — Celebrated UK novelist pens a moving memoir.

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2 A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS, by Dave Eggers (Simon & Schuster) — Memoir tracks powerful tale of a young orphan.

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3 WE WANT SOME TOO, by Hal Niedzviecki (Penguin) — Scenester reclaims mass culture.

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4 IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY, by Bill Bryson (Duke) — Whip-smart travel guru goes to Australia.

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5 REVOLUTION: FACES OF CHANGE, edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi (Thunder’s Mouth) — Intriguing essays trace new ways of achieving social change worldwide.

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