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The Girl on the Train (Novel)

Book buzz: Films continue to foster book sales

Mary Cadden
USA TODAY
'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins

Films boost fictionThe Girl on the Train may have been a disappointment at the box office, but sales of the Paula Hawkins book that it’s based on sure aren’t. The book marks its fifth consecutive week at No. 1, equaling its previous record of consecutive No.1s in 2015  on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List. And Girl is not the only book adapted to film to continue to have strong sales on the list (while the film version does lackluster in theaters). There's Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children at No. 8,A Man Called Ove at No. 12,The Light Between Oceans at No. 21 and Me Before You at No. 48. All of which are standing strong or moving up the list this week. (The full list will publish on Thursday.)

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One title not in theaters yet, Inferno, is returning another best seller to the list: Author Dan Brown's book of the same name, moved to No. 15  in anticipation of the film adaptation’s theatrical release Oct. 28. Inferno spent a total of six weeks at No. 1 on the list in 2013. The film stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, who wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia and finds himself in a  mysterious world centered on Dante’s Inferno.

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