Ten years ago Donna Tartt's first novel, The Secret History, was a big hit. It spent 12 weeks on the hardcover bestseller charts during the very competitive fall season; its highest position was #2. Within weeks of its September 1992 publication, the book had gone back to press five times, bringing the in-print total to 122,500; by the end of the year, Knopf reported sales of more than 210,000 copies (that was enough to make it the 36th bestselling fiction title for 1992 and the bestselling debut novel of the year). Tartt's fans have had to wait 10 years for her second novel, The Little Friend, and so it is no surprise that the eagerly anticipated book got lots of media attention—prominent features in Newsweek, USA Today and Vanity Fair, plus lead reviews in the New Yorker and the NYTBR. There were many starred reviews, including one in PW ("Tartt has achieved perfect control over her material, melding suspense, character study and social background"). An interview on NBC's Today with Katie Couric, plus appearances on NPR's First Edition and Talk of the Nation are planned for later this month. Knopf's first printing is 300,000. Her first landing is in the #6 spot on our list this week.