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Let's face it, we all want to be reading what the cool kids are reading. Or, we want to at least get a copy of what they’re reading so we can slip Don Quixote inside the dust cover and fool everyone at the beach into thinking we're with it. Same difference.
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Where to Find Bestsellers, a la Shmoop. Honestly, you could find a bestseller just
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about anywhere.
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A doctor’s waiting room…
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A bus seat…
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A bathroom stall. But suppose you actually want to seek one
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out; not just stumble upon one by happenstance.
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Who do you ask? Where do you go? Is there a dress code?
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Whoa, horsey. Let’s take a step back. First of all… what is a bestseller?
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In short, a bestseller is a book that… sells… the best.
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In other words, more people across the country are reading that book than just about anything
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else.
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Doesn’t mean it’s necessarily good. But it sure is popular. Just like that Karen Larsen
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phony. Okay, sure. You want to be reading what all
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the cool people are reading.
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If it has such mass appeal, there must be something in there that will grab you as well.
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You’ve tried calling, “Bestseller! Yoo-hoo, bestseller!” out your bedroom window, and
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no response.
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So… where to? You can look inside a newspaper, for starters.
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First, of course, you’d have to get your hands on a newspaper, which isn’t the easiest
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task these days.
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You might have better luck tracking down Bigfoot, and then seeing if he’s got a copy of Grisham’s
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latest legal thriller on him. Assuming, however, that you are able to locate
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one of these elusive publications…
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…check the Arts and Entertainment section, and you will see something called “The Bestseller
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List.”
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It’s just what it sounds like.
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A list, sorted with the best-selling book at the top, that will show you at a glance
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who the most popular books on the block are this week.
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You can also find Bestseller Lists online. Which is probably the easiest way, since it
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means you don’t have to leave your house…
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…or engage in any stealthy newspaper hunting. Once you’ve identified the biggies, you
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can either go to a brick and mortar bookstore…
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…which may be even tougher to find than a newspaper…
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…or, once again, go online. Like, to Amazon or some site like that.
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Do a search for the titles that interest you, add ‘em to your cart, and purchase away.
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You’ll be ready for hours of relaxing beach time before you know it.
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And there’s an added bonus to staying ahead of the curve and reading Bestsellers before
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they sit on the shelves for too long.
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A number one New York Times best-seller is almost guaranteed to become a movie…
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…so you can get a jump on the stories that are likely to be hitting your local AMC in
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a year or two.
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When people start getting excited about the movie coming out, you can look at them smugly
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and say, “I know what happens.”
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Worth the price of admission right there, isn’t it?
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The Classics certainly have their place, and you can generally learn a heck of a lot more
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about the human condition by reading those…
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…but once in a while, you just want to read what all of your friends, parents, neighbors,
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and neighbors’ cats are reading. So if you’re looking for some entertainment…
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…and you don’t happen to have any tap-dancing hot dogs in your fridge…
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…a best-seller may be the way to go.
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