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'The Revenant' is now a best-selling book

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'The Revenant' is now a best-selling book
Kimberley French
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as frontiersman Hugh Glass in 'The Revenant.' less

Here’s a look at what’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list…

*Punke rocks: *Awards season buzz is giving new life to *The Revenant *by
Michael Punke, the novel that’s the basis for the movie starring Leonardo
DiCaprio as 19th-century trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass.

It’s up to No. 17, rising from No. 69 last week, when it made its first
appearance ever on USA TODAY’s list. (The full list will publish on
Thursday.)

Punke’s book, based on a true story, was first published in 2002 by Carroll
& Graf. It was well-reviewed but sold modestly and quickly fell out of
print. Picador purchased the rights and issued a new hardcover on Jan. 6,
2015 and then a paperback edition on Sept. 17.

Picador

The movie tie-in edition of 'The Revenant.'

On Dec. 29, Picador released the movie tie-in paperback with a new jacket.
The film, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and featuring a notorious
bear attack scene, opened on Christmas Day in New York and Los Angeles.
Could it win DiCaprio his first Oscar?

Punke and his book may be having a belated moment, but the author hasn’t
been able to enjoy any red-carpet glitz. Punke works for the federal
government as deputy U.S. trade representative and ambassador to the World
Trade Organization in Switzerland. By law, he is forbidden to do any
promotional or side work that might enrich him, *The Washington Post*
reported.

However, at the time he wrote the novel, Punke was a lawyer in Washington,
D.C., and he sold the movie rights to *The Revenant*. More than a decade
later, he has a best seller.

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'Not My Father's Son' by Alan Cumming

*Digital comeback:* Last week we reported that print book sales dominated
the list, as people bought hardcovers as gifts for the holidays. Only one
book in last week’s top 50, *The Nightingale *by Kristin Hannah, had higher
e-book sales than print. This week it’s business as usual, as 31 of the top
50 show higher digital sales than print sales. (On the June 25, 2015, list,
for example, 24 of the top 50 top sellers were e-books.)

Some unexpected older books – all showing higher digital sales than print
-- appear in this week’s top 50, which might reflect consumers trying out
new e-readers, or temporary price cuts on e-books. Among them: *Not My
Father’s Son* by Alan Cumming at No. 13; *The Last Anniversary* by Liane
Moriarty at No. 22; and *Running with Scissors* by Augusten Burroughs at
No. 49.


Eric D. Schwerin
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com

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