December 28,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 28, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 24, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 14-THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL by David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim (1594865132)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
3. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
4. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
5. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
6. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
7. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
8. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
10. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
11. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
12. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
13. THE ECHO MAKER
Richard Powers, FSG, $25, 0374146357
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
15. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $21.99, 0743289412
ON THE RISE:
33. CELEBRATIONS: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Maya Angelou, Random House, $16.95, 1400066107
Celebrations both public and private.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
6. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
7. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded)
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001
10. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
14. THE INTELLECTUAL DEVOTIONAL - DEBUT
David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim, Rodale, $22.50, 1594865132
15. THE WORLD IS FLAT (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
ON THE RISE:
36. THE REJECTION COLLECTION: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker
Matthew Diffee (Ed.), Simon Spotlight, $22.95, 1416933395
Never have the also-rans looked so clever!

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
6. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 0060987103
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
8. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
9. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
10. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
11. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
12. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
13. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 0061122416

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
2. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
The Iraq Study Group, Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
7. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
10. BAD CAT
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
11. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
12. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
15. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
3. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
4. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
5. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
8. THE BROKER
John Grisham, Dell, $7.99, 0440241588
9. ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 0812550706
10. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
5. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
6. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
7. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
8. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
11. ELDEST (Limited Edition)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
12. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
13. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058
14. FLUSH
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $16.95, 0375821821
15. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
6. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
7. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
8. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
9. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
10. WIZARDOLOGY
Master Merlin, Helen Ward, John Howe, et al, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763628956
11. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
12. ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: Dinosaurs
Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, $27.99, 0763622281
13. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
14. FAIRYOPOLIS
Cicely Mary Barker, Frederick Warne, $19.99, 0723257248
15. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
6. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY (hardcover and paperback)
Jonathan Stroud, Hyperion,
9. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
10. HIS DARK MATERIALS (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Yearling

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December 17, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 21, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 17, 2006,2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 5 -THE ECHO MAKER by Richard Powers (0374146357)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 14 - FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded) by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (0061234001)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
5. THE ECHO MAKER - DEBUT
Richard Powers, FSG, $25, 0374146357
6. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
7. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
8. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
9. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 01400042828
10. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
11. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
13. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25, 030726419X
14. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
15. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
ON THE RISE:
34. THE RISING TIDE
Jeff Shaara, Ballantine, $27.95, 034546141X
First of a historical fiction trilogy about World War II, integrating real and fictional players.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
3. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
7. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
8. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
9. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
10. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
11. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
14. FREAKONOMICS (Revised and Expanded) - DEBUT
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $27.95, 0061234001
15. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
ON THE RISE:
20. BIRD SONGS: 250 North American Birds in Song
Les Beletsky, (Ed.), Chronicle, $45, 1932855416
Text, illustrations, and sounds combine in the ultimate bird book. A Book Sense Pick.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
4. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
10. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
11. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
12. WICKED
Gregory Maguire, Regan Books, $16, 060987103
13. THE ALCHEMIST (Updated)
Paulo Coelho, HarperSanFrancisco, $13.95, 061122416
14. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
15. THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Penguin, $15, 0143034901

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
The Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
5. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
6. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
7. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
10. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
11. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
12. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
13. AMERICA (The Book): Teacher's Edition
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $15.99, 0446691860
14. BAD CAT
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
15. 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
3. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
4. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 01416524517
5. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
6. ANGELS AND DEMONS
Dan Brown, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524797
7. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan, Tor, $7.99, 0812577566
8. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
9. THE CHRISTMAS THIEF
Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250
10. TURNING ANGEL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
3. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
6. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. A FAMILY OF POEMS
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.95, 0786851112
10. ELDEST (Limited Edition)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
11. BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $5.99, 0763625582
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
13. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
14. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
15. THE PENDERWICKS
Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf, $15.95, 0375831436
Not For Kids Only:
22. PICK ME UP
Jeremy Leslie, David Roberts, DK, $29.99, 0756621593
A fun reference guide the whole family will enjoy.

