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Tales From the Expat Harem has been featured on the following bestseller lists:

 

RANK

STORE

CATEGORY

COUNTRY

DATE

LISTED ALONGSIDE

#1

Amazon (international)

Turkey- Reference- Writing-Travel

May 08

-Stephen Kinzer, Hugh Pope

#1 Amazon (international)

Nonfiction- Social Sciences-  Sociology- Women

May 08

-Bill Bryson, Isak Dinesen

#1

Antigone Books

(regional)

Overall

May 06

-Dalai Lama, Isabele Allende

#1

Barnes & Noble

(international)

Turkey- Description & Travel

Jan-July 07

-Reina Lewis, Jeremy Seal

#1

Barnes & Noble

(international)

Turkey- Social Conditions- 20th Century

May 07

-Serif Mardin, Kemal H. Karpat

#2 Amazon (international)

Travel- Asia

May 08

-Elizabeth Gilbert, Rory Stewart

#2

Amazon UK

(international)

Turkey

Apr 08

-Lonely Planet Turkey, Lonely Planet Istanbul

#2

Waterstones

(national)

Turkey- Travel Writing Jan 07

-Orhan Pamuk, John Freely

#4

Barnes & Noble

(international)

Women Travelers-Travel Essays and Narratives

Jan-May 07

-Frances Mayes, Jennifer Leo

#4

Barnes & Noble

(international)

Turkey

Mar 08

-Jeremy Seal, Seton Lloyd

#6

Amazon (international)

Turkey- Nonfiction

July 07

-Stephen Kinzer, Hugh Pope

#8

Waterstones

(national)

Travel Writing- Turkey

Mar 08

-Orhan Pamuk, John Freely

#9

Barnes & Noble

(international)

Middle East Travel

Oct 06

-Bruce Feiler, Orhan Pamuk

#11

Amazon UK

(international)

Women's Studies

Apr 08

 

#15

Amazon UK

(international)

Women's Biography

Apr 08

 
           

#1

Remzi Kitabevi

(national)

English language books

Jan 06

*Over 22 consecutive months on Remzi's Eng. lang.  bestseller list

#4

Remzi Kitabevi

(national)

English language books

Nov 05

-Paul Coehlo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#6

Remzi Kitabevi

(national)

English language books

Oct 05

-Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling

top 10

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(national)

English language books

Nov 05

-Dan Brown, Sophie Kinsella

top 10

İstiklal Kitabevi

(regional)

English language books

Oct 05

-Paul Coehlo, Samuel P. Huntington

top 10

Pandora's Books

(regional)

English language books

Oct 05

-Paul Coehlo, Francis Fukuyama

top 10

D&R Books

(national)

Both English and Turkish edition in top 10

Oct 05

-Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly

 

 

 

 

 

 
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