Kurt Vonnegut

While looking up our bestsellers from last week I found something quite remarkable.  It seems that with last weeks passing of Kurt Vonnegut  led to an increased interest in the authors work.  Take a look at our top ten best sellers for last week. AbeBooks Top 10 bestsellers for the week of April 8 – 15.

1. Slaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut
2. By the Great Horn Spoon! By Sid Fleischman
3. Man without a Country By Kurt Vonnegut
4. Transformation By Bill Hybels
5. Take God at his Word: Experience the Power of Giving By Dr. Kregg Hood
6. I want to be an Engineer By Stephanie Maze
7. Me and Orson Welles By Robert Kaplow
8. The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? By Rick Warren
9. Hocus Pocus By Kurt Vonnegut
10. Fates Worse than Death By Kurt Vonnegut

Collectors were getting into the act too, one purchase last week was for a $3000 uncorrected proof copy of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater that was signed by the author, with a self-caricature.  If you loved Vonnegut’s work check out our feature of him in our science fiction room

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