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
2. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
5. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
6. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
7. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
8. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
9. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
10. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
11. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 01416927581
12. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
13. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805
14. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
15. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
3. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
4. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
7. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
8. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
9. THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY (hardcover and paperback)
Jonathan Stroud, Hyperion
10. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown

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December 10,2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 14, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 10,2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 8- THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE by Philippa Gregory (0743272501)
# 10- HANNIBAL RISING by Thomas Harris (0385339410)
Trade Paperback Fiction
# 14- THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES by Ann Patchett (Ed.) (061854352X)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
# 1- THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT by The Iraq Study Group (0307386562)
# 14- THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan (0618773479)
Mass Market
# 9- FALSE IMPRESSION by Jeffrey Archer (0312939779)
Children's Interest
# 13- ELDEST (Limited Edition) by Christopher Paolini (0375840605)
Children's Illustrated
# 13- A CREATURE WAS STIRRING by Carter Goodrich (Adapt. & Illus.) (0689863993)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. NEXT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
7. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
8. THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE - DEBUT
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.95, 0743272501
9. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
10. HANNIBAL RISING - DEBUT
Thomas Harris, Delacorte, $27.95, 0385339410
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
12. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. AGAINST THE DAY
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
15. TREASURE OF KHAN
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691
ON THE RISE:
61. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Nora Roberts, Silhouette, $17.95, 0373285388
A warm romance in time for the holidays.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. PALESTINE
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
3. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
6. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
7. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
8. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
9. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
10. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
13. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
14. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
15. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
ON THE RISE:
27. SCHOTT'S ALMANAC
Ben Schott, Bloomsbury, $25.95, 1596911719
A very entertaining almanac of the events of 2006.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
9. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
10. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
11. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
12. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
13. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
14. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES - DEBUT
Ann Patchett (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 061854352X
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
34. GOOD POEMS FOR HARD TIMES
Garrison Keillor (Ed.), Penguin, $15, 0143037676
A wonderful anthology from the creator of A Prairie Home Companion.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: The Way Forward - A New Approach - DEBUT
The Iraq Study Group, Vintage, $10.95, 0307386562
2. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
3. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
4. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
7. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
8. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
11. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
12. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
13. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
14. THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl - DEBUT
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479
15. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
ON THE RISE:
43. THE PLANETS
Dava Sobel, Penguin, $13, 0142001163
A collection of essays from the author of Galileo's Daughter.

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE LAST TEMPLAR
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
3. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
4. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
5. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan,Tor, $7.99, 0812577566
6. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
7. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
8. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
9. FALSE IMPRESSION - DEBUT
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312939779
10. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
3. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
6. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
11. WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $15.99, 043978204X
12. CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $19.99, 0399246223
13. ELDEST (Limited Edition) - DEBUT
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $24, 0375840605
14. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
15. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
7. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
8. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805
9. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
10. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
11. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
12. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
13. A CREATURE WAS STIRRING - DEBUT
Carter Goodrich (Adapt. & Illus.), S&S, $16.95, 0689863993
14. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
15. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Talk Miramax/Hyperion
6. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
7. WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
8. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
9. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
10. PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Miramax Books

