Per Petterson on the NYT Bestseller list

Per Petterson is placed on the 16th place on the New York Times bestseller list for paperbacks this week! Very nice for Per Petterson!
Paperback Trade Fiction, Published: August 10, 2008
1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young. A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.
2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by [...]

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

Is this yet another tale of a wild chase after a treasure, or what is it? It is, and yet it most certainly is not! This fable, about an Andalusian shepherd boy, with its seemingly trivial story line, has sold more than 65 million copies world wide. And, even though The Alchemist was first published in Brazil as recently as [...]