The Sandcastle Girls, a novel on the Armenian Genocide by Chris Bohjalian, will debut on the New York Times Best-Seller List on the newspaper’s website today, as reported by  the Armenian Weekly.
The Sandcastle Girls is currently seventh on the best-seller list, which will appear in the published August 5 issue of the New York Times. On July 23, it was announced the Book of the Week on Oprah.com.
The novel has received stellar reviews from dozens on publications nationwide, including the Washington Post, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Associated Press, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, and People Magazine.
50-year-old Bohjalian is a popular writer in the United States, with works that have been “best sellers” over a 20-year career