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December 3, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, December 7, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 3,2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
#3- NEXT by Michael Crichton (0060872985)
#8- THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG by Dave Barry (0399154132)
#10- Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (0399153691)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3- PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (0743285026)
Mass Market
#1- S IS FOR SILENCE by Sue Grafton (0425212696)
#2- THE LAST TEMPLAR by Raymond Khoury (0451219953)
#8- THE CHRISTMAS THIEF by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark (0743272250)
Children's Interest
#8- LITTLE TREE by E.E. Cummings, Chris Raschka (Illus.) (1423103351)
#11- WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH by Cornelia Funke (043978204X)
#14- CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED by Tomie dePaola (0399246223)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
2. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
3. NEXT - DEBUT
Michael Crichton, HarperCollins, $27.95, 0060872985
4. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
7. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
8. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG - DEBUT
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
9. AGAINST THE DAY
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
10. TREASURE OF KHAN - Debut
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $27.95, 0399153691
11. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
12. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
13. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
15. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
ON THE RISE:
22. BROTHER ODD
Dean R. Koontz, Bantam, $27, 0553804804
The third novel featuring Odd Thomas.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. PALESTINE: Peace Not Apartheid - DEBUT
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $27, 0743285026
4. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
5. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
6. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
7. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
8. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
9. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
11. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
12. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
13. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
14. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
15. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
ON THE RISE:
30. SIX FRIGATES: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $27.95, 0393058476
The fascinating story of the founding of the U.S. Navy.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
6. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
7. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
8. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
9. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
10. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
11. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
12. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
13. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
14. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
15. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
ON THE RISE:
24. LOVE WALKED IN
Marisa de Los Santos, Plume, $14, 0452287898
The touching stories of thirty-something Cornelia and eleven-year-old Clare.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
5. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
6. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
10. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
11. HOLIDAYS ON ICE
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $8.95, 0316779237
12. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
15. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
ON THE RISE:
22. THE ONION PRESENTS HOMELAND INSECURITY: Complete News Archives, Volume 17
The Onion (Eds.), Three Rivers, $18.95, 030733984X
The latest hilarious collection from The Onion.

MASS MARKET
1. S IS FOR SILENCE - DEBUT
Sue Grafton, Berkley, $7.99, 0425212696
2. THE LAST TEMPLAR - DEBUT
Raymond Khoury, Signet, $9.99, 0451219953
3. THE CELL
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
4. KNIFE OF DREAMS
Robert Jordan, Tor Books, $7.99, 0812577566
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4TH EDITION
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
6. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
7. TURNING ANGEL
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162
8. THE CHRISTMAS THIEF - DEBUT
Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 0743272250
9. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
10. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
5. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
6. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892
7. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
8. LITTLE TREE - DEBUT
E.E. Cummings, Chris Raschka (Illus.), Hyperion, $6.99, 1423103351
9. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
10. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
11. WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH - DEBUT
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $15.99, 043978204X
12. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
13. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
14. CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED - DEBUT
Tomie dePaola, Putnam, $19.99, 0399246223
15. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle, Yearling, $6.50, 0440498058

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A.and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
3. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
4. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
5. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
6. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
7. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
8. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
9. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.)
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
10. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
11. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796
12. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
13. THE SNOWMEN
Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner, Dial, $21.99, 0803731809
14. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730
15. STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Carl R.Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
5. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (hardcover and paperback)
Ann Brashares, Delacorte
10. GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE (paperback)
Kathryn Lasky, Scholastic

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November 26, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 30, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 26, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-THE SHAPE SHIFTER by Tony Hillerman (0060563451)
#6-AGAINST THE DAY by Thomas Pynchon (159420120X)
Trade Paperback Fiction
#14-MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1400095948)
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
#8-THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007 (0886879957)
Mass Market
#1-THE CELL by Stephen King (1416524517)
#2-TURNING ANGEL by Greg Iles (0743454162)
Children's Interest
#15-A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Truman Capote (0375837892)
Children's Illustrated
#10-THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.) by Robert Sabuda (1416927921)
#14-THE SNOWMEN by Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illus.) (0803731809)
Children's Fiction Series
The Christmas Toy Factory (Geronomo Stilton, 0439841186)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. THE SHAPE SHIFTER - DEBUT
Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060563451
3. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 01401303277
4. CROSS
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
5. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 0044657967X
6. AGAINST THE DAY - DEBUT
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $35, 159420120X
7. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
8. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
9. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 01932416641
10. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
11. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
12. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
13. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
15. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
ON THE RISE:
16. THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG
Dave Barry, Putnam, $15.95, 0399154132
A family dog, a Christmas pageant, and the 1960s make up this funny and moving Christmas tale.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
3. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
4. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
5. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
6. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
7. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
8. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
9. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
10. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 01594200823
11. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 01400054346
12. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
13. MAYFLOWER
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
ON THE RISE:
24. THIS I BELIEVE: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison, Dan Gediman (Eds.), Holt, $23, 0805080872
Essays from the weekly listener-favorite NPR segment.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
6. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
7. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 01594480001
10. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
11. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
12. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
13. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
14. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES - DEBUT
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 01400095948
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
17. LIMITATIONS
Scott Turow, Picador, $13, 0312426453
Serial story from the Sunday New York Times Magazine.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
3. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
4. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
5. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
6. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 01400032059
7. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
8. THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2007 - Debut
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $12.99, 0886879957
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
11. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
12. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 01400033888
15. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
ON THE RISE:
34. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Chris Gardner, Amistad, $14.95, 060744871
Overcoming incredible obstacles, and telling the story in a strong, inspiring voice. Movie playing in a theater near you.

MASS MARKET
1. THE CELL - DEBUT
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 1416524517
2. TURNING ANGEL - DEBUT
Greg Iles, Pocket, $9.99, 0743454162
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
5. THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY, 4th Edition
Merriam-Webster (Eds.), Merriam-Webster, $7.50, 0877799296
6. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 060515198
8. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
9. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
10. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
6. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
7. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
8. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
9. ELDEST
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 0037582670X
10. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
11. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
12. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
13. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
14. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
15. A CHRISTMAS MEMORY - DEBUT
Truman Capote, Knopf, $17.95, 0375837892

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 00694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE!
Catherine Hapka, H.A. and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
4. CHRISTMAS
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
6. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
7. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
8. DRAGONOLOGY
Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296
9. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
10. THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Anniversary Ed.) - DEBUT
Robert Sabuda, Little Simon, $26.95, 1416927921
11. SANTA CLAUS
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 1416927581
12. THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496
13. FLOTSAM
David Wiesner, Clarion, $17, 0618194576
14. THE SNOWMEN - DEBUT
Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner, Dial, $21.99, 0803731809
15. OWEN AND MZEE
Isabella Hatkoff, et al., Scholastic, $16.99, 0439829739

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
3. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Miramax
5. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic
NEW IN SERIES: The Christmas Toy Factory (0439841186)

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November 19, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 23, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 19, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
# 1-NATURE GIRL by Carl Hiaasen (0307262995)
# 2-CROSS by James Patterson (0316159794)
# 15-THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK by Alice Munro (1400042828)
Children's Interest
# 11-ELDEST by Christopher Paolini (037582670X)
Children's Illustrated
# 4-MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE! by H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Catherine Hapka (0618692371)
# 10-SANTA CLAUS by Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.) (1416927581)
Children's Fiction Series
Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy #3, 006074457X) by Erin W. Hunter

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. NATURE GIRL - DEBUT
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995
2. CROSS - DEBUT
James Patterson, Little Brown, $27.99, 0316159794
3. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 01401303277
4. WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
5. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
6. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
7. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
8. INES OF MY SOUL
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 061161535
9. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
10. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 060545623
11. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 01932416641
12. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 01565124995
13. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
14. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
15. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK - DEBUT
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 01400042828
ON THE RISE:
21. THE AENEID
Virgil, Viking, $40, 0670038032
Timely, new, very readable translation of the Roman epic. A Book Sense Notable title.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: ON A DIET
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 060817089
8. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
9. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
10. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
11. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
12. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
13. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
14. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
15. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 01594200823
ON THE RISE:
22. A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE: 1990-2005
Annie Leibovitz, Random House, $75, 0375505091
The dual lives of the famed photographer, gorgeous and moving.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
5. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 0034546401X
8. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
9. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
10. THE TENTH CIRCLE
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
12. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
15. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
ON THE RISE:
18. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vintage, $11.95, 1400095948
Love, aging, whores, and the Nobel Laureate, equal perfection in this novella.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
4. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
7. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
9. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 1571983902
10. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
11. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
12. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
15. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
ON THE RISE:
16. THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 0618773479
The newest National Book Award winning story of the natural disaster of the 1930s.

MASS MARKET
1. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
3. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
4. VALLEY OF SILENCE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 060515198
8. THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
9. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
10. THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly, Warner, $7.99, 0446616451

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 060734086
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
5. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
6. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 0037581468X
7. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
8. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
9. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
10. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
11. ELDEST - DEBUT
Christopher Paolini, Knopf, $21, 037582670X
12. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
13. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
14. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
15. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 060254920
4. MERRY CHRISTMAS, CURIOUS GEORGE! - DEBUT
H.A. Rey, Margret Rey, Catherine Hapka, Houghton Mifflin, $16, 0618692371
5. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
6. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
7. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
8. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
9. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
10. SANTA CLAUS - DEBUT
Rod Green, Carol Wright (Illus.), Simon Danaher (Illus.), Jon Lucas (Illus.), Atheneum, $19.95, 01416927581
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 060542098
12. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
13. OUR 50 STATES
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
14. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
15. TAILS
Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
4. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, John Blackford (Illus.), Puffin
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperTrophy
NEW IN SERIES Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy #3, 006074457X)
7. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
8. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic

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November 12, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, October 16, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 12, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
# 1-WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille (044657967X)
#13-INES OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende (0061161535)
#15-BORN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb (0399153470)
Hardcover Nonfiction
# 13-JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.) by Irma S. Rombauer, et al. (0743246268)
Trade Paperback Fiction
# 15-THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult (074349671X)
Mass Market
# 9-THANKSGIVING by Janet Evanovich (0060598808)
Children's Illustrated
# 10-CORDUROY'S THANKSGIVING by Lisa McCue (0670061085)
#15-CHRISTMAS by Robert Sabuda (0439845688)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. WILD FIRE - DEBUT
Nelson DeMille, Warner, $26.99, 044657967X
2. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
3. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
4. DEAR JOHN
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
5. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
6. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
7. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
8. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
9. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
10. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
11. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
12. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764
13. INES OF MY SOUL - DEBUT
Isabel Allende, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0061161535
14. WHAT IS THE WHAT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
15. BORN IN DEATH - DEBUT
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153470
ON THE RISE:
16. THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 1400042828
Close to autobiographical short stories from the incomparable Munro.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: On a Diet
Michael F.Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C.Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
4. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
8. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
9. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
10. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
11. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.) - DEBUT
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $30, 0743246268
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
ON THE RISE:
20. POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION: A Memoir
Gore Vidal, Doubleday, $26, 0385517211
A tres interesting guy picks up where Palimpsest (1995) left off.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
3. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
4. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
7. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
8. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
9. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
10. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
11. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
12. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. CASE HISTORIES
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.95, 0316010707
15. THE TENTH CIRCLE - DEBUT
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 074349671X
ON THE RISE:
39. GHOSTS OF ONYX (Halo)
Eric Nylund, Tor, $12.95, 0765315688
Continuing chronicles from the Halo universe.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
4. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
5. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
6. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
7. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
8. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
9. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
10. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
11. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
12. THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
13. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. ISTANBUL
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 1400033888
ON THE RISE:
18. THE LOST PAINTING: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Jonathan Harr, Random House, $13.95, 0375759867
Fast-paced, thrilling, and informative too! A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

MASS MARKET
1. VALLEY OF SILENCE
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
2. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
3. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
4. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
7. ANANSI BOYS
Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060515198
8. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
9. THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Janet Evanovich, HarperTorch, $7.99, 0060598808
10. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. ERAGON*
Christopher Paolini, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 044023848X
2. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
3. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
4. TERRIER
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
5. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
6. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
7. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
8. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
9. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
10. THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002
11. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
12. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
14. ENDYMION SPRING
Matthew Skelton, Delacorte, $17.95, 0385733801
15. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
*Debuted as a Series Fiction title; first week on Children's Interest

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
3. OUR 50 STATES
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
4. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
5. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
6. THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY
Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber (Illus.), Aladdin, $6.99, 1416919163
7. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
8. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
9. THE PRINCESS PRIMER
Stephanie True Peters, Bernhard Oberdieck (Illus.), Dutton, $19.99, 0525477659
10. CORDUROY'S THANKSGIVING - DEBUT
Lisa McCue, Viking, $5.99, 0670061085
11. FANCY NANCY
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), HarperCollins, $15.99, 0060542098
12. PAT THE BUNNY
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007
13. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
14. GOOD NIGHT, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 0399230033
15. CHRISTMAS - DEBUT
Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $12.99, 0439845688

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. MAGIC TREE HOUSE (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
2. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (hardcover)
Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins
3. ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES (hardcover and paperback)
Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
4. ARTEMIS FOWL (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
5. JUNIE B. JONES (hardcover and paperback)
Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Random House
6. WARRIORS: The New Prophecy (hardcover and paperback)
Erin W. Hunter, HarperCollins
7. THE CLIQUE (paperback)
Lisi Harrison, Little Brown
8. HARRY POTTER (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
9. GOSSIP GIRL (paperback)
Cecily Von Ziegesar, Little Brown
10. GERONIMO STILTON (paperback)
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic

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November 5, 2006

The Book Sense National Bestseller List

Published Thursday, November 9, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 5, 2006). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the United States.

Booksellers: The Book Sense Bestseller List may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. Go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org on Wednesday afternoon and choose the format that works best for you, or click on the bestseller link in Thursday's Bookselling This Week email.

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#3-DEAR JOHN by Nicholas Sparks (0446528056)
#15-WHAT IS THE WHAT by Dave Eggers (1932416641)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#2-YOU: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (0743292545)
#8-FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano (0307265234)
Trade Paperback Fiction
#8-LIGHT FROM HEAVEN by Jan Karon (0143037706)
Mass Market
#1-VALLEY OF SILENCE by Nora Roberts (0515141674)
#9-THE AMBLER WARNING by Robert Ludlum (0312990693)
Children's Interest
#1-TERRIER by Tamora Pierce (037581468X)
Children's Illustrated
#9-THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY by Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber (Illus.) (1416919163)

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $21.95, 1401303277
2. THIRTEEN MOONS
Charles Frazier, Random House, $26.95, 0375509321
3. DEAR JOHN - DEBUT
Nicholas Sparks, Warner, $24.99, 0446528056
4. THE LAY OF THE LAND
Richard Ford, Knopf, $26.95, 0679454683
5. THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $24, 0307265439
6. LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King, Scribner, $28, 0743289412
7. WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER
Elizabeth George, HarperCollins, $26.95, 0060545623
8. ECHO PARK
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $26.99, 0316734950
9. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $24.95, 0399153764
10. THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci, Warner, $26.99, 044653109X
11. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $23.95, 1565124995
12. Under Orders
Dick Francis, Putnam, $25.95, 0399154000
13. ABUNDANCE
Sena Jeter Naslund, Morrow, $26.95, 0060825391
14. ACT OF TREASON
Vince Flynn, Atria, $25.95, 0743270371
15. WHAT IS THE WHAT - DEBUT
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $26, 1932416641
ON THE RISE:
16. HOME TO BIG Stone Gap
Adriana Trigiani, Random House, $25.95, 1400060087
The fourth of the popular series set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Barack Obama, Crown, $25, 0307237699
2. YOU: ON A DIET - DEBUT
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Free Press, $25, 0743292545
3. THE INNOCENT MAN
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 0385517238
4. STATE OF DENIAL
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 0743272234
5. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $25, 076791936X
6. THUNDERSTRUCK
Erik Larson, Crown, $25.95, 1400080665
7. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron, Knopf, $19.95, 0307264556
8. FRENCH WOMEN FOR ALL SEASONS: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure - DEBUT
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234
9. BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 1400054346
10. I LIKE YOU
Amy Sedaris, Warner, $27.99, 0446578843
11. THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins, Houghton Mifflin, $27, 0618680004
12. CULTURE WARRIOR
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway, $26, 0767920929
13. MARLEY & ME
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
14. LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris, Knopf, $16.95, 0307265773
15. BLOOD AND THUNDER
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771
ON THE RISE:
17. JOY OF COOKING (75th Anniversary Ed.)
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Scribner, $30, 0743246268
The quintessential real cook's guide, spiffed and gleaming.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 0143037145
2. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 0812968069
3. THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
Kiran Desai, Grove, $14, 0802142818
4. THE LIGHTHOUSE
P.D. James, Vintage, $13.95, 0307275736
5. SNOW
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706860
6. SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan, Ballantine, $14.95, 034546401X
7. ON BEAUTY
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $15, 0143037749
8. LIGHT FROM HEAVEN - DEBUT
Jan Karon, Penguin, $13.95, 0143037706
9. MARCH
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $14, 0143036661
10. THE HISTORIAN
Elizabeth Kostova, Back Bay, $15.99, 0316154547
11. THE KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $14, 1594480001
12. THE HISTORY OF LOVE
Nicole Krauss, Norton, $13.95, 0393328627
13. THE SEA
John Banville, Vintage, $12.95, 1400097029
14. THE NIGHT WATCH
Sarah Waters, Riverhead, $15, 1594482306
15. MY SISTER'S KEEPER
Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $14, 0743454537
ON THE RISE:
21. MY NAME IS RED
Orhan Pamuk, Vintage, $14.95, 0375706852
The Ottoman Empire comes to life in this intellectual mystery from the recent Nobel Prize winner.

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 0312425414
2. THE GLASS CASTLE
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
3. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $14.95, 1400032059
4. THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
5. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 1400082773
6. BAD PRESIDENT
R.D. Rosen, et al., Workman, $8.95, 0761146202
7. THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
John Berendt, Penguin, $15, 0143036939
8. THE TENDER BAR
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 0786888768
9. TEAM OF RIVALS
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $19.95, 0743270754
10. THE RIVER OF DOUBT
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 0767913736
11. THE END OF FAITH
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
12. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
13. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $14, 0553384155
14. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
15. TEACHER MAN
Frank McCourt, Scribner, $15, 0743243781
ON THE RISE:
36. A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 0060572000
An entertaining and instructive story about the power of Mother Earth.

MASS MARKET
1. VALLEY OF SILENCE - DEBUT
Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 0515141674
2. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312938853
3. PREDATOR
Patricia D. Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 0425210278
4. THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci, Warner, $7.99, 0446615625
5. MARY, MARY
James Patterson, Warner, $9.99, 0446619035
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James Bradley, Bantam, $7.99, 0553589083
7. SCHOOL DAYS
Robert B. Parker, Berkley, $7.99, 0425211347
8. ORDINARY HEROES
Scott Turow, Warner, $7.99, 0446617482
9. THE AMBLER WARNING - DEBUT
Robert Ludlum, St. Martin's, $9.99, 0312990693
10. DEATH AND JUDGMENT
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 0143035827

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. TERRIER (Beka Cooper) - DEBUT
Tamora Pierce, Random House, $18.95, 037581468X
2. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 0763625299
3. MIRACLE ON 49TH STREET
Mike Lupica, Philomel, $17.99, 0399244883
4. FAIREST
Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, $16.99, 0060734086
5. TWILIGHT
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 0316015849
6. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 0763625892
7. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $7.99, 078684907X
8. NEW MOON
Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $17.99, 0316160199
9. INKHEART
Cornelia Funke, Chicken House, $7.99, 0439709105
10. HOOT
Carl Hiaasen, Yearling, $6.50, 0440421705
11. PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Geraldine McCaughrean, Margaret McElderry, $17.99, 1416918086
12. THE BEATRICE LETTERS
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 0060586583
13. THE GIVER
Lois Lowry, Laurel Leaf, $6.50, 0440237688
14. PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Disney, $18.99, 078683787X
15. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $16.95, 0375831002

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. GOODNIGHT MOON
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611
2. OUR 50 STATES: A Family Adventure Across America
Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), S&S, $17.95, 0689867174
3. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $16.95, 0060254920
4. PIRATEOLOGY
Captain William Lubber, Candlewick, $19.99, 0763631434
5. SKIPPYJON JONES IN MUMMY TROUBLE
Judith Byron Schachner, Dutton, $16.99, 0525477543
6. MOMMY?
Arthur Yorinks, Maurice Sendak, Michael Di Capua, $24.95, 0439880505
7. YOUR PERSONAL PENGUIN
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 0761143726
8. LIBRARY LION
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 0763622621
9. THE VERY FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY -